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Predictive Data Migration (PDM) migrates data from the suspect physical drive to a spare drive before the
physical drive fails.
Before you can run PDM, you must have a replacement or target physical drive of adequate capacity for your
disk array.
To run PDM on a disk array:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter .
3. Highlight Background Activities and press Enter .
4. Highlight Predictive Data Migration and press Enter .
Default source and target drives are shown with possible alternative choices.
5. To choose different drive, highlight the drive, press the backspace key to remove the current number, then
type a new number.
6. Highlight Start and press Enter .
See "Enabling Media Patrol, PDM, and Power Management on a Disk Array (CLU)" on page 135.
For PDM rate, see "Making Background Activity Settings (CLU)" on page 154.
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Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an
unconfigured physical drive or a non-revertible spare drive. For more information, see "Transition" on page 193.
In order to run Transition:
• The spare drive must be Revertible.
• You must have an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger capacity to replace the spare drive.
To run Transition on a disk array:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter .
3. Highlight Background Activities and press Enter .
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4. Highlight Transition and press Enter .
Default source and target drives are shown with possible alternative choices.
5. To choose different drive, highlight the drive, press the backspace key to remove the current number, then
type a new number.
6. Highlight Start and press Enter .
For transition rate, see "Making Background Activity Settings (CLU)" on page 154.
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This feature helps you identify the physical drives assigned to the disk array you are working with in the CLU.
To locate a disk array:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Disk Array Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight the disk array you want and press Enter .
3. Highlight Locate Disk Array and press Enter .
The drive carrier status LEDs flash for one minute.
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