From Inveneo

Installing RAID

You can download the RAID Setup Guide (346kb).

Note: These instructions for systems that have not been previously RAID and the second hard drive is NOT configured.

1. Connect both hard drives to the server
2. Boot from Server 2003 CD
3. Do not install RAID drivers until after installation
4. If you have both drives plugged into the computer, you will see drives when Server asks where it should install. Select the first drive.
5. Use NTFS file format (to save time you can use NTFS Quick Format)
6. After the system installs files and reboots, select the language and keyboard format, input Name and MS Key,
7. Licensing Modes – Select Per Device or Per User
   
8. After your first log in, Server may ask you to format the second drive. Do NOT format now. Click cancel.
9. Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.
10. Right click on the primary drive (Disk 0) > Convert to Dynamic Disk
    
11. Only select Disk 0
    
12. The next screen lists the disk you will convert > Click Convert
13. Are you sure you want to convert? > Yes
14. File systems will be dismounted. Do you want to continue? > Yes
15. To complete the conversion process, the computer will now restart > OK
16. After reboot, start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management
17. Right click Disk 1 > Convert to Dynamic Disk
    
18. Make sure Disk 1 box is checked > OK
19. Right Click the white rectangle labeled (C:), to the right of Disk 0 > Add Mirror
    
20. Select a location for a mirror of C: > Click Disk 1 > Add Mirror
    
21. An error message will pop up. “Logical Disk Manager . . .” Ignore the error> OK. Disk 0 and Disk 1 will begin mirroring/resynching
    
22. When the resynching finishes, both Disk 0 and Disk 1 will seen as drive C:
    
23. The drives are now mirrored, which is a kind of RAID. You may need to reboot.
24. To test the RAID is working. Shutdown the computer. Remove the primary drive.
25. Reboot the computer. To verify the drive status: Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. One of the disks will be listed as missing.
26. Shutdown computer. Install missing drive. Reboot computer.
27. Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management
28. Disk 0 and Disk 1 should be resynching

Replacing a Failed Hard Drive

1. Turn off computer. Remove old drive. Install new drive. Reboot computer
2. Start > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management. This will launch the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard > Next
3. Initialize the disk. Make sure Disk 1 is checked > Next
   
4. Select the disk to convert. Make sure Disk 1 is checked > Next
   
5. The wizard will finish. You have successfully completed the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard > Finish
6. The Disk Management will now show 3 disks. Disk 0, Disk 1 and Missing
   
7. Remove the original, dead drive from the disk management list. To the right of the Missing box, right click white rectangle > Remove Mirror
   
8. Select the Missing disk to remove the mirror > Click Remove Mirror
   
9. Are you sure you want to remove the mirror? > Yes
10. You will get an error message “Logical Disk Manager could not update . . .” Ignore this error > Click OK
11. The Missing disk will still be listed but now the rectangle next to it will not be white. It will be empty.
    
12. Right click white rectangle (C:) next to the Disk 0 box > Add Mirror
    
13. Add Mirror. Click Disk 1 > Add Mirror
    
14. An error message will pop up. “Logical Disk Manager . . .” Ignore the error> OK. Disk 0 and Disk 1 will begin mirroring/resynching
    
15. Once the resynching finishes, the RAID will be restored.

Return to Microsoft Operating Systems
Return to Main Page