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1 HighPoint RAID Management 2.1.12.0419 Note 1: HighPoint RAID Management version 2.1.12.0419 includes a new feature called Recover. Recover is recommended for us when the status of the RAID array is Disabled. Recover will attempt to resurrect the status of RAID array from Disabled to Normal. Note 2: The Recover feature does not support partition based RAID arrays. Recover can only recover physical RAID, i.e. multiple HDD that are part of a single RAID array. If the status of your RAID array is Critical you should replace the failed hard drive and attempt to rebuild the RAID array. Release Date: May 04, 2012 v1.0

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HighPoint  RAID  Management  2.1.12.0419      

Note  1:  HighPoint  RAID  Management  version  2.1.12.0419  includes  a  new  feature  called  Recover.    

Recover  is  recommended  for  us  when  the  status  of  the  RAID  array  is  Disabled.  Recover  will  attempt  to  resurrect  the  status  of  RAID  array  from  Disabled  to  Normal.    

Note  2:  The  Recover  feature  does  not  support  partition  based  RAID  arrays.  Recover  can  only  recover  physical  RAID,  i.e.  multiple  HDD  that  are  part  of  a  single  RAID  array.      

If  the  status  of  your  RAID  array  is  Critical  you  should  replace  the  failed  hard  drive  and  attempt  to  rebuild  the  RAID  array.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release  Date:  May  04,  2012  v1.0    

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Login    

Login  with  default  user  name  and  password  settings.    

User  Name:  RAID    

Password:  hpt    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Global  View    

Storage  overview  with  Total  Capacity,  Configured  Capacity  and  Free  Capacity    

Total  Capacity  –  Total  capacity  available  from  all  of  the  HDD  attached  to  the  RocketRAID  series  controller  

Configured  Capacity  –  Total  capacity  configured  in  a  RAID  array    

Free  Capacity  –  Remaining  residual  capacity  that  can  be  used  for  additional  RAID  arrays.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Logical    

The  Logical  tab  will  show  the  status  of  RAID  array.  When  the  status  is  Disabled  you  will  need  to  use  Recover  function  to  get  the  RAID  back  online.  There  are  two  methods  to  Recover  a  Disabled  RAID  array.  Both  methods  will  be  covered  in  proceeding  sections.    

Method  1  –  Click  on  the  Recover  tab  

Method  2  –  Click  on  the  Maintenance  link  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Method  1  –  Recover    

You  will  need  to  reconnect  all  of  the  original  members  of  the  RAID  array  back  to  the  RocketRAID  controller  and  delete  all  Disabled  RAID  arrays,  there  will  be  no  Logical  Devices  available.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Method  1  -­‐  Recover  

Click  on  Recover  to  begin  recovering  the  disabled  RAID  array.    

• The  RAID  array  information  will  be  listed  in  the  Recover  List.    • Click  on  the  RAID  array  that  was  created.    • Click  on  the  Recover  Array  and  the  RAID  will  return  to  Normal.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Method  1  Recover  

The  RAID  array  will  reappear  as  Normal  after  clicking  on  Recovery  Array.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Method  2  -­‐  Maintenance    

The  Maintenance  link  will  show  the  Array  Information  and  which  members  from  the  RAID  array  that  is  missing.    

Note  1:  You  will  need  to  reattach  all  original  members  of  the  HDD  back  to  the  RocketRAID  controller.    

Note  2:  If  there  are  multiple  disable  RAID  arrays  you  will  need  to  Reserve  one  of  the  disable  RAID  array  and  delete  others  before  you  can  use  the  Recover  tool.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Method  2  -­‐  Maintenance    

Once  the  Recover  button  is  clicked  the  RAID  array  will  go  back  to  normal.  The  RAID  array  will  come  back  to  normal.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Backup  to  File  

This  step  is  optional  but  you  have  the  opportunity  to  Backup  the  RAID  recovery  list  information.  Click  on  the  Backup  to  File  tab  and  Windows  will  prompt  you  to  save  the  hptrec.rec  file.  This  file  holds  all  of  the  RAID  array  information.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Update  Recovery  List  

If  the  Recovery  List  does  not  show  RAID  array  information  then  you  use  the  Update  Recover  List  option  to  get  the  information  about  what  level  to  use  it.  Once  the  file  is  loaded  you  are  able  to  recover  a  disabled  RAID  array.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Update  Recovery  List  

Once  the  Backup  file  is  loaded,  the  RAID  array  information  will  appear.  And  you  can  choose  Recover  Method  1  or  Method  2  to  recover  the  Disabled  RAID  array.