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Rebuilding Arrays, System Shutdown Rebuild, Manual Rebuild - rebuild array

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Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility To configure drives: 1 From the ACU Main menu, select Configure Drives. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish to configure, then press Insert. 3 Repeat Step 2 if you want to add another drive to be configured. 4 Press Enter. 5 Read the warning message and ensure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure. Type Y to continue. Rebuilding Arrays Note: Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant arrays (RAID 1) only. By replacing a failed drive of a RAID 1 array with a new drive, you can Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status and assume fault tolerance. You can perform a Rebuild in the following ways: Note: If no spare exists and a hard disk drive fails, you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array. See Adding/ Deleting Hotspares on page 6-7 before continuing your Rebuild. System Shutdown Rebuild You can shut down the system and replace the failed drive with a new one (of equal or greater capacity). When the system is booted, you can assign the new drive as a spare, and this will start the Rebuild task. All the data from the good drive is copied to the new one, and the original RAID 1 array is recreated. Manual Rebuild 1 From the ACU Main menu, select Manage Arrays. From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to Rebuild. 2 Press Ctrl+R to Rebuild. 6-8

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Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
To configure drives:
1
From the ACU Main menu, select
Configure Drives
.
2
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish
to configure, then press
Insert
.
3
Repeat
Step 2
if you want to add another drive to be configured.
4
Press
Enter
.
5
Read the warning message and ensure that you have selected
the correct disk drives to configure. Type
Y
to continue.
Rebuilding Arrays
Note:
Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant arrays (RAID 1)
only.
By replacing a failed drive of a RAID 1 array with a new drive, you
can Rebuild to get the array to Optimal status and assume fault
tolerance. You can perform a Rebuild in the following ways:
Note:
If no spare exists and a hard disk drive fails, you need to
create a spare before you can rebuild an array. See
Adding/
Deleting Hotspares
on page 6-7
before continuing your
Rebuild.
System Shutdown Rebuild
You can shut down the system and replace the failed drive with a
new one (of equal or greater capacity). When the system is booted,
you can assign the new drive as a spare, and this will start the
Rebuild task. All the data from the good drive is copied to the new
one, and the original RAID 1 array is recreated.
Manual Rebuild
1
From the ACU Main menu, select
Manage Arrays
. From the
List of Arrays, select the array you want to Rebuild.
2
Press
Ctrl+R
to Rebuild.