HP Media Vault User Manual

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Mirror rebuilding when one of the disks has been removed, then reconnected

If one disk containing a volume mirror is disconnected, mirroring is interrupted. Reconnecting the same disk
causes the mirror to completely rebuild. Once that same disk is reconnected to the media vault, a mirrored
volume will automatically begin rebuilding. You do not need to take any action to force the rebuild to occur.
However, please be aware that while this rebuilding operation is taking place, your data is not protected
with a redundant copy. Also be aware that the mirror rebuild may take many hours.

Mirror restoration when a disk (other than the SYSTEM disk) has failed

When a disk (other than the SYSTEM disk) for a mirrored volume fails, the media vault will raise a system
tray alert that warns you of the loss of data redundancy. To restore the device to the same level of protection,
you must remove the failed hard disk and replace it with a new, working disk. However, the device will not
presume that the new disk was attached to recreate the missing half. To re-establish a mirror, you must first
remove the mirror from the hard disk that failed (see

Remove a Mirror

). Ensure that you do not remove the

"good" half of the mirrored volume. Only remove the mirror from the failed disk.

You must now go through the process of creating a new mirror using the new hard disk. (See

Create a

Mirror

.)

Troubleshoot a printer attached to the HP Media Vault

Problems with installing a printer to media vault —Printer driver not listed

This troubleshooting solution describes what to do if you are trying to configure a network printer and your
printer is not listed in the Windows Add a Printer dialog box, as described in the instructions for

Installing

a printer

.

If your printer is not listed in the Add a Printer dialog box, visit the HP Customer Care Support Web site
at

www.hp.com/support

. The HP Media Vault support section includes a comprehensive list of the printers

that have been tested with the media vault. This list is constantly being updated.

If your printer has been found to support networking, you can locate its printer driver in the following ways:

From your computer's system files.

From the installation disc that came with your printer.

From the printer manufacturer's support web site.

Installing a printer driver from your computer's system files:

These instructions continue from Step 2:

Configure the printer driver

in

Install a printer

.

1. In the Add Printer Wizard dialog box, click Have Disk....
2. In the Install From Disk dialog box, click Browse....
3. Locate the .inf file for your printer. For example: C:

printer_manufacturer\drivers\your_printer.inf .

4. Select the appropriate .inf file, and then click Open.

Note: If you select the wrong file, a message box appears saying that the specified location does not

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