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Affected Models NetBackup 5240 Appliance The NetBackup 5240 Appliance is a hardware and software storage system that can scale to 220 TB of available backup capacity. It consists of a NetBackup 5240 Appliance and up to four optional NetBackup 5240 Appliance Storage Shelves. By itself, the 2U NetBackup 5240 Appliance offers internal data storage from 4TB to 27TBs, depending on the storage configuration you purchase.
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This section describes how to replace a 1-TB operating system disk drive or a 1-TB log file disk drive in the NetBackup 5240 Appliance. The NetBackup 5240 Appliance operating system is installed on two internal RAID 1 (mirrored )1-TB hard disks. The operating system disks are located in drive bay slots 0 and 1. The appliance also uses two internal RAID 1 (mirrored) 1-TB disk drives to store appliance software-generated log files.
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HSP #171 Operating system and log file disk drive replacement: NetBackup 5240 Appliance NetBackup 5240 Appliance operating system disk drive and log file disk drive slot locations Figure 3 Caution: Only 1-TB drives can be used in slots 0 - 3. Make sure you do not replace the faulty drive with any other size drive.
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HSP #171 Operating system and log file disk drive replacement: NetBackup 5240 Appliance In the front panel, check for a solid amber drive status LED. The drive status LED is the bottom of the two LEDs on the disk drive face plate. If the LED is blinking amber, the disk drive is in the process of rebuilding and must not be disturbed.
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HSP #171 Operating system and log file disk drive replacement: NetBackup 5240 Appliance Place the drive in an ESD-protective bag. To install the disk drive Put on an ESD-compliant wrist strap or take other ESD-protective measures. Remove the replacement disk drive from the ESD-protective wrapper.
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