Volume management, Reactivating dynamic disks, Merging foreign disks – Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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2. Right-click the disk you want to upgrade and click Upgrade Dynamic Disk.

The Upgrade Disk Wizard provides information about upgrading.

3. Click Next to continue.

The system asks you to select the disks to upgrade.

4. Add the basic disks you want to upgrade to the list of dynamic disks and click Next.

5. Click Finish.

NOTE:

After a disk is upgraded to dynamic, it cannot be reverted back to basic unless all volumes on that disk are

removed. Dell recommends that you do not revert a disk back to basic after data volumes are present.

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 performing the following steps:

1. Launch Array Manager.

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2. Right-click the disk labeled Missing or Offline dynamic disk.

3. Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.

The disk is labeled Online after it has been 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 Merge Foreign Disk command.

To merge foreign disks, perform the following steps:

1. Launch Array Manager.

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2. Right-click a disk marked as Foreign and click Merge Foreign Disks.

The Merge Foreign Disk Wizard displays.

3. Select the foreign disks that you want to merge to the system.

By default, the system selects all foreign disks to be merged.

4. Click Next.

5. Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.

6. Click Finish.

Volume Management

This subsection provides conceptual and procedural information about how Array Manager implements basic and dynamic

volumes.