If one of the disk drives on the master console server
fails, you might need to replace it with a new disk drive. The new
drive must be the same capacity or larger than the drive being replaced.
Perform the following steps if one of the mirrored disk
drives fails and must be replaced:
- If you cannot determine which of the two disk drives has
failed, restart the server with each disk drive to determine which
drive is not functioning.
- Right-click the My Computer icon
on your desktop and select Manage.
- Select Disk Management from the
left navigation panel. The hard drives are displayed in the right
panel.
- If the failing disk drive is displayed, right-click the
main volume of the drive and select Break Mirror.
- Shut down the master console hardware
and replace the failing disk drive using the procedures that are detailed
in the documentation for your replacement hard drive. Ensure that
the jumper settings for the new drive are the same as the jumper settings
for the drive that is being replaced.
Notes: If the replacement drive has a master boot record (MBR),
erase the MBR prior to using the replacement drive. However, if the master console computer
fails to start because it cannot find the MBR, change the start sequence
in the BIOS to the other hard drive.
- Restart the computer.
- Right-click My Computer on your
desktop and select Manage.
- Select Disk Management. The hard
drives are displayed in the right panel.
- If a disk drive is marked Missing,
right-click the drive and select Remove Disk.
- If a no entry sign is displayed on the new disk drive,
right-click that disk drive and select Write Signature.
This removes the no entry sign.
- Right-click the new disk drive and select Upgrade
to Dynamic Disk.
- Right-click the volume that you want to mirror and select Add
Mirror. The Add Mirror wizard
is started.
- Use the Add Mirror wizard to configure
the second volume.
- Ignore the window for making changes to the boot.ini file.
The status of both volumes, the existing drive, and the new
drive changes to Regenerating. After a short
period of time, the status shows the percentage of regeneration that
has completed. When the regeneration completes, the status is displayed
as Healthy.