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