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2.
Insert the USB flash device into your workstation or laptop.
3.
Open an elevated command prompt with Administrator privileges.
4.
At the command prompt, enter diskpart.
5.
At the diskpart prompt, enter list disk.
6.
Identify the disk number that corresponds to the flash drive. This is typically the last disk listed.
7.
Enter sel disk <USB drive number> (for example, sel disk 4).
8.
Enter clean. This deletes everything from the USB flash device, so ensure that you have the
proper disk selected.
9.
Enter create par primary.
10. Enter sel par 1.
1 1. Enter format fs=fat32 quick.
NOTE:
NTFS instead. Omitting the quick parameter lengthens the format time considerably.
12. Enter active to mark the partition as active.
13. Enter assign letter=<drive letter> to assign a drive letter to the USB drive (for
example, assign letter=U).
14. Enter exit to quit diskpart context commands.
15. Insert the System Recovery DVD into the computer.
16. Using Windows Explorer or a comparable utility, open the DVD so that all contents are visible,
including hidden and system files.
17. Select all of the files (including bootmgr) on the DVD.
18. Copy all of the selected files to the root of the USB flash drive.
Recovering both servers
If both server blades are being recovered, the process is similar to configuring a new HP X5000
G2 Network Storage System delivered from the factory.
NOTE:
Although the recovery process restores the X5000 G2 to the factory version, it does not
restore the EMU and iLO address configuration to the factory defaults. The EMU and iLO address
configuration will be the same as it was prior to system recovery.
For each server, follow the steps in
(page
121). Once each server is displaying the Set Up Windows wizard, see
and discover the second node" (page
Witness Disk wizard as part of the Initial Configuration Tasks, the wizard may indicate that a
witness disk already exists and it may discover other LUNs on the shared storage as well. These
LUNs will likely be from a previous cluster on the X5000 G2. Decide if you want to keep these
LUNs and add them to the new cluster later. If you do not want to keep the existing LUNs, you
may select them for deletion in the Create Witness Disk wizard.
Recovering a single server
If only one of the two server blades is being recovered, the process is slightly more involved because
you want to join the recovered server to an existing Windows failover cluster. If you do not have
a functional (containing at least one node) Windows failover cluster, follow the procedure for
"Recovering both servers" (page
The following procedure describes how to re-image one of the server blades of the X5000 G2,
and then rejoin the server to the Windows failover cluster:
1.
Follow the steps in
122 Storage system recovery
If your USB flash drive does not support the FAT32 file system, format the drive as
"Restoring the factory image with a DVD or USB flash device"
122).
"Restoring the factory image with a DVD or USB flash device" (page
19), and follow the steps provided. When you run the Create
"Set up Windows
121).
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