Steps for Replacing a Disk Drive and Determining its Function on the Oracle Big Data Appliance V2.2.*/V2.3.1/V2.4.0/V2.5.0/V3.x/V4.x (Doc ID 1581331.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 18, 2024

Applies to:

Big Data Appliance X5-2 In-Rack Expansion - Version All Versions and later
Big Data Appliance X4-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Big Data Appliance X4-2 Full Rack - Version All Versions and later
Big Data Appliance X5-2 Full Rack - Version All Versions and later
Big Data Appliance X3-2 Hardware - Version All Versions and later
Linux x86-64

Purpose

The current note for configuring a disk after replacement is: How to Configure a BDA Server Disk After Disk Replacement With the bdadiskutility Utility (Doc ID 2642582.1).

The following four notes are deprecated:

Steps for Replacing a Disk Drive and Determining its Function on the Oracle Big Data Appliance V2.2.*/V2.3.1/V2.4.0/V2.5.0/V3.x/V4.x (Doc ID 1581331.1).
How to Configure a Server Disk After Replacement as an HDFS Disk or Oracle NoSQL Database Disk on Oracle Big Data Appliance V2.2.*/V2.3.1/V2.4.0/V2.5.0/V3.x/V4.x (Doc ID 1581583.1).

The above four notes do not cover BDA X7 or BDA X8 or any versions on OL7.

NOTE: DO NOT REBOOT A NODE UNTIL THE DISK(S) ARE FULLY CONFIGURED.

IF PROBLEMS CONFIGURING A DISK(S) ARISE CONTACT BDA SUPPORT TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE.
REBOOT ON DISK(S) CONFIGURATION FAILURE OR BEFORE COMPLETE CONFIGURATION CAN CAUSE LOSS OF THE SERVER.

The document describes the steps for replacing a disk drive and identifying its function so that it can be configured for use on the Oracle Big Data Appliance V2.2.*/V2.3.1/V2.4.0/V2.5.0/V3.x/V4.x.

The steps apply to clusters on OL5, OL6 on non-X7-2 e.g. non-EFI hardware and OL7 on non-X7-2 e.g non-EFI hardware.

Scope

This document is to be used by anyone who is configuring the disk. If attempting the steps and further assistance is needed please log a service request to contact support for help.