Armitage318
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Foreign state on OMSA
Hi, I use Dell PowerEdge 2950, controller is PERC 6/i integrated
In OMSA web interface I see a warning related to one of my two virtual disk.
(some times ago I replaced one disk, probably I was not aware that rebuilding failed to start!)
What is correct process (see attachment) to fix this warning ?
In "available task" I have only blink , unblink.
Thankyou
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In OMSA web interface I see a warning related to one of my two virtual disk.
(some times ago I replaced one disk, probably I was not aware that rebuilding failed to start!)
What is correct process (see attachment) to fix this warning ?
In "available task" I have only blink , unblink.
Thankyou
dell.png
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Is this a legitimate Dell drive? I have seen controllers not recognize certain disk firmware
Can you go into the RAID controller BIOS and see what it says about the disk?
Can you go into the RAID controller BIOS and see what it says about the disk?
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Hi, it is a Seagate Barracuda ES 750 GB 7200RPM SATA.
I already replaced other disks like this one, and I had no issue at all.
Unfortunately I can't reboot right now.
In attachment, please see controller message during boot:
raid_controller.jpg
I already replaced other disks like this one, and I had no issue at all.
Unfortunately I can't reboot right now.
In attachment, please see controller message during boot:
raid_controller.jpg
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Hi,
did you mean "Foreign Configuration operations" in this menu (see attach)?
I confirm that I should have two Virtual Disk (both RAID 5 with 3 disks each), and I have important data on both.
Thank you
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did you mean "Foreign Configuration operations" in this menu (see attach)?
I confirm that I should have two Virtual Disk (both RAID 5 with 3 disks each), and I have important data on both.
Thank you
dell3.png
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I noticed that disk was in "predicted failure" state.
I just removed it and inserted a new one, rebuilding phase started fine.
I just removed it and inserted a new one, rebuilding phase started fine.
"Clear" is a completely different function.
When replacing a pred fail drive, you need to force it offline before actually removing it.
When replacing a pred fail drive, you need to force it offline before actually removing it.
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I have 6 disk
Virtualdisk 1 (RAID5)
disk1
disk2
disk3
Virtualdisk 2 (RAID5)
disk4
disk5
disk6
It seems that last replaced disk has been included in wrong Virtualdisk, so now I have:
Virtualdisk0
disk1 (online)
disk2 (online)
disk3 (online)
disk4 (foreing)
Virtualdisk1
disk5 (online)
disk6 (online)
I think I should configurare disk4 as "spare".. but I have no such options, as I said, only "blink" and "unblink"
In "Virtual disks" menu I have option to " assign/deassign" dedicated hotspare.. can I select that option and select disk4?
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