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Legato NetWorker, Release 7.0
Disaster Recovery Guide
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Replacing a Hard Drive
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Replacing a Hard Drive
To replace a hard drive:
• “Obtain the Hard Drive Information” on page 90
• “Replace the Hard Drive” on page 90
• “Completing the Recovery Process” on page 91
Obtain the Hard Drive Information
Before you replace the hard drive, you must obtain the following information
about the drive:
• Size of the drive
• Size, format, and volume label assigned to each drive partition
• NetWare Directory Services (NDS), the NDS tree topology, and the
location of server objects, partitions and replicas, and bindery context
settings
You can obtain information about each drive using:
• install (or nwconfig on NetWare 5.0). This server utility provides
information about each hard drive including each volume segment on the
drive.
• netadmin in DOS or the NetWorker Administrator program (nwadmin)
in Windows.
• dsrepair. This server utility enables you to perform a check on each
partition and replica.
• autoexec.ncf. This file contains the bindery context settings.
• ndir. This workstation utility provides information about each volume,
directory, and file on the disk.
Replace the Hard Drive
For detailed instructions on how to replace failed hard drives, refer to the
appropriate NetWare documentation and the appropriate hard drive vendor
documentation.
Important: Install a new drive that is the same size or larger than the original
drive. This will ensure that you can recover all of the drive’s data.