Once it is assigned as a global hot spare the PERC controller should automatically start the rebuilding process… Most PERC controller will automatically rebuild a “ degraded” array when a proper HDD is plugged in, but in the case you do have to handle this manually the Dell recommended way (as stated by the Dell official support) is to assign the new HDD as a “ Global Hot spare“. Adding the “ready” drive to the existing array We can see the drive has become “Ready” (line #11), it is now ready to be added to the existing array. In the above command you need to know the controller ID, which can be found using the information given here and / or here.Ĭheck the new status: ~]# omreport storage pdisk controller=0 We need to get rid of these meta-data before we can add it to the existing array, in the DELL terminology it is called “clearing the foreign config“, here is the command that allows you to do that: ~]# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0 Changing the drive status from Foreign to Ready Used RAID Disk Space : 931.00 GB (999653638144 bytes)Īvailable RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)Īs you can see in the above output excerpt our new drive is seen as “Foreign” (line #11), which means it might has been a part of another RAID array before and it already has RAID meta-data written somewhere.
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)Ĭontroller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)Ĭapacity : 931.00 GB (999653638144 bytes)Īvailable RAID Disk Space : 931.00 GB (999653638144 bytes) See the following the command in order to check the current state of the new drive: ~]# omreport storage pdisk controller=0 The “ Ready” state is the one we are aiming at.
Once your new drive is set up in your server it might be seen either as “ Foreign” or “ Ready“. Checking the current state of your newly added drive The goal of this post is to help you in case you need to replace a faulty disk that is a part of a RAID array built over a PERC controller. To totally unlock this section you need to Log-in
0 kommentar(er)
