Background Suspend / Resume Support

MegaRAID provides a background Suspend or Resume Support feature that enhances the functionality where in the background operations running on a physical drive or a virtual drive can be suspended for some time, and resumed later using the Resume option.

The background operations, including consistency-check, rebuild, replace, and background initialization are supported by an abort operation. If any operation is stopped before completion, it is considered to be aborted. An aborted operation cannot be resumed from the place where it was stopped.

A suspended operation can be resumed later by using the Resume option, and the suspended operation resumes from the point where the operation was suspended last.

To perform a suspend and resume operation, go to the Group Show Progress dialog, and perform the tasks mentioned below. You also can select Show Progress from the Manage menu, or select the More info link under the Background Operations portlet on the dashboard.

The Group Show Progress dialog appears, as shown in the following figure. If Patrol Read is running, the Group Show Progress Patrol Read dialog appears.

Figure 42. Group Show Progress

Suspend (Alt + S)

Click the Suspend button to suspend the background operation taking place at that particular point of time. When the operations gets suspended, the Resume button appears instead of the Suspend button.

(Alt + E)

Click the Resume button to resume the operation from the point where it was suspended last.

Abort (Alt + B)

Click the Abort button to abort the ongoing active operation.

Resume All (Alt + R)

Click the Resume All button to resume all the suspended operations from the point they were suspended. This button is disabled if no operations are suspended.

Suspend All (Alt +S)

Click the Suspend All button to suspend all the active operations. The Suspend All button is enabled only if one or more operations are in active state.

Abort All (Alt + A)

Click the Abort All button to abort all the active operations.

Close (Alt + C)

Click the Close button to close the dialog.

NOTE  Suspend, Resume, Suspend All, and Resume All will be applicable only for background initialization, rebuild, replace, and consistency check operations.

NOTE  For the LSISAS3108 controllers, elapsed time also appears in the Group Show Progress dialogs.

Figure 43. Group Show Progress Patrol Read

Suspend Patrol Read

Click to suspend the patrol read operation.

Resume Patrol Read

Click to resume the patrol read operation from the point where it was suspended last.