DETAILED STEPS
PurposeCommand or Action
Verifies that mirroring is active. In the output, the Current
Mirroring State should be redundant.
show mirror [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# show mirror
Step 1
Temporarily pauses disk mirroring.
mirror pause [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# mirror pause
Step 2
Verifies that mirroring has paused. In the output, the
Current Mirroring State should be paused.
show mirror [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# show mirror
Step 3
Unmounts the secondary device.
unmount secondary-device [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# unmount disk1:
Step 4
Remove the device and insert a new device.
Step 5
Formats the device.
format secondary-device partition [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# format disk1: partition
Step 6
Verifies that the device is formatted. The output should
display the device that you formatted.
show media [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# show media
Step 7
Resumes mirroring.
mirror resume [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# mirror resume
Step 8
Verifies that mirroring has restarted. In the output, the
Current Mirroring State should be Syncing.
show mirror [location node-id]
Example:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router# show mirror
Step 9
It can take 15 to 30 minutes for the mirroring process to
complete. The exact time depends on the number of
packages or files on the boot device. When the mirroring
is complete, the Current Mirroring State should be
Redundant.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.1.x
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Configuring Disk Mirroring
Replacing the Secondary Mirroring Device