Replacing an Accesser appliance operating system disk

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About this task

Upon disk failure, obtain a replacement disk by contacting IBM Customer Support.

Procedure

  1. Turn off the appliance.
  2. Replace disk.
  3. Insert USB installation media and power on the appliance.
  4. Press the appropriate function key during the startup to enter the boot select menu.
  5. Reconfigure the system network parameters - channel port, IP, gateway, netmask; manager IP and system parameters. See the IBM Appliance Configuration Guide for the procedure to configure an Accesser® Appliance.
  6. Select the USB media from which to boot, when the boot select menu appears.
    Wait for the installation screen to appear.
  7. Follow the next prompts and select Automated > OS drive install when presented.
  8. Wait for installation to complete and the appliance to reboot, then remove the USB media.
  9. Reconfigure the system network parameters: channel port, IP, gateway, netmask, Manager IP, and system parameters.
    See IBM Appliance Configuration Guide for the procedure to configure an Accesser appliance.
  10. Make a note of its fingerprint after the configuration for a device is complete. Run system fingerprint to verify this information when approving devices in the Manager.
  11. Consult the Appliance Configuration Guide for further instructions, if the disk is part of a High Availability configuration.

    The Accesser appliance is now ready for use.

    Note: Statistics data and Access logs are retained after an OS disk replacement if Management Vault was enabled on the Manager. Refer to “Management vaults” in IBM Manager Administration Guide.