Disk failure within a RAID 1 array.

[Chase Bolt]

Replace the disk. Why are you trying to rebuild the array on a disk that 
its failure predicted = yes? Once you replace the disk with a good one, 
the raid will automatically rebuild.


Martin Duchval wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> We had a problem with disks on a PE 1950 : The orange led is blinking.
> So I installed srvadmin-all 5.5 for my system (RHEL 5.3).
>
> I can indeed see that I have a trouble with a disk :
> ______________________________________________________________________
> omreport storage controller
>  Controller  PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
>
> Controllers
> ID                                            : 0
> Status                                        : Non-Critical
> Name                                          : PERC 5/i Integrated
> Slot ID                                       : Embedded
> State                                         : Degraded
> Firmware Version                              : 5.0.2-0003
> Minimum Required Firmware Version             : 5.2.1-0067
> Driver Version                                : 00.00.03.15-RH1
>
> Minimum Required Driver Version               : 00.00.03.20
> Number of Connectors                          : 2
> Rebuild Rate                                  : 30%
> BGI Rate                                      : 30%
> Check Consistency Rate                        : 30%
> Reconstruct Rate                              : 30%
> Alarm State                                   : Enabled
> Cluster Mode                                  : Not Applicable
> SCSI Initiator ID                             : Not Applicable
> Cache Memory Size                             : 256 MB
> Patrol Read Mode                              : Auto
> Patrol Read State                             : Stopped
> Patrol Read Rate                              : 30%
> Patrol Read Iterations                        : 110
> Abort check consistency on error              : Not Applicable
> Allow Revertible Hot Spare and Replace Member : Not Applicable
> Auto replace member on predictive failure     : Not Applicable
> Load balance                                  : Not Applicable
> ______________________________________________________________________
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> omreport storage pdisk controller=0 pdisk=0:0:0
> Hard Disk 0:0:0 on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
>
> Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
> ID                        : 0:0:0
> Status                    : Non-Critical
> Name                      : Physical Disk 0:0:0
> State                     : Online
> Failure Predicted         : Yes
> Progress                  : Not Applicable
> Type                      : SAS
> Capacity                  : 33.38 GB (35836133376 bytes)
> Used RAID Disk Space      : 33.38 GB (35836133376 bytes)
> Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
> Hot Spare                 : No
> Vendor ID                 : DELL
> Product ID                : MAX3036RC
> Revision                  : D206
> Serial No.                : DRL3P6B00TBU
> Negotiated Speed          : Not Available
> Capable Speed             : Not Available
> Manufacture Day           : 03
> Manufacture Week          : 48
> Manufacture Year          : 2006
> SAS Address               : 500000E0139299F2
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
>
> So I tried to rebuild the faulty disk :
> ______________________________________________________________________
> omconfig storage pdisk action=rebuild controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
> Operation disabled. Read, action=rebuild
> .Refer to the documentation for more information.
> ______________________________________________________________________
> But the command seems to be all right according to the documentation.
> ______________________________________________________________________
> omconfig storage pdisk -?
> [...]
> action=rebuild
>     Required parameters are:
>         controller=id
>         pdisk=<PDISKID>
>     where PDISKID=<connector:enclosureID:portID | connector:targetID>
> rebuilds the given physical disk
> [...]
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> What should I do to correct this error ?
>
>
> Thank you,
> Michel
>
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