Maintenance procedures

Very large disk systems, with thousands or tens of thousands of disks and servers, will likely experience a variety of failures during normal operation.

To maintain system productivity the vast majority of these failures must be handled automatically without loss of data, without temporary loss of access to the data, and with minimal impact on the performance of the system. Some failures require human intervention, such as replacing failed components with spare parts or correcting faults that cannot be corrected by automated processes.

You can also use the IBM Storage Scale System GUI to perform various maintenance tasks. The IBM Storage Scale System GUI lists various maintenance-related events in its event log in the Monitoring > Events page. You can set up email alerts to get notified when such events are reported in the system. You can resolve these events or contact the IBM® Support Center for help as needed. The ESS GUI includes various maintenance procedures to guide you through the fix process.