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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
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