Mirroring Dynamic Disks With Rdr; Setting The Active Rdr Disk (Plex) - NEC Express5800/320Ma Administrator's Manual

Using RDR for Fault Tolerance
8. For each additional virtual disk to be created, repeat steps 3–7, mirroring:
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The disk in slot 2 of I/O element 10 with the disk in slot 2 of I/O element 11 to
create virtual disk 2
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The disk in slot 3 of I/O element 10 with the disk in slot 3 of I/O element 11 to
create virtual disk 3

Mirroring Dynamic Disks with RDR

This procedure turns dynamic disks into basic disks before mirroring them with RDR.
To use RDR to mirror dynamic disks themselves, see Chapter 3 in the
Express5800/320Ma: Software Installation and Configuration Guide.
Mirroring a dynamic disk with RDR involves two steps:
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Converting
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Upgrading
Converting a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk
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1. Right-click My Computer, and click Manage.
2. Expand Computer Management and Storage.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. Right-click the icon of the target disk in the lower portion of the Disk Management
details pane.
5. Select Convert to Basic Disk.
6. If necessary, recover the information from backup media.
To upgrade the basic disks to RDR, see
Internal Storage" on page

Setting the Active RDR Disk (Plex)

The Set As Active RDR Plex command makes the physical disk on which this
command is issued the "active" disk. The active disk is the disk:
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From which data is read
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From which a partner disk is resynchronized
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the disk to basic
the disk to RDR
C A U T I O N
Converting a dynamic disk to a basic disk removes all
data from the disk. So that you can recover the data, back
it up to backup media before you convert the disk to a
basic disk.
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"Notes on Using RDR to Mirror Disks in