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Sun StorEdge N8200 Filer Installation, Configuration, and Service Guide • August 2000
A Boot Disk in the Controller Fails
You are notified of this failure by an email message sent to the address established
with the Settings function. Refer to Sun StorEdge N8000 Series Filer Administrator’s
Guide, Chapter 3, in the “To Change Email Notifications” section.
1. Use the
metadb
command to remove the replica database from the failed drive.
Refer to Sun Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 User’s Guide for instructions.
2. If necessary, replace the failed disk drive.
3. Rebuild the mirror as required.
Refer to Sun Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 User’s Guide for instructions.
4. Use the
metadb
command to create a new replica database on the replacement
drive.
Refer to Sun Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 User’s Guide for instructions.
Note –
The instructions to recover from a boot device failure are also located online
at:
http://docs.sun.com.
You do not have to reboot the system.
A Data Disk in a Disk Storage Unit Fails
This failure is reported in three ways:
■
An amber LED on the disk drive lights
■
An SNMP trap message is sent
■
An email message is sent to the address established with the Settings function.
Refer to Sun StorEdge N8000 Series Filer Administrator’s Guide, Chapter 3, in the
“To Change Email Notifications” section.
Note –
If only one disk drive fails in a disk storage unit, no data is lost and the
operation of the unit is not interrupted.
●
Replace the disk drive by following the instructions in Sun StorEdge A1000 and
D1000 Installation, Operation, and Service Manual.
The failed disk data is automatically reconstructed on the new disk. You do not have
to reboot the system.
