Using the MegaRAID Advanced Software : MegaRAID Recovery : Enabling the Recovery Advanced Software

Enabling the Recovery Advanced Software

You can enable the Recovery advanced software in the MegaRAID Storage Manager software. When you enable Recovery, you create two virtual drives, one as a Snapshot Base or a source and the other as a Snapshot Repository. The base virtual drive contains the data that is stored in the repository virtual drive.

Follow these steps to enable MegaRAID Recovery.

1.

Click the Logical tab on the main menu window for the Logical view.

2.

Select and highlight a virtual drive from the list of virtual drives.

This virtual drive is the Snapshot Base virtual drive.

 

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NOTE A base virtual drive and a repository virtual drive can be associated with the same drives or a common set of drives, or the two virtual drives can be located on two completely separate set of drives. Using a separate set of drives for the base virtual drive and the repository virtual drives provides a performance advantage over using a common set of drives.

3.

Select Go To >> Virtual Drive >> Enable MegaRAID Recovery on the menu bar, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 96 Enable MegaRAID Recovery Menu Option

 

The Enable MegaRAID Recovery Wizard appears, as shown in the following figure. This wizard allows you to select the virtual drive to use as the snapshot repository.