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Creating an aggregate from spare disks
You can use the Create Aggregate dialog box to create an aggregate from selected spare disks and provide disk space to one or more FlexVol volumes.
Before you begin 
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Depending on the RAID type, an appropriate number of spare disks must be available.
Steps 
1.
From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
Ensure that the left navigation pane displays either the cluster hierarchy or the storage controllers hierarchy.
3.
In the navigation pane, click Storage > Disks.
4.
Select the appropriate number of spare disks and click Create Aggregate.
You must retain at least one spare disk as hot spare on the system.
5.
Specify a name for the aggregate.
6.
Select the RAID type.
The options that are enabled depend on the number of disks that are selected and whether the storage system is a V-Series system or a VSA system.
7.
Click Create.
Related reference 
Disks window

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