How
do I break a mirror
set (RAID 1) in
Windows 2000?
|
Breaking a mirror set won't result in data loss but
will give you two volumes with duplicate data.
To break a RAID 1 set in Windows 2000, perform the
following steps:
- From the Start menu, select Programs, Administrative
Tools, then the Computer Management Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) snap-in.
- Expand the Storage branch, and select Disk Management.
- Right click the mirror volume you want to remove,
and select Break Mirror from the context menu. (In
this step, you can also select Delete Mirror to
remove both volumes that make up the mirror, but
you lose the data on it.)
- To confirm your selection, click Yes.
- Another dialog might warn you about possible data
loss on the broken mirror. Click Yes to continue.
You will now have two volumes, so you might want
to delete the unwanted mirror to avoid confusion.
How
do I break a mirror
set?
|
If you lose part of a fault-tolerant volume (e.g.,
by hardware failure), the OS will display the message
A disk that is part of a fault-tolerant volume
can no longer be accessed. The drive will still
be usable, but you won't have the mirroring capability.
To break the mirror set, complete the following steps:
- From the Start menu, select Programs, Administrative
Tools, then Disk Administrator.
- The OS will display a message that a disk is missing.
- Click on the mirror, and select Break Mirror from
the Fault Tolerance menu.
- Confirm the action.
How
do I create
a mirror set
(RAID 1) in
Windows 2000?
|
All members of a RAID 1 volume set must be on a dynamic
disk.
To create a RAID 1 set in Windows 2000, complete
the following steps:
- From the Start menu, select Programs, Administrative
Tools, then the Computer Management Microsoft Management
Console (MMC) snap-in.
- Expand the Storage branch, and select Disk Management.
- Right click the partition you want to mirror,
and select Add Mirror from the context menu.
- Select the disk that will host the mirror, and
click Add Mirror.
- If you mirror the boot partition, a dialog box
details the changes that the program will make to
boot.ini to enable mirror booting. Click OK.
Win2K shows the mirror set in a regenerating mode.
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