Users Guide

To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ...................................................................................................144
Unmirror...........................................................................................................................................................................144
To Unmirror............................................................................................................................................................... 145
To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management........................................................................................................145
Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare...................................................................................................... 145
Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare...........................................................................................................................145
Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare...................................................................................................................... 146
To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management................................................146
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2................................................................................................ 146
Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2....................................................................................................................146
To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management................................................................................. 147
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2................................................................................................147
16 Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another............................................................. 148
Required Conditions....................................................................................................................................................... 148
SAS Controllers.........................................................................................................................................................148
SAS Controller ......................................................................................................................................................... 148
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System........................................................................................................ 148
17 Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare.......................................................................................... 149
Understanding Hot Spares............................................................................................................................................149
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy............................................................................................................................ 149
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy................................................................................................................. 149
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy........................................................................................................................150
Considerations For Hot Spare Protection Policy.................................................................................................. 150
Considerations For Enclosure Anity....................................................................................................................150
18 Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................................... 151
Common Troubleshooting Procedures......................................................................................................................... 151
Cables Attached Correctly....................................................................................................................................... 151
System Requirements...............................................................................................................................................151
Drivers And Firmware............................................................................................................................................... 151
Isolate Hardware Problems......................................................................................................................................152
Replacing A Failed Disk............................................................................................................................................152
Using The Physical Disk Online Command On Select Controllers......................................................................153
Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk........................................................................................153
Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems...............................................................................................154
Virtual Disk Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................................................154
A Rebuild Does Not Work........................................................................................................................................154
A Rebuild Completes With Errors........................................................................................................................... 154
Cannot Create A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................. 155
A Virtual Disk Of Minimum Size Is Not Visible To Windows Disk Management............................................... 155
Virtual Disk Errors On Systems Running Linux..................................................................................................... 155
Problems Associated With Using The Same Physical Disks For Both Redundant And Non-Redundant
Virtual Disks...............................................................................................................................................................156
Specic Problem Situations And Solutions................................................................................................................. 156
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