Recovering blocked pools

You can recover blocked pools using the Restore Pools window.

The pool recovery time depends on pool or V-VOL usage and system workload. Calculate roughly 20 minutes of recovery time for every 100 TB of pool or V-VOL usage.

CautionRecover blocked pools for disaster recovery purposes only.

Procedure

  1. In the Explorer pane, click Storage Systems, expand the storage system tree, and then click Pools.

  2. In the Pools tab, from the list of pools, select the check box for the pool that you want to recover, click More Actions Restore Pools, and then confirm the settings.

  3. Accept the default task name or enter a unique name.

    You can enter up to 32 letters, numbers, and symbols, except the following:

    \ / : , ; * ? " < > |

  4. If you want to monitor the task after submitting it, select Go to tasks window for status.

  5. Click Apply to submit the task.

Parent Topic
  • Workflow for recovering blocked pools

    When a pool is blocked, you must recover the pool volume, pool, Thin Image pairs, and then V-VOL in that order. This section describes how to recover a blocked pool.