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Storage Foundation 8.0 Quick Recovery Solutions Guide for Microsoft Exchange - Windows

Last Published: 2021-12-21

Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0)

Platform: Windows

Replacing hardware and adding disks to the dynamic disk group

Replace any defective hardware and add new disks to the dynamic disk group, as necessary. The number assigned to a new disk, for example harddisk5, may not be the same as the disk number of the failed disk.

Note the new disk number(s). You will need the information later on to add the disks to the dynamic disk group and for the recovery operation.

To replace the hardware and add the new disks to the dynamic disk group

Replace the defective hardware.
In the Actions menu, click Rescan.
If the disk was previously used in another system and has a disk signature, proceed to step 7.
If the new disk has never been used before, it is unsigned and needs a disk signature. In this case, the disk appears in the left pane of the VEA console and is marked with (No Signature), for example, harddisk5 (No signature). Proceed to the next step.
Right-click on a new, unsigned disk and click Write Signature.
Select the appropriate disks in the Available disks list, and use the Add button to move them to the Selected disks list.
Click OK.
After a signature appears on a disk, the disk will display as a basic disk.
Right-click the new disk and click Add Disk to Dynamic Disk Group.
This adds the disk to the dynamic disk group of the volumes associated with the production Exchange mailbox database.
In the Welcome panel, click Next.
Select the appropriate disks in the Available disks list, and use the Add button to move them to the Selected disks list.
Click Next.
Review the confirmation information and click Next.
Click Finish to upgrade the selected disks from basic to dynamic and add them to the dynamic disk group.