Promise Technology Network Device EX8654 - Manual (Page 149)

Chapter 5: Management with WebPAM PRO
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3. In the next screen, click the Start button.
Running PDM
Predictive Data Migration (PDM) migrates data from the suspect physical drive to
a spare disk drive, similar to Rebuilding. But unlike Rebuilding, PDM acts before
the disk drive fails and your Logical Drive goes Critical.
You an also run PDM on a specific disk array, see “Running PDM on a Disk
Array” on page 163.
Also see “Predictive Data Migration (PDM)” on page 248.
To run PDM:
1. In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.
2. From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose Start
PDM
.
3. In the next screen, choose the Source and Target physical drives.
The suspect physical drive is the Source. The replacement physical drive is
the Target.
4. Click the Start button.
Viewing Scheduled Activities
To view scheduled activities for this subsystem:
1. Click the Subsystem icon Tree View.
2. Click the Scheduler tab in Management View.
Scheduling an Activity
To set a scheduled activity for this subsystem:
1. Click the Subsystem icon Tree View.
2. From the dropdown menu on the Scheduler tab, choose Add BGA
Scheduler
.
3. Click the option button of the activity you want:
•
Media Patrol. See “Running Media Patrol” on page 134
• Redundancy Check. See “Running Redundancy Check” on page 170
• Spare Check. See “Running Spare Check” on page 175
4. In the Scheduler dialog box, check the Enable This Schedule box.