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Completing A Full Recovery Of The DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance

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7 Completing A Full Recovery Of The DL4000 Backup To Disk Appliance The data drives on the DL4000 Backup To Disk appliance are located in slots 2-9 and in RAID 6 format, meaning they can sustain up to two drive failures without data loss. The operating system resides on drives 0 and 1, which are formatted as a RAID 1 virtual disk. If both of these disks fail, you must replace the drives and reinstall the necessary software for the appliance to function again. To complete a full recovery of the appliance, you must: • Create a RAID 1 Partition for the Operating System • Install the Operating System • Run the Recovery and Update Utility Create A RAID 1 Partition For The Operating System CAUTION: It is essential that you perform these operations only on the RAID 1 virtual disks that contain the operating system. Do not perform these operations on the RAID 6 virtual disks that contain data. To create a RAID 1 partition: 1. Ensure that you have replaced the disks in slots 0 and 1 with known working disks. 2. Boot the DL4000 Backup to Disk appliance. 3. When prompted during the boot process, press . The PERC BIOS Configuration Utility screen is displayed. 4. Highlight the controller at the top of the VD Management tab, and press , then select Create New VD. 5. On the Virtual Disk Management page, select RAID 1 for RAID Level. 6. Select both disks in the Physical Disks box. 7. Enter a VD Name, such as "OS", that identifies the virtual disk as the one that contains the operating system. 8. Press to move the cursor to Initialize and press . NOTE: The initialization performed at the stage is fast initialization. 9. Click OK to finalize the selection or Press twice. The Ctrl Mgt page is displayed. 10. Navigate to the Select boot device field and select the virtual disk that contains the operating system. The capacity of this disk is approximately 278 GB. 11. Select Apply and press . 12. Exit the PERC BIOS Configuration utility and press to reboot the system. Install The Operating System Use the Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE) utility on the DL4000 system to recover the operating system: 143

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7
Completing A Full Recovery Of The DL4000
Backup To Disk Appliance
The data drives on the DL4000 Backup To Disk appliance are located in slots 2-9 and in RAID 6 format, meaning they can
sustain up to two drive failures without data loss. The operating system resides on drives 0 and 1, which are formatted
as a RAID 1 virtual disk. If both of these disks fail, you must replace the drives and reinstall the necessary software for
the appliance to function again. To complete a full recovery of the appliance, you must:
•
Create a RAID 1 Partition for the Operating System
•
Install the Operating System
•
Run the Recovery and Update Utility
Create A RAID 1 Partition For The Operating System
CAUTION: It is essential that you perform these operations only on the RAID 1 virtual disks that contain the
operating system. Do not perform these operations on the RAID 6 virtual disks that contain data.
To create a RAID 1 partition:
1.
Ensure that you have replaced the disks in slots 0 and 1 with known working disks.
2.
Boot the DL4000 Backup to Disk appliance.
3.
When prompted during the boot process, press <Ctrl><R>.
The
PERC BIOS Configuration Utility
screen is displayed.
4.
Highlight the controller at the top of the
VD Management
tab, and press <F2>, then select
Create New VD
.
5.
On the
Virtual Disk Management
page, select RAID 1 for RAID Level.
6.
Select both disks in the
Physical Disks
box.
7.
Enter a VD Name, such as "OS", that identifies the virtual disk as the one that contains the operating system.
8.
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
NOTE:
The initialization performed at the stage is fast initialization.
9.
Click
OK
to finalize the selection or Press <Ctrl><N> twice.
The
Ctrl Mgt
page is displayed.
10.
Navigate to the
Select boot device
field and select the virtual disk that contains the operating system.
The capacity of this disk is approximately 278 GB.
11.
Select
Apply
and press <Enter>.
12.
Exit the
PERC BIOS Configuration
utility and press <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to reboot the system.
Install The Operating System
Use the Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE) utility on the DL4000 system to recover the
operating system:
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