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8. Highlight the drive that was replaced (bad), and select Identify from
the Drive Menu.
This causes the selected drive in the MEDIArray ZX enclosure to blink
for 15 seconds.
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Any of the other drives can be blinking while transferring metadata. If
possible you should watch when you select Identify to determine the actual
drive that needs repair. You should make note of that drive to make sure you
know which drive needs to be physically replaced. An example would be to
place a small piece of tape on the front of the drive.
9. Highlight the replaced (bad) drive, right click the drive and select
‘Take drive offline from controller”.
10. Manually remove the problem drive from the MEDIArray ZX, replace
it with a new disk drive, and wait for it to spin up.
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The new disk drive is now a raw drive. You must continue with the procedure
and use the Setup Manager software to make it a spare drive.
11. On your File Manager browse to:
Install Directory
\Program Files\Avid Technology\AvidUnity
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The Install Directory is normally defaulted to D:.
12. Run the IBEView.exe.
13. Click the Rescan Drives button in the MEDIArray ZX viewer Window.
The program displays a window and tells you when it finds the new
raw drive you placed into the MEDIArray ZX.
14. If not already running, click Start and select Programs > Avid Unity >
Setup Manager.
The Setup Manager opens.
15. Select Raw Drives in the left panel.
The raw drives discovered by the Setup Manager are displayed in the
right panel of the window.
16. Select the raw drive in the right panel.
17. Select Drive > “Make Drive Spare”.
