Configuring Disk Group Force Promote - System Administration - On-Premises - Foundation 23.1 - Foundation 23.1 - Ready - OnBase - Premier - external - Standard - Essential - Premier - Standard - Essential

On-Premises System Administration
Platform
OnBase
Product
System Administration - On-Premises
Release
Foundation 23.1
License
Premier
Standard
Essential

Promoting a Disk Group ends the current volume and begins the next volume. The system will automatically promote a Disk Group when the current volume is full. This is achieved when the current volume reaches the number of kilobytes (KB) that were specified in the Volume Size field during Disk Group configuration.

You can force a Disk Group to begin a new volume at any time. Imported Disk Groups can only be force promoted using the Import Manager with the Use existing Disk Group option. All force promotions are logged in the SYS Platter Management Reports log.

To force promote a Disk Group:

  1. Click Force Promote on the Disk Group Configuration dialog box. The Force Promote dialog box is displayed.

    If you have reached the maximum number of volumes designated for the Disk Group, a warning message is displayed instead.

    CAUTION:

    You cannot recover a deleted volume. Before deleting volumes from any Disk Group, ensure they have been properly backed up according to your solution's requirements.

  2. If you need to change the platter path of the promoted copies, select Change Platter Path.
    1. Select the platter path to change in the Platters pane. The current path is displayed in the Platter Path field.
      Note:

      Platter paths must be UNC paths at the time of promotion. Changing paths for backup or removable copies is not allowed.

    2. Edit the path in the Platter Path field, or click Browse to select a new location for the promoted copies.
    3. Click Update to save your changes to the platter path.
      Note:

      You cannot promote a volume to a location already used by another Disk Group.

  3. Click Continue to promote the volume and create a new volume to continue storing data.
    Note:

    If you Force Promote a volume, causing the minimum number of volumes to be met, copies that would enter the delete queue during an automatic promote do not enter the delete queue, even if all backup copies have been created.