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Correcting misaligned spare partitions

When you add partitioned disks to an aggregate, you must leave a disk with both the root and data partition available as spare for every node. If you do not and your node experiences a disruption, ONTAP cannot dump the core to the spare data partition.

Before you begin

You must have both a spare data partition and a spare root partition on the same type of disk owned by the same node.
  1. Display the spare partitions for the node: storage aggregate show-spare-disks -original-owner node_name

    Note which disk has a spare data partition (spare_data) and which disk has a spare root partition (spare_root). The spare partition will show a non-zero value under the Local Data Usable or Local Root Usable column.
  2. Replace the disk with a spare data partition with the disk with the spare root partition: storage disk replace -disk spare_data -replacement spare_root -action start

    You can copy the data in either direction; however, copying the root partition takes less time to complete.
  3. Monitor the progress of the disk replacement: storage aggregate show-status -aggregate aggr_name
  4. After the replacement operation is complete, display the spares again to confirm that you have a full spare disk: storage aggregate show-spare-disks -original-owner node_name
    You should see a spare disk with usable space under both Local Data Usable and Local Root Usable.

Example​

You display your spare partitions for node c1-01 and see that your spare partitions are not aligned:

c1::> storage aggregate show-spare-disks -original-owner c1-01

Original Owner: c1-01
 Pool0
  Shared HDD Spares
                                                            Local    Local
                                                             Data     Root Physical
 Disk                        Type     RPM Checksum         Usable   Usable     Size 
 --------------------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- -------- -------- 
 1.0.1                       SAS    7200 block           753.8GB       0B  828.0GB
 1.0.10                      SAS    7200 block                0B  73.89GB  828.0GB


You start the disk replacement job:

c1::> storage disk replace -disk 1.0.1 -replacement 1.0.10 -action start

While you are waiting for the replacement operation to finish, you display the progress of the operation:

c1::> storage aggregate show-status -aggregate aggr0_1

Owner Node: c1-01
 Aggregate: aggr0_1 (online, raid_dp) (block checksums)
  Plex: /aggr0_1/plex0 (online, normal, active, pool0)
   RAID Group /aggr0_1/plex0/rg0 (normal, block checksums)
                                                              Usable Physical
     Position Disk                        Pool Type     RPM     Size     Size Status
     -------- --------------------------- ---- ----- ------ -------- -------- ----------
     shared   1.0.1                        0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (replacing, copy in progress)
     shared   1.0.10                       0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (copy 63% completed)
     shared   1.0.0                        0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (normal)
     shared   1.0.11                       0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (normal)
     shared   1.0.6                        0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (normal)
     shared   1.0.5                        0   SAS    7200  73.89GB  828.0GB (normal)

After the replacement operation is complete, you confirm that you have a full spare disk:

ie2220::> storage aggregate show-spare-disks -original-owner c1-01

Original Owner: c1-01
 Pool0
  Shared HDD Spares
                                                            Local    Local
                                                             Data     Root Physical
 Disk                        Type     RPM Checksum         Usable   Usable     Size 
 --------------------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- -------- -------- 
 1.0.1                       SAS    7200 block           753.8GB  73.89GB  828.0GB