Users Guide

To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ...................................................................................................142
Unmirror...........................................................................................................................................................................142
To Unmirror................................................................................................................................................................143
To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management........................................................................................................143
Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare...................................................................................................... 143
Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare...........................................................................................................................143
Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare...................................................................................................................... 144
To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management................................................144
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2................................................................................................ 144
Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2....................................................................................................................144
To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management.................................................................................145
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2............................................................................................... 145
16 Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another............................................................. 146
Required Conditions....................................................................................................................................................... 146
SAS Controllers.........................................................................................................................................................146
SAS Controller ......................................................................................................................................................... 146
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System........................................................................................................ 146
17 Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare.......................................................................................... 147
Understanding Hot Spares............................................................................................................................................ 147
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy.............................................................................................................................147
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy..................................................................................................................147
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy........................................................................................................................ 148
Considerations For Hot Spare Protection Policy.................................................................................................. 148
Considerations For Enclosure Anity.................................................................................................................... 148
18 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................ 149
Common Troubleshooting Procedures.........................................................................................................................149
Cables Attached Correctly...................................................................................................................................... 149
System Requirements.............................................................................................................................................. 149
Drivers And Firmware...............................................................................................................................................149
Isolate Hardware Problems......................................................................................................................................150
Replacing A Failed Disk............................................................................................................................................150
Using The Physical Disk Online Command On Select Controllers.......................................................................151
Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk.........................................................................................151
Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems............................................................................................... 152
Virtual Disk Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................................................152
A Rebuild Does Not Work........................................................................................................................................152
A Rebuild Completes With Errors........................................................................................................................... 152
Cannot Create A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................. 153
A Virtual Disk Of Minimum Size Is Not Visible To Windows Disk Management................................................153
Virtual Disk Errors On Systems Running Linux..................................................................................................... 153
Problems Associated With Using The Same Physical Disks For Both Redundant And Non-Redundant
Virtual Disks...............................................................................................................................................................154
Specic Problem Situations And Solutions................................................................................................................. 154
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