To avoid any loss of critical data, it is essential for a disk array to always maintain a pool of spare disks that can replace the faulty disk when a disk failure occurs. A disk array without any spare disk left will not be able to keep the level of data safety and performance in case of a disk failure.
The SpareDiskCount parameter of the SEN_I345_SUBSYSTEM class reports the number of spare disks available for each subsystem monitored with the solution. By default, a warning is triggered when no spare disk is available (SpareDiskCount is set to zero).
Verifying the number of available spare disks in all your IBM Subsystems
1. | Create a PATROL Query in the PATROL Console to show the value of the SpareDiskCount parameter of the SEN_I345_SUBSYSTEM class; In the main menu bar, click Actions > New Query… |

PATROL Query – General Tab
2. | Enter the Query name (example: Available Spare Disk) |
3. | Enter the Query description (optional) |
4. | In the Query Result Filter section, select Show Selected Objects and check the Parameters box |
5. | In the Additional Filtering section, select the Application Class level filtering and the Enable Parameter level filtering options |
6. | Open the Application Class tab |
7. | In the Pattern Matching section, select Like and type SEN_I345_SUBSYSTEM |

PATROL Query – Application Class Tab
9. | In the Pattern Matching section, select Like and type SpareDiskCount |

PATROL Query – Parameter Tab
10. | Click OK to display a table with the number of spare disks available in each monitored subsystems. |
See also
SEN_I345_SUBSYSTEM
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