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How to rebuild Adaptec 2100S RAID 5 when drive fails
Adaptec 2100S RAID 5 with 3 drives
One of the drives is marked as failed and I feel the drive is good, I followed an article from adaptec that uses SMBE (Storage Manager Browser Edition) to rebuild the array. It said to click the raid and select task -> new task and select rebuild. I do not have this option, all I see is verify and "verify and fix"
How do I rebuild the array and tell it to mark the drive as available using either SMBE or the SMOS?
One of the drives is marked as failed and I feel the drive is good, I followed an article from adaptec that uses SMBE (Storage Manager Browser Edition) to rebuild the array. It said to click the raid and select task -> new task and select rebuild. I do not have this option, all I see is verify and "verify and fix"
How do I rebuild the array and tell it to mark the drive as available using either SMBE or the SMOS?
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By removing the drive and replacing with a new one, what chances would I be taking here? I do have a backup but am not willing to take any chances here, as the system is running fine with 2 of the three drives, theoretically I should be fine even if a second drive fails.
This is a domain controller but I also have a backup domain controller in place.
This is a domain controller but I also have a backup domain controller in place.
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Ok,
What does "verify and fix" do anyways?
What does "verify and fix" do anyways?
ASKER
Can I perform a verify and fix without hurting anything?
Not sure, but If you have a full reliable backup, it should not hurt to try it.
I would replace the Drive and then it should rebuild.
In your case, if you remove and reinsert, it may be sufficient, if you are willing to chance it.
Not much to lose since it is already in degraded mode.
DO you have a current backup ?
I hope this helps !