While reconfiguring other settings of an existing array. See
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Changing Dedicated Spare Disk Drives on page 3-7.
Using the Manage Spares function for an existing array, as
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described in this section.
To add a spare using Manage Spares for an existing array:
1 In the System Browser window, select the array to which you
want to add a spare.
2 Click Manage Spares.
The Manage Spares dialog box appears.
The Available Drives list shows all disk drives that have
sufficient free space for the current array and the Selected Drives
list shows all spares currently assigned as spares to the array.
Disk drives that are assigned to the current array are not
displayed in the Available Drives list.
3 Select the disk drive you want as a spare from the Available
Drives list.
– To select more than one disk drive, press and hold the Ctrl
key and click each disk drive.
4 Click Add Spare.
The selected disk drive moves to the Selected Drives list and its
icon changes to a spare icon. This disk drive retains the spare
Managing Spares
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