Using disks like this as a replacement for a "backup" was never part of its design, but the process of moving disks to a new controller is fully supported: Curious as to your limitations - no OMSA, no imaging software?
Hi all, I'm new and have an interesting question/situation. I work at a place which has a working side and a testing side of all 100% matching server equipment.  None of the equipment touches the internet and we cannot use Dell openmanage, i know :(.  Occasionally our testing side has been "played" with so much it becomes a little different and we need to make it match the working side again.  So in order to make them the same we want to be able to pull one of the working servers RAID 1 drives pop it into the testing side and rebuild the testing sides RAID 1 hard drives. I attempted this and it didn't go well.  so I'm looking for the best way to do this?!  Can't use imaging software either.  :(   When I attempted this I pulled all of the testing sides hard drives and dropped in one of the RAID1s from the working side.  Then I said yes to the "import foreign drives"  Then I booted into the OS and dropped in one of the testing sides other drives thinking it would rebuild it, but it didn't.  I'm guessing thats because it was still part of the older RAID1's VDs?!  Anyways i then rebooted the testing server, cleared the old hard drives foreign config thinking the controller would THEN let me rebuild onto it, but still NO!  I'm having to "replace" the hard.  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a right way to do this?! Thanks!!!!!!!! -Thomas
Dell r710 with Perc 6/i