Starting NVMe Hot spare protection

This topic provides instructions for starting NVMe Hot spare protection.

To start hot spare protection with the command line, take the following steps:

Start System Service Tools (STRSST), and specify the user name and password
On the System Service Tools (SST) display, select Work with disk units
On the Work with Disk Units display, select Work with disk configuration
On the Work with Disk Configuration display, select Work with NVMe Devices
On the Work with NVMe Device display, select Work with NVMe Hot Spare
On the Work with NVMe Hot Spare display, select Start NVMe Hot Spare
On the Start NVMe Hot Spare display, select the NVMe devices that you want Hot Spare started on
On the Confirm Start NVMe Hot Spare display, use the F10 key to confirm the choice to start hot spare on the selected NVMe devices