Replacing A Drive; Migrating The Raid Level Of A Virtual Drive - LSI X79 Extreme11 User Manual

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Replacing a Drive

Caution:
Follow these steps to add a replacement drive and to copy the data from the drive that was
removed to the replacement drive.
1. Click the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu.
2. Select a drive in the left panel of the window.
3. Either select Go To->Physical Drive->Replace Physical Drive on the menu bar, or right-click
the virtual drive icon to access the Modify Drive Group Wizard.
The screen with the replacement drive appears, as shown in the following figure.
Figure 48
4. Select a replacement drive.
A confirmation message appears.
5. Click Yes.
This replaces a drive and copies the data to the selected component.

Migrating the RAID Level of a Virtual Drive

As the amount of data and the number of drives in your system increase, you can use RAID-level
migration to change a virtual drive from one RAID level to another. You do not have to power
down or reboot the system when you make this change.
When you migrate a virtual drive to another RAID level, you can keep the same number of drives,
or you can add drives. In some cases, you have to add a certain number of drives to migrate the
virtual drive from one RAID level to another. The screen indicates the minimum number of drives
you are required to add.
Caution:
Follow these steps to change the RAID level of the virtual drive with the Modify Drive Group
Wizard:
1. Click the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu screen.
2. Select a drive group in the left panel of the window.
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Configuration
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Make sure to back up the data on the virtual drive before you replace a drive.
Drive Replacement Window
Be sure to back up the data on the virtual drive before you change the RAID level.
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