Working with Foreign pools and Alien pools
Foreign pools
You can export RAID data and transfer the drives and RAID configuration to another enclosure.
When you export a pool, it is called a foreign pool. The pool icon is grayed out in the Logical
devices view. You cannot perform any action on a foreign pool, except view pool components.
When you physically remove the component drives from the enclosure, Adaptec Storage Manager
removes the foreign pool icon from the GUI. When you insert the drives in another enclosure,
Adaptec Storage Manager displays a foreign pool icon in the Logical devices view. You must then import
the RAID data to complete the transfer. You may then use the pool to store and manage data.
Alien pools
If Adaptec Storage Manager only partially completes the pool configuration process,
the resulting pool is called an alien pool. For example, an alien pool
might be created if power is interrupted during array creation. You cannot use an
alien pool to store or manage data. The pool icon is grayed out in the Logical devices
view. The only action you can perform on an alien pool is to delete it.
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