> We have a F740 filer with two 18 gig shelves. Each shelf is
> dedicated to
> a volume.We have reserved disk on each shelf as a hotspare for that
> particular volume. So in total we have two hot spares.
>
> Last week one of the disks failed on the first volume and failed disk
> was recontructed on the spare which was physically present on second
> shelf. So we ended up with the volume  which transgresses over to
> another shelf. Our goal was to contain each volume to a shelf of its
> own.
>
> First,is there a way to contain the volumes with hot spares? Secondly
> how do I make the first volume give up the disk on second shelf and
> recontruct it on spare which is physically present on first shelf.
>

I'm new at this NetApp stuff so you may want to get a second opinion
but if you pull the rebuilt spare then the first volume will rebuild it on
the other spare. Plug it back in and it is now a dirty spare.

Chuck