Recovering from Disk Failure Using the Hot Removability Feature

The following procedure describes how to recover from disk failure using the hot removability feature.

Procedure

Use the procedure "Recovering from Disk Drive Problems" . The notes below provide extra information that applies to disks with the hot removability feature.

Notes:

1. To unmount file systems on a disk, use the procedure "Unmounting a File System on a Removeable Disk".

2. To remove the disk from its volume group and from the operating system, use the procedure "Removing a Disk without Data Using the Hot Removability Feature" .

3. To replace the failed disk with a new one, you do not need to shut down the system. Follow steps 1 and 2 of the procedure "Adding a Disk Using the Hot Removability Feature" . Then follow the procedure "Configuring a Disk Drive" and finally continue with step 4 of procedure "After Adding a Reformatted or Replacement Disk Drive" .