Reactivating Dynamic Disks; Merging Foreign Disks; Volume Management - Dell PowerVault 750N System Administrator Manual

Reactivating Dynamic Disks

A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down, or
disconnected. You can reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back online by performing the
following steps:
Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk.
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Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
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The disk should be marked Online after the disk is reactivated.

Merging Foreign Disks

Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another system.
You cannot reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the system. To change the
status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the current system, use the
command Merge Foreign Disk.
Perform the following steps to merge foreign disks:
From the PowerVault NAS Manager, log on to the Terminal Services Advanced Client.
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Launch the Dell OpenManage Array Manager by clicking the System Management in
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the Advanced Administration Menu, and then clicking Computer Management.
Foreign disks will appear in the disk list and graphical views as Foreign.
Right-click a foreign disk and click Merge Foreign Disks.
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The Merge Foreign Disk Wizard displays.
Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
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By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
Click Next.
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Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
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Click Finish.
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Volume Management

This section describes conceptual and procedural information about how Array Manager
implements basic and dynamic volumes.
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