Mirroring And Duplexing Partitions; Mirroring Partitions; Unmirroring Partitions; Recovering Data From An Out Of Sync Disk - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Mirroring and Duplexing Partitions

Mirroring Partitions

Unmirroring Partitions

Recovering Data from an Out of Sync Disk

child to the object above it. In ascending order, parent objects appear immediately
above the highlighted object.
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Select the appropriate hard disk from the list.
The Drive Status window appears. The Operating Status field indicates
whether the device is activated or deactivated.
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Press Enter to access the Operating Status options.
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To change the operating status of the disk, highlight either Activate or
Deactivate and press Enter.
If you attempt to deactivate a disk that has mounted volumes, you receive
a confirmation prompt. If you confirm that you want to deactivate the
disk, the volumes are dismounted.
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Press Esc until you return to Available Options.
The process for mirroring and duplexing is the same. The term mirroring is
used in all menus to refer to both mirroring and duplexing.
For instructions on mirroring partitions, see
Storage Services Administration Guide.
You must unmirror mirrored partitions before you can delete a partition or
conduct surface tests on a disk.
For instructions on unmirroring partitions, see
Novell Storage Services Administration Guide.
Once a hard disk is unmirrored, its status is listed as either Not Mirrored or
Out of Sync on the Disk Partition Mirroring Status list.
When a hard disk is listed as Out of Sync, the operating system does not
recognize any volume information on it. Use this procedure to recover data
from an Out of Sync partition.
Creating a Partition
Deleting a Partition
File System Management
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