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[NETAPP]How to Zero disk spare ?

First list out all the spare disk info by issue:

lab> sysconfig -r

Aggregate aggr1 (online, raid4) (zoned checksums)

Plex /aggr1/plex0 (online, normal, active)

RAID group /aggr1/plex0/rg0 (normal)

RAID Disk Device HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type RPM Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks)

--------- ------ ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- -------------- --------------

parity v4.37 v4 2 5 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.38 v4 2 6 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.39 v4 2 7 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.40 v4 2 8 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.41 v4 2 9 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.42 v4 2 10 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.43 v4 2 11 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.44 v4 2 12 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

data v4.45 v4 2 13 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

Aggregate aggr0 (online, raid0) (zoned checksums)

Plex /aggr0/plex0 (online, normal, active)

RAID group /aggr0/plex0/rg0 (normal)

RAID Disk Device HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type RPM Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks)

--------- ------ ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- -------------- --------------

data v4.16 v4 1 0 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

data v4.17 v4 1 1 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

data v4.18 v4 1 2 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

Spare disks

RAID Disk Device HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type RPM Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks)

--------- ------ ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- -------------- --------------

Spare disks for zoned checksum traditional volumes or aggregates only

spare v4.36 v4 2 4 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848 (not zeroed)

spare v4.24 v4 1 8 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.25 v4 1 9 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.26 v4 1 10 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.27 v4 1 11 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.28 v4 1 12 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.29 v4 1 13 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.32 v4 2 0 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.33 v4 2 1 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.34 v4 2 2 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.35 v4 2 3 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248 (not zeroed)

spare v4.19 v4 1 3 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.20 v4 1 4 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.21 v4 1 5 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.22 v4 1 6 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

In this example there are total 11 spare disks is not zeroed. It would need to zero before being added back to an aggregate which would take time. You can issue the command disk zero spares to zero all spares but do not for now.

lab> disk zero spares

lab> sysconfig -r

…, …

Spare disks

RAID Disk Device HA SHELF BAY CHAN Pool Type RPM Used (MB/blks) Phys (MB/blks)

--------- ------ ------------- ---- ---- ---- ----- -------------- --------------

Spare disks for zoned checksum traditional volumes or aggregates only

spare v4.36 v4 2 4 FC:B - FCAL N/A 70/144384 77/158848

spare v4.24 v4 1 8 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.25 v4 1 9 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.26 v4 1 10 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.27 v4 1 11 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.28 v4 1 12 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.29 v4 1 13 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.32 v4 2 0 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.33 v4 2 1 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.34 v4 2 2 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.35 v4 2 3 FC:B - FCAL N/A 120/246784 127/261248

spare v4.19 v4 1 3 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.20 v4 1 4 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.21 v4 1 5 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448

spare v4.22 v4 1 6 FC:B - FCAL N/A 1020/2089984 1027/2104448