Replace failing drive on PERC 5i PE2950 RAID 1 Array

[Joost Waversveld]

Yes, it could be. If the operating system is just writing to the disk it 
COULD harm files on the system, just the same what would happen if you 
unplug the powercord from an running computer.

Kirchner, Kenneth W CTR USA NETCOM/9TH SC A wrote:
> I never got the storage part of OMSA to work for some reason.  I
> uninstalled it and now I just use the bootable OMSA CD when I need it.
> If the drive is not offline when I hot yank it, do you think that will
> be harmful? 
>
>
> Ken Kirchner, Contractor
> Network Tools Team, STG
> 2nd Signal Center, Network Operations Division
> CONUS-Theater Network Operations & Security Center (TNOSC)
> 1-800-305-3036/DSN 879-6798/520-538-6798
> conus-tnosc at us.army.mil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joost Waversveld [mailto:joost at waversveld.nl] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:46 AM
> To: Andrew Geiger
> Cc: Kirchner, Kenneth W CTR USA NETCOM/9TH SC A;
> linux-poweredge at dell.com
> Subject: Re: Replace failing drive on PERC 5i PE2950 RAID 1 Array
>
> Although these drives are hot swappable,yYou should really login to
> OpenManage and watch the status of the hard drive. If the hard drive
> isn't listed as failed, then put the disk offline. After that, you could
> pull the disk out en put the new disk in. The array will rebuild itself
> automagically.
>
> Best regards
>
> Andrew Geiger wrote:
>   
>> Those drives are hot swappable.  If you want to make sure you can
>>     
> watch the rebuild kick off in OMSA.
>   
>> Andrew Geiger
>> MIS Administrator
>> TS Trim Industries, Inc. 
>> 614-837-4114 x 11141
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com 
>> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Kirchner, 
>> Kenneth W CTR USA NETCOM/9TH SC A
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:08 PM
>> To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
>> Subject: Replace failing drive on PERC 5i PE2950 RAID 1 Array
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>    We have a Dell PE2950 with a Perc 5i controller.  It has a RAID 1 
>> array with two 73GB disks and a RAID 5 array with three 146GB disks.  
>> As you can see from the output below, we are starting to see "Media
>>     
> Errors"
>   
>> on PD 8:1
>>
>> [Adapter 0]
>> PD[8:0]=(SEAGATE/ST373454SS/S4113/KP3MYPL)
>> ME=0,OE=0,PF=0,FW=Online,F=None
>> PD[8:1]=(SEAGATE/ST373454SS/S4113/KP3QNVM)
>> ME=70,OE=0,PF=0,FW=Online,F=None
>> PD[8:2]=(SEAGATE/ST3146854SS/S4113/KN2FKMY)
>> ME=0,OE=0,PF=0,FW=Online,F=None
>> PD[8:3]=(SEAGATE/ST3146854SS/S4113/KN2FJJL)
>> ME=0,OE=0,PF=0,FW=Online,F=None
>> PD[8:4]=(SEAGATE/ST3146854SS/S4113/KN2FKYX)
>> ME=0,OE=0,PF=0,FW=Online,F=None
>> VD[0:0]=(,R(1,0,0),69376MB,#2,Optimal)
>> VD[0:1]=(,R(5,0,3),278784MB,#3,Optimal)
>>
>> A few weeks ago it was at 4, a couple of weeks ago it went to 6, and 
>> recently it jumped to 70.  Time to replace it.  So the new drive is 
>> hours away from delivery, and I am wondering how exactly I should 
>> replace this drive.  Should I just pull it out hot and plug the new 
>> one in? Do I need to do anything from the PERC BIOS?
>>
>>
>> -Ken
>>
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>
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> Joost Waversveld
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