Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 35)

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Reactivating Dynamic Disks
A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered down,
or disconnected. You can reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back online by perform-
ing the following steps:
1. Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk.
2. Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
The disk should be marked Online after the disk is reactivated.
Merging Foreign Disks
Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that have been moved from another
system. You cannot reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the system.
To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the current
system, use the command Merge Foreign Disk.
Perform the following steps to merge foreign disks:
1. From the PowerVault NAS Manager, click the Disks and Volumes tab, and then
click Disks and Volumes again from that page.
The Dell OpenManage Array Manager launches. The first time you start this soft-
ware, an initial Dell Open Manage Array Manager window with six buttons for
various tasks appears. You can close this window without selecting a task. When
the window closes, the NAS Manager page is open behind it. This page has a
window similar to a Windows Explorer window embedded in it. This window is
labeled Dell Open Manage Array Manager.
Foreign disks will appear in the disk list and graphical views as Foreign.
2. Right-click a foreign disk and click Merge Foreign Disks.
The Merge Foreign Disk Wizard displays.
3. Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
4. Click Next.
5. Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
6. Click Finish.