You can fix this- go into RAID properties and activate the array. Soo in POST.. catch the CTRL+c prompt. select the adapter- then raid properties- you should see both VDs, though the original will be "inactive" you need to simply activate the array. -I have moved many data baring VDs on SAS6iR controllers.. this is entrrely possible.
I replaced the 2 mirrored HDDs on my PowerEdge R805 recently, with new set of SAS 1TB HDDs for higher volume, configured on Raid 1 (200GB for System partition; 800GB for Data partition). Afterwards, I needed to slot in the old HDDs to be able to retrieve some documents from them, but the machine did not see them. Can anybody show me how I can make the server recognise the old Hard drives? The old HDDs are of 500GB size, configured on Raid 1 (100GB for System partition; 400GB for Data partition).
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