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How to Replace a boot drive in an Oracle Database Appliance X5-2/X6-2HA/X6-2S/X6-2M Server (Doc ID 1991446.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 03, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database Appliance X5-2 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Database Appliance X6-2 HA Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
x86_64
The OS drives are configured in a RAID1 hardware raid.
There are no md devices to sync after the disk has been replaced.

Goal

 Describe the procedure needed to replace a boot drive in a server node of an Oracle Database Appliance X5-2/X6-2S/X6-2M Server.

Solution

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Goal
Solution
 1. Determine which disk drive needs to be replaced.
 2. Now that you've determined which disk drives needs to be replaced, use the storcli64 command to flash the amber led on the disk to better identify which disk needs to be pulled.  From the example above, disk 0 needs to be replaced, use this command:
 3.  Pull the disk and replace it with a new one.
 4.  The new disk should now be in a rebuild status:
 5.  To view the progress of the rebuild status, use the following command:
 6. If you used the storcli command to flash the amber led on the disk drive, you will need to turn it off:
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