Formatting A Logical Drive; Testing A Disk - HP Surestore Disk Array 12h - And FC60 System Administrator Manual

Using AutoRAID Manager for Windows NT
Performing Disk Array Maintenance Tasks
4. Under Array, click Format. If the Array control is not available, it indicates that there are logical
drives on the disk array. The disk array cannot be formatted until all logical drives are deleted.
5. Click OK in the confirmation box to begin the format.

Formatting a Logical Drive

WARNING! A format will destroy all the data on the logical drive. Make sure all data is
backed up before formatting the logical drive.
Each logical drive can be reformatted, if necessary.
To format a logical drive:
1. Right-click the disk array from the Detail pane.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Logical Drives tab.
4. Click the Logical Drive you want to format.
5. Click Format .

Testing a Disk

AutoRAID Manager includes diagnostics that test the operation and integrity of any disk in the array
enclosure. Testing a disk may impact the performance of the disk array, so you may want to delay disk
testing to times when the disk array is not being heavily accessed.
Two different types of testing can be performed:
Read verify - a nondestructive test that does not alter any data on the disk being tested. The disk is not
downed when performing a read/verify test.
Write/Read - a destructive test that destroys data on the disk being tested. The disk is downed before
beginning the test. If Auto Rebuild is enabled, the disk array will immediately begin rebuilding the data
on the disk when it is downed.
To test a disk:
1. Right-click the disk array from Detail pane.
2. Click Properties.
3. Click the Diagnostics tab.
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