Replacing Disk

Disks most often need replacing when they fail or start to behave strangely. A failed or removed dynamic disk can be replaced, and active redundant volumes (mirrored and RAID-5) on the replaced disk will be resynchronized automatically after disk replacement.

Failed volumes on the replaced disk, however, will stay failed after disk replacement because no valid data is available for copy. These underlying steps are handled automatically when the disk replacement is performed using VxVM VEA.

	CAUTION: This operation alters the partitioning of a disk.

The disk replacement procedure can only be performed on a disk that has failed. VxVM VEA indicates a failed disk by renaming it "Missing Disk". If the disk replacement is successful, the replacement disk will take on the attributes of the failed disk, including the Disk Name.

	NOTE: This option is only available on Missing Disks.