Importing An Array - IBM Midrange System DS4000 Series Hardware Manual

5. Before you start removing the disks, check the Storage Manager window to make sure
that all the disks and the array are in an offline status, as shown in Figure 7-43.
Figure 7-43 Export array: Disks offline
6. You can now remove the drives (be sure to label them before removal). You have to
remove
removal to allow proper airflow. The dummy is needed only if the enclosure will remain
operational.
Note: The export array operation sets all array disks in an offline status as part of the
procedure.
marked offline, and all of them were appropriately labeled.
7. Carefully package each drive and move it to the destination system.
Proceed with the import process described in the 7.4.5, "Importing an array" on page 382.

7.4.5 Importing an array

Once you have removed all the disks being migrated from the source DS storage subsystem,
you can start importing the disks into the destination DS storage subsystem.
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the of the exported array disks, and insert a dummy drive in each slot after
Before
removing any disk, make sure that all the array disks are effectively