Copyback; Create Pool - IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module Installation And User Manual

copyback

Use this command to copy the data from the source drive to the destination drive.
This command can be used to drain a drive or to copy the data from the spare
drive to the replaced drive.
Note: For any pool, only one copyback operation is active at a time. A new
copyback request will be rejected if a copyback operation is already running in the
group.
Command arguments:
<CLI> copyback
copyback -source<E:T>-dest<E:T>[-convert]
Where:
v E:T - [Enclosure]:[Tray] Specifies the drive bay number by enclosure number and
v -source - Specifies the source drive where the data being copied from.
v -dest - Specifies the destination drive where the data being copied to.
v -convert - Specifies the conversion of the source drive to a global spare when
Example:
<CLI> copyback –source 2:6 –dest 1:1
Source drive 2:6
Destination drive 1:1
Copyback operation started successfully.

create pool

This command creates a drive pool using drives specified by their bay numbers.
The -help option provides more details regarding proper configuration of drives in
particular RAID levels.
This command creates a drive pool using drives specified by their bay numbers.
The -help option provides more details regarding proper configuration of drives in
particular RAID levels.
Example of the create pool command with the -help option
<CLI> create pool -help
COMMAND-HELP: create pool
This command is used to create drive groups.
Usage : create pool -drives [DRIVE][DRIVE].. -raidtype [RAID_LEVEL] -port [PORT]
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tray number.
the copyback operation finished.
-name [POOL_NAME]
DRIVE : [ENCLOSURE]:[TRAY] format for one drive.
RAID_LEVEL : Possible RAID_LEVEL values are '0','1','5','10'.
0 - RAID 0, 1 - RAID 1, 5 - RAID 5, 10 - RAID 10
RAID 5 - For RAID 5
RAID 10 - For RAID 1+0 configuration, the number of drives specified should
RAID 1 - For RAID 1
PORT : Port value can be either '0' or '1'.
POOL_NAME : Pass a unique name for this Drive Pool
Pool name is maximum of 12 characters and contains only alphanumeric and
underscores.
configuration, specify at least 3 drives
be a multiple of 2
configuration, the number of drives specified should
be 2