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I have a Windows 2003 server with a newly attached Sun 3510 Array unit with 1.4TB of storage space.

The Sun Storedge utilities installed on the machine confirms that the array unit is installed; however, the write signature and upgrade disk wizard does not appear even after rescanning disks.

I found this article on Microsoft Technet http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329707 which states teh following:

“When you start the Disk Management snap-in, it will enumerate all disks in the system to see if any disks have changed or if any new disks were attached to the system. If Disk Management finds any disks that are unknown, that are not initialized, or that do not have a disk signature in the MBR, Disk Management starts the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard.
The wizard first prompts you to select which disks that you want to write a disk signature to; by default, no disks are selected. To select the disks, click the check boxes next to the disk numbers.
The wizard then prompts you to select which disks that you want to upgrade to dynamic disks. Each disk that you selected on the first page is automatically selected here. If you continue without clearing the disk check boxes, LDM writes a disk signature and upgrades all the disks that you selected to dynamic disks automatically.
Note This wizard was changed in Windows XP and later. It no longer automatically selects the disks to be upgraded to dynamic.
If the MBR of a dynamic disk is zeroed out (for example, because of a hardware problem), when you start Disk Management, the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard starts. If you permit the disk to be reconverted to dynamic, the original LDM database is overwritten by the newly initialized LDM database. Disk Management shows that disk as healthy and only shows unallocated free space. If you have another healthy dynamic disk in the system at the time of conversion, its LDM database is then replicated to the newly converted dynamic disk and a “missing” disk (representing the original dynamic disk) is also shown in Disk Management.
Because of this, it is best that you disable the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard in Windows 2000, or that you caution users about the default behavior of the wizard, and be careful not to accidentally reconvert a disk that was previously dynamic.
To manually disable the wizard, follow these steps.
Note If you previously selected the Do not show this wizard again check box in the wizard, you do not have to use this procedure because the key and value already exist and are set to 0×1 (disabled).
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

1.
Start Registry Editor.

2.
Locate and then click the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft

3.
On the Edit menu, click Add Key, type Logical Disk Manager for the key name, and then click OK.

4.
Click the newly created Logical Disk Manager key.

5.
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, type Dont Show InitWizard for the value name, click REG_DWORD for the data type, and then click OK. Type 1 for the data value.
To reactivate the wizard in the future, change the data value back to 0.

Note After you disable the wizard, if you have to write a disk signature on a new disk, right-click the physical disk number in Disk Management, and then click Write Signature.”

I will implement the registry key and attempt to rescan disks. If this does not work then I would appreciate any other suggestions.

Thanks.

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