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A dedicated hot spare can be defined using the RAIDdedicatedSpare attribute found under the VD component element. A specific disk can be defined by using the FQDD for the disk.
<Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.Slot.2‐1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDdedicatedSpare"> Disk.Bay.5:Enclosure.External.0‐0:RAID.Slot.2‐1
</Attribute>
SCP file example showing create RAID 1 and assign dedicated hot spare:
<SystemConfiguration>
<Component FQDD="RAID.SL.3-1">
<Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.SL.3-1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDaction">Create</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="LockStatus">Unlocked</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="BootVD">False</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDinitOperation">None</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="DiskCachePolicy">Default</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDdefaultWritePolicy">WriteBack</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDdefaultReadPolicy">ReadAhead</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="Name">Virtual Disk 0</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="Size">479559942144</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="StripeSize">512</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="SpanDepth">1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="SpanLength">2</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDTypes">RAID 1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Bay.1:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.SL.3-1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="IncludedPhysicalDiskID">Disk.Bay.2:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.SL.3-1</Attribute>
<Attribute Name="RAIDdedicatedSpare">Disk.Bay.3:Enclosure.Internal.0-1:RAID.SL.3-1</Attribute>
</Component>
</Component>
</SystemConfiguration>
The value AutoSelect can be provided to automatically assign a dedicated hot spare.
<Component FQDD="Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.Slot.2‐1">
<Attribute Name="RAIDdedicatedSpare">AutoSelect</Attribute>
Note: The RAIDHotspareStatus attribute is a read-only value and cannot be used to assign a dedicated hot spare. To assign a dedicated hot spare to a volume, use the attribute RAIDdedicatedSpare.