About hot spares in the Storage Provisioning Option

If a storage array that has automatic rebuild capability loses virtual disk redundancy, it uses a physical disk as a hot spare to regain redundancy. If your storage array does not support an automatic rebuild capability, you must use vendor tools to manually rebuild the virtual disks. Refer to your storage vendor documentation for more information.

Use the Storage Array Configuration Wizard to specify the physical disks that you want to use as hot spares.

Before you specify a hot spare, refer to the following best practices:

For more recommendations, refer to your storage array vendor's documentation.

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