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v From the drop-down lists and calendar display, select the day, month, year,
and time you want the task performed.
v From the Recurring drop-down list, select the interval at which you want the
task to recur: Never, Daily, Weekly, Monthly.
v Click OK to schedule the task; click Cancel to cancel the scheduled task and
return to the initial confirmation pane.
More
information
v Understanding logical-drive synchronization
v Understanding scheduled tasks
v Using the Task Manager
Unblocking
a logical drive:
Note: This action is not supported on the integrated RAID controller.
After the rebuild operation is completed on an array, if the array contained RAID
level-0 logical drives, you can unblock the RAID level-0 logical drives and access
them once again. But remember, the logical drive contains damaged data. You
must re-create, install, or restore the data from the most recent backup disk or tape.
To unblock a blocked logical drive:
1. In the Logical devices view, click
(logical drive).
2. Right-click Unblock logical drive.
3. Click Yes to confirm, understanding that the data on the logical drive is not
valid. The ServeRAID Manager unblocks the blocked logical drive.
4. Initialize all unblocked logical drives before using them.
5. Restore the data to the drive from your most recent backup disk or tape.
More information
v Recovering from a defunct drive
Selecting
the logical drive size: When you select the logical drive size, consider the
following:
v If you change the RAID level of a logical drive, the total size (data plus parity)
of the logical drive might change.
v If you do not use all available free space, you can create another logical drive.
Click Create new logical drive to do so. You can assign the same or a different
RAID level to additional logical drives.
v You cannot delete the last remaining logical drive in the array. You must have at
least one logical drive for each array.
v Refer to the documentation provided with your operating system for
information about the recommended logical-drive size.
v The default RAID configuration uses all available free space.
More information
v Selecting the RAID level by array capacity
v Creating logical drives (action)
v Configuring RAID and creating arrays (action)
v Creating logical drives in the wizard
v Example: Usable and unusable capacity
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