HP 9000 Virtual Library System - Manual (Page 123)

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Reconstructing — The virtual disk is being reconstructed.
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Verifying — The virtual disk is being verified.
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VDisk Scrubbing — The virtual disk is being scrubbed.
Deleting Unused Virtual Disks
On the Manage Virtual Disks screen, you can delete an unused virtual disk. By default, it lists the
virtual disks in all of the disk arrays.
1.
Select the virtual disks you want to delete.
To narrow the list of disks displayed, use the Select Disk Array list, then select Update.
2. Select Delete Unused VDisk from the Select Operation list.
3. Select Submit. A warning screen displays.
4. Select Continue. The screen displays the status of the deletion.
NOTE: You can only delete virtual disks that are currently not in use or that have two or fewer
disks.
Clearing the Leftover Disks
The Clear Leftover Disks screen displays details about the disks including the disk array number
and IP address, enclosure number, disk slot number, serial number, disk state, disk revision (firmware
version), and disk drive size in TB.
Each disk drive contains metadata that the system uses to identify the drive's owning virtual disk,
if any. Disks will go into the Leftover state when they are removed and inserted into the same array.
This is caused by the difference in timestamp between the reinserted drive and the timestamp
present with the virtual disk. You must clear the disk's metadata before you can use the leftover
disk in a different virtual disk or as a spare.
The status of the disk is one of the following:
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Available — Disk is available for use in a virtual disk
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Global spare — Disk is available as a global spare
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Leftover — Disk contains metadata but is not part of a virtual disk
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Part of virtual disk — Disk is part of a virtual disk
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Spare assigned to virtual disk — Disk is a spare assigned to a virtual disk
To clear the Leftover disks:
1.
Navigate to the Manage Virtual Disks screen (see “Managing Disk Arrays” (page 122) ).
2. Select Clear Leftover Disks from the task bar.
3. Select the disks you want to clear from the list.
To narrow the list of disks in the Leftover state displayed, use the Select Disk Array or Select
Enclosure list, then select Update.
4. Select Submit. A warning screen displays.
5. Select Continue. The screen displays the status of the disk clearing.
Updating the Disk Firmware
Some VLS firmware versions allow you to update the firmware on the disk arrays. The Update
Firmware screen lists the available disk array firmware upgrade. It provides the disk model and
revision numbers of the disks that are able to receive the upgrade. Only disks meeting the upgrade
criteria display on this screen.
To update the firmware on the array disks:
Managing Disk Arrays 123