Recombining a split mirrored array – HP Smart Storage Administrator User Manual
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4.
From the Arrays menu, select the appropriate array.
5.
Select Manage Data Drives from the Actions panel.
6.
Under Available Array Action(s), select Mirror Array.
7.
Select a physical drive.
8.
Click OK.
The mirrored array details are displayed.
9.
Click Finish.
10.
When HP SSA finishes splitting the array, two logical drives appear in the Arrays menu:
o
When a RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 array splits, two RAID 0 logical drives are created.
o
When an array that contains a RAID 1 (ADM) logical drive splits, a RAID 1 logical drive and a RAID
0 logical drive are created.
o
When an array that contains a RAID 10 (ADM) logical drive splits, a RAID 1+0 logical drive and a
RAID 0 logical drive are created.
11.
Shut down the OS.
12.
Power down the server.
13.
With power off, remove the physical drives that constitute one of the new arrays.
If you do not remove the physical drives for one of the arrays, the OS will be unable to distinguish
between the two arrays when the server is restarted because the arrays are identical.
14.
Power up the server.
15.
Restart the OS.
Recombining a split mirrored array
1.
Run the HP SSA GUI in offline mode. See "Accessing HP SSA in the offline environment (on page
)."
2.
Open the Configure panel by doing one of the following:
o
Choose a device and click Configure in the quick navigation menu.
o
Select an available device from the Home screen, and then click Configure under the available
options.
3.
Select Arrays from the Devices menu.
4.
Select the appropriate array from the Arrays menu.
5.
Select Manage Data Drives from the Actions panel.
6.
In the Available Tasks panel, click Manage Split Mirror Backup.
7.
Select the array to be mirrored to the source array.
This array is usually the array that was split from the original mirrored array. However, it can be any
other array of the correct size.
8.
Click OK.
9.
When HP SSA finishes re-mirroring the array, restart the OS.
The controller uses the rebuild process to synchronize the mirrored drives. The drive online LED flashes
during the rebuild process. Depending on the hard drive size and the server load, this process can take
up to 2 hours. You can boot the OS during this time, but the logical drive is not fault-tolerant until the
rebuild is complete.