NEC Express5800/320Ma Software Installation And Configuration Manual

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Mirroring Disks3-12 Express5800/320Ma: Software Installation and Configuration Guide10. Make I/O enclosure 11 the primary enclosure:a. In ftSMC, expand ftServer I/O Enclosures and I/O Enclosure - 11.b. Expand VTM Adapter - 3 or VTM Adapter - 4, and right-click VTM Config.c. Click Set Primary.11. Restart the system.12. In Disk Management, in the Remove Mirror box, select and right-click the systemdisk in I/O enclosure 10 and click Remove Mirror. When you receive a messageasking Are you sure you want to remove the mirror, click Yes.13. Revert the system disk in I/O enclosure 10 to basic.14. Boot the system again, making sure I/O enclosure 11 is still primary. See step 3.15. In ftSMC, add the physical disk in I/O enclosure 10 to the RDR virtual disk.N O T EFor help with the steps you perform in Windows DiskManagement, see the Windows Disk Management help.Using RDR to Mirror Dynamic Data DisksIf your disks use volume mirroring, you can set them up to use both RDR disk mirroringand volume mirroring to obtain striped mirrors (RAID1+0). To do so, perform thefollowing steps, which require you to convert each disk to basic, use RDR to mirror thedisk, then convert the disk back to a dynamic disk. By converting one disk at a time,you can preserve the data on the disks and restore the volume mirroring.1. If necessary, insert and latch the pair of disks that contain the mirrored datavolumes.2. As a precaution, back up the data on the disks.N O T EThis procedure does not require you to back up andrestore the information from backup media. Back up theinformation solely as a precaution.3. From one of the disks in the pair, remove the mirrors from the mirrored volumes.See “Breaking the Mirror of the System Volume” on page 7-4.Revert this disk to basic.4. In ftServer Management Console (ftSMC), add this physical disk to an RDR virtualdisk. See “Using RDR to Mirror Disks in Internal Storage” on page 3-8.