Verifying Logical Drives - Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

Verifying Logical Drives

To ensure that there are no data problems on your logical drives, it is important to verify them.
When you verify a logical drive, Adaptec Storage Manager checks it for inconsistent or bad data
and then fixes any problems. (You can also choose to verify a logical drive without fixing it.)
Logical drives without redundancy (for instance, RAID 0 logical drives) do not need to be verified.
In Adaptec Storage Manager, logical drive verification can occur in different ways, depending
on your controller:
Automatic verification—If your controller supports build initialization, Adaptec Storage
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Manager automatically verifies all new redundant logical drives. No manual verification is
required.
To see if your controller supports build initialization, right-click the controller in the
Enterprise View and click Properties.
Manual verification—If your controller doesn't support build initialization, a Warning-
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level event notice appears in the event log prompting you to verify a logical drive before
you begin to use it. To verify a logical drive manually, see
Drive on page
Background verification—If your controller supports background consistency check,
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Adaptec Storage Manager continually and automatically checks your logical drives once
they're in use.
To see if your controller supports background consistency check, right-click the controller
in the Enterprise View, then click Properties. To enable or disable background consistency
check or to set the checking period, see
Note:
If your controller doesn't support background consistency check, Adaptec highly
recommends that you verify your logical drives weekly, following the instructions in
and Fixing a Logical Drive on page
Verifying and Fixing a Logical Drive
Note:
To verify a logical drive without fixing it, see
While Adaptec Storage Manager verifies and fixes a logical drive, you can't complete any other
tasks on the controller. Because the verification can take a long time to complete, you may
want to schedule it as a task to be completed overnight or on a weekend.
To verify and fix a logical drive:
1
Ensure that no activity is taking place on the controller associated with the logical drive
you want to verify and fix.
2
In the Enterprise View, click the controller.
3
In the Logical Devices View, click the logical drive.
4
In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Verify with fix.
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To begin the verification immediately, click Yes.
To schedule the verification, click Schedule, then set the date and time. You can also
choose to set the verification as a recurring task. (For more information on scheduling
tasks, see page
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