Setting Patrol Read Properties

Perform the following steps to set the patrol read properties.

1.	In the Controller dashboard, select More Actions > Set Patrol Read Properties.

The Available Virtual Drives dialog appears.

2.	Select the virtual drives for which you want to set the patrol read properties and click Add Virtual Drives.

The Set Patrol Read Properties dialog appears.

3.	Click Select Virtual Drives.

Click the icon to remove the virtual drives that you have already added.

4.	Click Next.

5.	Perform the following steps to set the properties:

a.	Select an operation mode for patrol read from the Set Patrol Read Mode drop-down list. The options follow:

•	Automatic – Patrol read runs automatically at the time interval you specify.

•	Manual – Patrol read runs only when you manually start it, by selecting Start Patrol Read from the Controller dashboard.

•	Disabled – Patrol read does not run.

b.	(Optional) Specify a maximum count of drives to include in the patrol read concurrently. The count must be a number from 1 to 255.

c.	Select the frequency at which the patrol read runs from the drop-down list. The default frequency is weekly (168 hours), which is suitable for most configurations. The other options are hourly, daily, and monthly.

d.	Select the month, day, and year on which to start the patrol read.

e.	Select the time of day to start the patrol read.

f.	(Optional) Select the Start Patrol Read Now check box.

g.	(Optional) Select the Run Patrol Read Non-Stop check box.

6.	Click Finish.

You can monitor the progress of the patrol read operation. See Background Operations Support.