How to Remove a Hot Spare Pool (DiskSuite Tool)

Before you can remove a hot spare pool you must remove all associations to submirrors and RAID5 metadevices.

1. Make sure you have met the prerequisites ("Prerequisites for Removing DiskSuite Objects") and have read the preliminary information ("Preliminary Information for Removing Hot Spares and Hot Spare Pools").

2. Select Hot Spare Pools from the Browse menu to display the Hot Spare Pool Browser window.

3. Double-click the hot spare pool in the scrolling list that you want to delete.

   The Hot Spare Pool Information window for that hot spare pool appears. An "Associated With" listing displays all the metadevices using the hot spare pool.

4. Remove the hot spare pool association for each metadevice (submirror or RAID5 metadevice) in the Associated With list.

   1. One by one, double-click each metadevice in the Associated With list.

      The appropriate Information window appears.

   2. Click Remove. The Hot Spare Pool field becomes blank. Then click Close.

   3. Repeat 4a and 4b for each metadevice in the Associated With list.

   4. When finished removing the hot spare pool association for each metadevice, click Close on the Hot Spare Pool Information window.

5. Commit each mirror or RAID5 device that had its hot spare pool association removed.

   The "Use" status of the hot spare pool changes to "None."

6. Double-click the Hot Spare Pool object in the Objects list to display it on the canvas.

7. Delete the hot spare pool.

   Display the object's pop-up window and choose Delete.

8. To verify that the hot spare pool was deleted, display the Configuration Log.