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Copying and Replacing Physical Drives
You can copy and replace existing physical drives with drives of the
same or higher capacity. Because the logical drive uses the capacity size
of its smallest drive, all drives must be replaced with drives of the
same or higher capacity. For example, as shown Figure 8-1, a logical drive
that originally contains three 36-Gbyte member drives can be replaced
with new 73-Gbyte member drives.
NOTE: To use the additional capacity provided by drives with higher
capacity, you must expand the capacity as explained in Expanding
the Capacity of a Logical Drive or Logical Volume.
- Select the array that you want to configure.
- Choose Configuration > Custom Configure.
- Select Dynamically Grow and/or Reconfigure a Logical Drive
from the Custom Configuration Options window.
- Select the logical drive for which you are going to perform the copy
and replace option.
- Select the Copy and Replace Drive tab.
- From the Drive to Copy Data To list, select the new hard drive.
- From the Drive to Copy Data From list, select the hard drive
that is going to be replaced, and click OK.
- Click OK in the Confirm Configuration Operation window
to complete the operation, and click Close.
To use the additional capacity provided by the new drives, follow the steps
contained in Expanding the Capacity
of a Logical Drive or Logical Volume.
About the Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number
For important information regarding the logical drive/logical volume
number displayed in the LD/LV field in the Dynamically Grow
and/or Reconfigure LDs/LVs window, see About
the Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number.
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