How to Replace a Failed Disk Drive in a Running Cluster

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

Steps

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

   • If no, proceed to Step 2.

   • If yes, remove the LUNs from volume management control. For more information, see your Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager or VERITAS Volume Manager documentation.

2. Replace the disk drive in the storage array.

   For the procedure about how to replace 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 the procedure about how to run 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, proceed 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, skip to Step 6.

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

   For the procedure about how to fail and revive drives, see the Sun StorEdge RAID Manager User’s Guide.

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

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