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For example, in an existing array (array a), six drives (1e:1:4-1e:1:9) are in use. With all criteria met,
you can shrink the array to four drives by removing the last two drives with the command: <array a>
remove drives=1e:1:8-1e:1:9
Example commands:
=> array a remove drives=1e:1:12-1e:1:14
=> array b remove drives=1c:1:6-1c:1:7
Moving an array
Some controllers may not support this option or may require a license key to enable this feature.
You can move an array by designating different physical drives for the array. To move the array, each of
the physical drives where the array will reside must meet the following criteria:
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It must be an unassigned drive.
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It must be of the same type as the physical drives currently in the source array (for example, SATA or
SAS).
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The destination drives must have sufficient capacity to hold all the logical drives present in the source
array.
Like array creation and expansion, the useable space in all drives is reduced to the size of the smallest
physical drive in the destination disk set.
Moving an array automatically removes any previously assigned spare drives. If spares are assigned to
the existing array, they must be designated for the array when it is moved.
Syntax:
<target> modify drives=[#:]#:#-[#:]#:# spares=[#:]#:#-[#:]#:#
where <target> is an array, and the specified physical drives are the new destination for the array.
For example, in an existing array, three 72-GB SAS drives (1e:1:4-1e:1:6) are the source. Another drive
of the same size is the spare (1e:1:9). With all criteria met, you can move the array to three different 72-
GB SAS drives by specifying the new destination drives in the command (1e:1:12-1e:1:14). To maintain
the same spare drive, be sure to designate the spare drive for the moved array.
Example commands:
=> array a modify drives=1e:1:12-1e:1:14 spares=1e:1:9
=> array b modify drives=1c:1:6-1c:1:7
Extending a logical drive
If the operating system supports logical drive extension, you can use any unassigned capacity on an
array to enlarge one or more of the logical drives on the array.
IMPORTANT:
about 15 minutes per gigabyte. While this process is occurring, no other expansion,
extension, or migration can occur simultaneously on the same controller. Controllers that do
not support a battery-backed write cache do not support this process.
Syntax:
<target> modify size=#|max|? [forced]
where <target> is a logical drive.
An array expansion, logical drive extension, or logical drive migration takes
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