7 maintenance utilities, 1 expanding disk groups – Accusys ExaRAID GUI User Manual

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Remove LUNs in storage group

Select the LUN(s) you want to delete and click Remove. To remove all
LUNs of a virtual disk from all storage groups, check the ‘Remove
mapping virtual disk from all storage group’ box.

Modify LUN/storage group

Select a LUN/ storage group you want to change for its mask status,
access right, or storage group name, and click Modify to enter the
settings screen. To configure the same settings to all LUNs in a storage
group, check the ‘Apply to all LUNs in this storage group’ box.

Bind host/host group and storage group to host ports

Now you can click Bind in the selective storage main screen. Select from
the HTP ID, Host/ HGID, and SG ID drop-down menu for binding.

Unbind hosts/ host groups and storage groups to host ports

Select a binding you want to cancel and click Unbind in the selective
storage main screen. Click Confirm to cancel the selected binding.

2.7 Maintenance Utilities

This feature allows you to perform maintenance tasks on your arrays.

2.7.1 Expanding disk groups

DG Reconfiguration allows expansion on disk groups by adding one or
more disks, thus increasing the usable capacity of the disk group. You can
also perform defragmentation during expansion.

To expand disk groups, do the following:

1. Select Maintenance Utilities > DG Reconfiguration from the main menu.

2. Click Expand and specify the following options for a DG expansion

task.

DG ID

Select a disk group for expansion from the drop-
down menu.

Expanding
HDDs

Select and use the arrow buttons to move one or
more unused hard disks from the Available HDDs
list to the Expanding HDDs list.

Schedule

Immediately: The task will start immediately.

Once: The task will start on the specified date and
time.

Defragment
during
expanding

Check this option to allow for defragmentation
during expansion.

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