In the event that an individual hard disk fails in the 4big Rack Office, contact your LaCie reseller or LaCie Customer Support for technical assistance. If the server is within the warranty period, please use the replacement hard drive provided by LaCie.
In the example below, Disk 1 is Missing and both the Mirrored and RAID 5 arrays have Failed Redundancy.
Once the disk has been replaced, please make certain to repair the RAID arrays in the following order:
Mirror (Data2 in this example but the same order is in effect if one of the Disk 3 in the System Mirror fails.)
RAID 5
The steps below will illustrate how to repair Mirrored and RAID 5 arrays following disk failure. The two partitions from the failed hard drive, Disk 1 in this example, are used for both Mirrored and RAID 5 arrays.
Note: Please wait until you have received and installed the replacement disk before attempting to repair the RAID.
Remove the failed Disk 1 and insert the replacement. See the
Hardware Maintenance section of the 4big Rack Office User Manual for instructions on adding new drives. Please make certain that you replace the correct drive.
Power on the server. It may take 5 to 10 minutes for the server to be ready.
Launch the Dashboard from a Windows workstation on the same network as your LaCie 4big Rack Office. Start > All Programs > Windows Home Server 2011 > Windows Home Server 2011 Dashboard
Select the Home tab.
Click once on COMMON TASKS.
Click once on
Disk Management.
Upon launch Disk Management will prompt you to initialize the drive. LaCie recommends initializing the disk as MBR to match the default configuration. Click “OK” to continue.
The replacement disk is listed as
Unallocated.
The mirror must be broken before rebuilding it with the replacement disk. Right-click on the
Data2 volume to select
Remove Mirror… Please note that the same procedure should be followed if one of the disks in the System mirror has failed.
In the
Remove Mirror pop-up window, select
Missing. Click
Remove Mirror.
Click
Yes at the Disk Management prompt.
The mirror has been successfully removed.
Right click on the
Data2 partition to select
Add Mirror…
From the
Add Mirror pop-up window, select your replacement disk (in this example,
Disk 1). Click
Add Mirror.
Click
Yes at the Disk Management pop-up window. The Mirror will begin the resynching operation.
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