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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 compatible spare disks must be available.
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For a SnapLock aggregate, the SnapLock Compliance license, or the SnapLock Enterprise license, or both must be installed on the storage system.
Steps 
1.
From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
In the navigation pane, click Storage > Disks.
3.
Select the appropriate number of compatible spare disks and click Create Aggregate.
Depending on the RAID type, you must retain a minimum of three spare disks for RAID-DP and a two spare disks for RAID4.
4.
Specify a name for the aggregate.
5.
Select the RAID type.
The options that are enabled depend on the number of disks that are selected.
RAID0 option is available only if the storage system is a V-Series system or a Data ONTAP-v storage.
6.
Click Create.
7.
Verify that the aggregate you created is displayed in the Aggregates window.
Related reference 
Disks window

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