Shut the server down, add the new drive then reboot into the operating system. In array manager, right click on the virtual disk and choose add member. It should present both disks. Select both and select RAID 1. This should create a hardware mirror with the two drives. Below is a link that may help.

add member array manager

Hello, I am in a similar situation, with a PE 2600 and a perc4.di

The document that was linked is no longer there, does anyone have a copy of it.

Also I have been looking for Dell Array Manager 3.4 but cannot find it, I did find Open Manager 5.2.0, will that work?

Thank you,

-Glen

Update: I found the Array Manager files, is it just this easy?

thanks,

-Glen

Open Manage should work for this and is the newer version of Array manager, however I would use at least version 5.5. Just make sure you perform a custom install of Open Manage and ensure Storage is selected to install. I included a link below to a video walk through for performing a reconfigure in Open Manage by using the storage serices.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/entvideos/omss-reconfig

In regards to the document linked above I think I found what they had listed here on page 3-6.

Thank you Daniel, that video was really neat. However the link to the PDF seems to be broken, it does not work for me.

Thanks for the quick replies.

-Glen

It is very easy to use but as always a backup is recommended before performing a reconstruct/reconfigure or adding a member to an array.

Seems like my hyperlink didn't work. Here is the direct link.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/stor-sys/spv735n/en/ag/343CX30.pdf

I am looking to do the same thing with a CERC 1.5/6h. Will I able able to go from a single RAID0 to a 2 drive RAID1 without wiping the OS on the existing RAID0 drive? Thanks, Diego

Yes, you can:

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Very informative link, thank you.  The table is very clear cut if I had a CERC ATA/100 with line two showing clearly RAID0 to RAID1 is possible.  However it seems there is an caveat with the CERC 1.5 and it worries me a bit.  It seems to say that I can go to RAID1 from a concatenated disk but not from a RAID0.  The note at the bottom says:

" You can create a concatenated virtual disk by performing a "Split Mirror" or an "Unmirror" on a RAID 1-concatenated virtual disk. After you have done so, however, the resulting concatenated virtual disks cannot be subjected to any further modification. You cannot reconfigure or add disks to the resulting concatenated virtual disks"

Maybe I am reading too much into this but it seems like I need to start out with a "RAID1 concatenated disk".  My disk is just a single drive that used to be part of a RAID1, meaning I consider that I don't have a "RAID1-concatenated drive" but merely a "RAID1" disk. 

What do you think?

Thanks,