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R210 H200 controller Raid 1 rebuild
Hello,
I have a RAID 1 mirror on two SATA drives on my R210 server.
I performed some hardware changes and took one of the disks out as a backup.
I replaced this disk with a blank identical disk which has at some point be used to make another array, although I formatted it first externally.
The H200 reported that the 2nd drive had a foreign configuration, which after some searching I discovered how to clear using the openmanage application. I assigned the drive as a hot spare and the array status is rebuilding.....
When I have done this before the array has taken around 4 hours to rebuild (256Gb drives)
This time the status is still rebuilding after 36 hours, and there is no percentage complete. I am sure when I have done this before the percentage complete has been shown in Openmanage???
Do I need to reboot to start this process or should I boot to the H200 BIOS and let the controller complete the rebuild?
Kind regards,
theflash1932
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Posted December 2nd, 2013 07:00
As IM said, reboot to the controller BIOS to check the status and/or begin the rebuild (if not showing as started or complete). Also, restarting the OMSA application may help it properly refresh, and/or restarting the DSM_ services.
To avoid the foreign configuration in the future, it is NOT necessary to "format" the disk AND it should ALWAYS be hot-swapped if hot-swappable (never shut down a system to replace a hot-swap drive).
ImmortalMyrddin
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Posted December 2nd, 2013 04:00
Sometimes the Open Manage software stops pulling accurate information, you can do a reboot and check the software again to see if the drive has rebuilt.
If it hasn't, then trying the rebuild from the RAID controller BIOS itself is a good idea.