How to Replace a Failed Disk Drive in a Running Cluster

Use this procedure to replace a failed disk drive in a running cluster.

1. Does replacing the disk drive affect any LUN's availability?

   • If not, go to Step 2.

   • If the replacement does affect LUN availability, remove the LUN(s) from volume management control. For more information, see your Solstice DiskSuite or VERITAS Volume Manager documentation.

2. Replace the disk drive in the disk array.

   For the procedure on replacing a disk drive, see the Sun StorEdge D1000 Storage Guide.

3. Run Health Check to ensure that the new disk drive is not defective.

   For instructions on running Recovery Guru and Health Check, see the Sun StorEdge RAID Manager User's Guide.

4. Does the failed drive belong to a drive group?

   • If the drive does not belong to a device group, go to Step 5.

   • If the drive is part of a device group, reconstruction is started automatically. If reconstruction does not start automatically for any reason, then select Reconstruct from the Manual Recovery application. Do not select Revive. When reconstruction is complete, go to Step 6.

5. Fail the new drive, then revive the drive to update DacStore on the drive.

   For instructions on failing drives and manual recovery procedures, see the Sun StorEdge RAID Manager User's Guide.

6. If you removed LUNs from volume management control in Step 1, return the LUN(s) to volume management control.

   For more information, see your Solstice DiskSuite or VERITAS Volume Manager documentation.