Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual page 8

7 Scheduling Recurring or Resource-Intensive Jobs
Scheduling a Task.............................................................................................. 82
Opening the Task Manager .............................................................................. 83
Monitoring Tasks .............................................................................................. 84
Modifying a Task............................................................................................... 85
Deleting a Task .................................................................................................. 85
Disabling the Task Manager ............................................................................. 85
8 Maintaining Physical Devices
Viewing Component Properties....................................................................... 88
Blinking a Component...................................................................................... 88
Working with Failed or Failing Disk Drives .................................................... 89
Initializing and Erasing Disk Drives................................................................. 89
Working with Controllers ................................................................................ 90
Testing and Silencing System and Enclosure Alarms...................................... 93
Updating the Controller BIOS and Firmware ................................................. 96
9 Monitoring Status and Activity
Monitoring Options........................................................................................ 100
Checking Status from the Main Window ..................................................... 100
Notifying Users by Event Log Message About Status and Activity .............. 103
Notifying Users by Email About Status and Activity ................................... 108
Notifying Users by SNMP Trap About Status and Activity.......................... 113
Nofifying All Users About Status and Activity .............................................. 114
Changing an Operating System's Event Log Setting ..................................... 115
Logging Statistics for Remote Analysis .......................................................... 115
10 Updating and Customizing Adaptec Storage Manager
Updating Adaptec Storage Manager .............................................................. 121
Adding Enhanced Features ............................................................................ 121
Setting Preferences and Changing Views....................................................... 122
Managing Remote Systems............................................................................. 123
Working with Display Groups ....................................................................... 127
11 Solving Problems
General Troubleshooting Tips ....................................................................... 132
Identifying a Failed or Failing Component ................................................... 132
Stopping the Creation of a New Logical Drive.............................................. 133
Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure ........................................................... 133
Rebuilding Logical Drives............................................................................... 136
Solving Notification Problems ....................................................................... 137
Creating a Support Archive File ..................................................................... 137
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