Drive failure in a netware environment, Failed drives or interim recovery mode – HP D2200sb Storage Blade User Manual
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If this situation occurs, reboot the server. The system may temporarily become operational long enough to
allow recovery of unsaved data. In any case, locate the faulty drive, replace it, and restore data from
backup.
Drive failure in a NetWare environment
Use CPQONLIN to identify and monitor drive failure status in a NetWare environment. For more
information, see Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers on the HP website
.
Failed drives or interim recovery mode
If a drive fails and hardware fault tolerance is enabled, operation continues. Do the following:
1.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
2.
Select a logical drive using ACU ("
" on page
) to monitor the status of
drive recovery.
or
In a NetWare environment: Press the F3 key to monitor the status of drive recovery.
Drive status messages include:
•
Interim Recovery: The current array controller has a bad or missing drive. The logical drive is operating
with reduced performance and a further physical drive failure may result in data loss depending on the
fault tolerance. Configuration changes to this logical drive or any other logical drive in the array are not
allowed until this problem is corrected. To correct this problem, check the data and power connections
to the physical drives or replace the failed drive. For more information, generate a diagnostics report
under the Diagnostics tab.
•
Ready for Recovery: The logical drives are queued for recovery. This status appears when another
logical drive is already rebuilding or expanding.
•
Rebuilding: The array controller is rebuilding the drive. Configuration changes to logical drives in the
array are not allowed until rebuilding is complete. Also, configuration changes to any other array that
is waiting for expansion or rebuild are not possible until this process completes. If unused space exists,
additional logical drives can be created. Otherwise, most configuration changes are not allowed until
this process is complete.
•
Logical Drive Failed: The logical drive has failed and cannot be used. All data on this logical drive has
been lost. Configuration changes to this logical drive are not allowed until this problem is corrected.
Also, if your controller supports Expansion, Extension, or Migration, these operations will not be
available for any logical drives in the array until the problem is corrected.Replace any failed physical
drives and re-enable the failed logical drive. For more information, generate a diagnostics report under
the Diagnostics tab.
If you do not replace the failed drive, the only option, using ACU, is to delete logical drives. Do not
delete logical drives that contain valid data. Doing so results in data loss.
NOTE:
A failed status can occur on drives protected by fault tolerance if two or more physical
drives fail concurrently.