Removing A Disk - HP StorageWorks EVA 3000 Replacement Instructions

6.
For an impending failure, it will be necessary to ungroup the
disk as follows before it can be removed.
a. Click Ungroup.
b. Click Ungroup in background.
CAUTION:
When selecting Ungroup in background, a dialog is
displayed indicating the Operation succeeded. This
indicates that the ungroup operation has been initiated.
You can monitor the progress of the ungroup on the
Disk Drive Properties page.
c. Click the Disk Drive tab and monitor the ungroup progress.
When the ungroup is complete, continue with the next step.
• If you are running XCS v6.000 or later, monitor the
Migration progress field. See
• If you are running an earlier version of XCS or any
version of VCS, monitor the Requested usage field and
the Actual usage field. The status of both fields will
indicate Ungrouped when the process is complete.
NOTE:
The ungrouping process may take up to several hours to
complete. The time depends on the capacity of the disk
and the level of storage system activity.
7.
Click Remove to prepare the disk for removal. The status
indicators on the disk will begin flashing to help you locate
the disk. The disk can now be removed following the steps in
Removing a disk.
NOTE:
Certain hard disk failures result in a status of
and disable the Remove button. In this situation, the disk
can be immediately removed from the enclosure. The fault
indicator will be on to help locate the failed disk.
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Figure 3 Disk status indicators
1. Activity
2. Online
Figure 5.
Drive unmated
,
3. Fault
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Figure 4 Checking Node World Wide Name
Figure 5 Monitoring ungroup progress
Figure 6 Checking disk group status

Removing a disk

CAUTION:
Rotating media can make the disk difficult to handle. To avoid
dropping and damaging the disk, wait approximately 30 seconds
for the media to stop rotating before removing the from the
enclosure.
1.
Push in the wine-colored ejector button (1) and pull the release
lever (2) down to the full open position.
2.
Pull the disk part way out of the enclosure (3) and wait for the
media to stop spinning.
3.
When the media has stopped spinning, remove the disk from the
enclosure.