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3-16 Advanced Disk and Volume Management Using Array Manager
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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 performing 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, log on to the Terminal Services Advanced Client.
2 Launch the Dell OpenManage Array Manager by clicking the System Management in
the Advanced Administration Menu, and then clicking Computer Management.
Foreign disks will appear in the disk list and graphical views as Foreign.
3 Right-click a foreign disk and click Merge Foreign Disks.
The Merge Foreign Disk Wizard displays.
4 Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
5 Click Next.
6 Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
7 Click Finish.
Volume Management
This section describes conceptual and procedural information about how Array Manager
implements basic and dynamic volumes.