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Chapter 13—Drive Troubleshooting Using a Global Spare Drive
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3. UseyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretopreparetheGlobalSpare
drive.Refertoyourstoragemanagementsoftwaredocumentationfor
information.
a. StopallstoragemanagementsoftwareactivitytotheGlobalSpare
drivethatreplacedthefaileddrive.
b. Ifnecessary,use yourstoragemanagementsoftwaretoejectthe
cartridgefromthedriveandreturnittoitsslot.
c. TaketheGlobalSparedriveoffline.
4. WhentheGlobalSparedriveisemptyandoffline,clickMENU >
Configuration > PartitionstodisplaythePartitionsscreen(see
Figure273onpage404).
5. ClickGlobal Spare forthepartitionthatcontainedthefaileddriveto
displaytheGlobalSpareUsagescreen.
6. ClickUndo Sparenexttothedriveyouphysicallyreplaced.
TheBlueScalesoftwarestopssubstitutingtheGlobalSpareforthedriv e
itreplacedandreconfiguresthe replacementdrivebac k intothe
partition.TheGlobalSpareisthenavailabletobeusedagain,asneeded.
7. Useyourstoragemanagementsoftwaretobringthenewlyinstalled
driveonlineandresumebackupoperations.Refertoyourstorage
managementsoftwaredocumentationforinstructions.
Figure 276 Click Undo Spare to begin using the
replacement drive you installed.