With 3 disks online, you don't want to import. You want to clear the foreign configuration on the remaining drive, then assign it as a hot-spare to start the rebuild.three online I thought the server would boot up, so it's not the drive array but the OS? Please clarify? Thank you.
You want to clear the foreign configuration on the remaining drive, then assign it as a hot-spare to start the rebuild.the remaining drive is already rebuilding after I pulled it, it showed missing and then came online, current status is rebuilding? I'm guessing I don't have to do anything with the config like clearing.
it appears as though you have OS damage that needs repairingshould I wait on the OS repairs after the rebuild?
however VD Mgmt shows all four physical disks are good and the virtual disksThis is not what your pictures show. The first shows the VD as offline with two missing drives. The second shows the two missing drives with a foreign status.
The lights are amber because the drives are offline.drives show online in VD Mgr.
In this stage, hopefully you have a backup of data, etc. that would minimize your data loss,yes, working with Acronis as mounting the data is having an issue.
do you have a system on which you can establish the roles this system performed, restore the data,,, ,,,please provide more information regarding this. I have another 2012 R2 server, are you saying I could create a role and get to the data of the failed server?
Perform the following steps to import or clear foreign configurations.
1. During bootup, press <Ctrl><R> when prompted by the BIOS banner. The VD Mgmt screen appears by default.
2. On the VD Mgmt screen, highlight the Controller #. The controller number is the only item that appears until you import the foreign configuration.
3. Press <F2> to display the available actions.
4. Press the right arrow key to display the available actions, Import and Clear.
NOTE: Ensure that your virtual disk has all the physical disks by verifying that there are no physical disks marked as Missing in the foreign view page and that all the disks appear as expected before importing them.
5. Select Import to import the foreign configuration or Clear to delete the foreign configuration and then press <Enter>.If you import the configuration, the VD Mgmt displays detailed configuration information. This includes information about the disk groups, virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation, and hot spares
Regarding the NOTE above looking for any information how to best proceed since it's irreversible.