How do I rebuild RAID1 (PERC H200) after failed drive is replaced?
Hi,
I have a Poweredge T110 with Perc H200 controller. It's running RAID 1 with 2 600GB 15K SAS drives. One HDD1 failed so I bought the exact identical 600GB 15K SAS and installed it in place of the failed HDD1. I held Ctrl-C to go into the controller boot menu and saw both drives and it said that the RAID was degraded. From dealing with Perc controllers in the past, I figured that I could boot into Windows 2012 R2 and go into Openmanage and make sure that the RAID is rebuilding--at least when I'm working with RAID5. It still shows the RAID is degraded in Openmanage. Here's what I'm seeing:
The available tasks are Delete and Change Policy...
I don't even see the second drive anywhere in Openmanage. The available tasks for PERC H200 are create virtual disk and reset configuration. I'm not sure where to go from here to setup the second drive as the second drive in the RAID1. Thanks in advanced for your help!
I have a Poweredge T110 with Perc H200 controller. It's running RAID 1 with 2 600GB 15K SAS drives. One HDD1 failed so I bought the exact identical 600GB 15K SAS and installed it in place of the failed HDD1. I held Ctrl-C to go into the controller boot menu and saw both drives and it said that the RAID was degraded. From dealing with Perc controllers in the past, I figured that I could boot into Windows 2012 R2 and go into Openmanage and make sure that the RAID is rebuilding--at least when I'm working with RAID5. It still shows the RAID is degraded in Openmanage. Here's what I'm seeing:
The available tasks are Delete and Change Policy...
I don't even see the second drive anywhere in Openmanage. The available tasks for PERC H200 are create virtual disk and reset configuration. I'm not sure where to go from here to setup the second drive as the second drive in the RAID1. Thanks in advanced for your help!
I think that you have to clean Foreign Config first.
Hi,
The rebuild process occurs in Windows and not in the CTRL + R configuration utility. So the controller BIOS won't show a change until you boot to the OS.
Cheers
The rebuild process occurs in Windows and not in the CTRL + R configuration utility. So the controller BIOS won't show a change until you boot to the OS.
Cheers
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Hi Olgierd Ungehojer,
I don't show a Foreign Config anywhere in Openmanage. I will look in the controller utility before it boots into Windows to see if I can find it anywhere.
dfke, I'm in Windows looking at Openmanage and not see any rebuild status or options. It shows degraded and there's no option to add another drive nor do I see the other drive.
I don't show a Foreign Config anywhere in Openmanage. I will look in the controller utility before it boots into Windows to see if I can find it anywhere.
dfke, I'm in Windows looking at Openmanage and not see any rebuild status or options. It shows degraded and there's no option to add another drive nor do I see the other drive.
Yes it is in controller utility.
ASKER
I went into the utility and didn't see Foreign Config anywhere. Here are a few screenshots:
I'm not sure where to go from here.
I'm not sure where to go from here.
Is it just me or are these images out of focus?
So did you do a hotswap of the drives or power system down?
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I'm sorry the images look terrible. I was two hours away from the server today so I FaceTime to someone near the server. Then I screen captured the views with my phone. So, it looks like digital camera photos from the 90s.
This Poweredge T110 is very basic as is the PERC H200 controller. There is no hot swap bays so I powered it down, unplugged the HDD1 and installed the new one. I've never worked with this controller before as I'm used to the PERC 600 and 700s.
This Poweredge T110 is very basic as is the PERC H200 controller. There is no hot swap bays so I powered it down, unplugged the HDD1 and installed the new one. I've never worked with this controller before as I'm used to the PERC 600 and 700s.
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Thanks for your help Olgierd. There wasn't any available firmware updates and they need to upgrade their server anyway. So, they're just going to replace it. Have a nice day!