E.5.3 Stop the Disk Drive

Stopping of a RAID group disk drive is scheduled using the disk control command of the Storage Cruiser. This command returns control after the end of the stopping schedule of the disk drive.

Example when the Management Server is Windows

C:\ETERNUS_SF\ESC\Manager\opt\FJSVssmgr\sbin\storageadm.exe spindle stop -ipaddr <EternusIP> -raid <RaidGroup> -s

<EternusIP>: IP address of ETERNUS Disk storage system
<RaidGroup>: RAID group number to be used for the backup destination

Example when the Management Server is Solaris or Linux

/opt/FJSVssmgr/sbin/storageadm spindle stop -ipaddr <EternusIP> -raid <RaidGroup> -s

<EternusIP>: IP address of ETERNUS Disk storage system
<RaidGroup>: RAID group number to be used for the backup destination

For details on this command, refer to the Storage Cruiser manual.

Note

Depending on the status of the back up destination RAID group, a disk drive may not stop immediately.

While OPC physical copying:
If the OPC physical copy is in progress on the disk drive, the disk drive stops after a certain period once the physical copy is completed.
While the disk is being accessed:
If the RAID group for backup destination is being accessed, for example when backing up to a tape, the drive stops after a certain period once the access is stopped.

Other than the above, there are cases that the disk does not stop. For details, refer to the Storage Cruiser manual.