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Cant Add HDD to existing RAID-5
Hello,
I am trying to add a Hard Drive to our existing raid 5 but iv'e been unsuccessful. I followed the steps iv'e seen online on open manage and it wont see the new drive on the virtual drive tab in order for me to reconfigure the raid. it sees the new drive on the physical section and the status is ready. but when i go to reconfigure the raid, it does not see it. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
theflash1932
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October 17th, 2016 11:00
I think he is talking about expanding the RAID 5, not replacing a failed member.
According to the picture you posted, it should be ready to go. A couple of things that will prevent it:
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October 17th, 2016 12:00
Thanks the flash1932!
Have you been able to verify the suggestions provided by the Flash1932? If you may, provide screenshot of the VD and the part number of one of the old drives and the new drive so that we look up more information.
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October 17th, 2016 13:00
The size of the drive is a terabyte. Same make of the existing ones. revision is different. existing ones are HTF2 the new one is AS08. It wont see it when i try and reconfigure.
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theflash1932
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October 17th, 2016 15:00
Expand a disk with the HTF2 firmware and provide a screenshot, then expand the disk with the AS08 firmware and provide a screenshot of that.
Go to the Virtual Disks page and provide a screenshot of that.
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October 17th, 2016 16:00
ok let me do that
Drose1209
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October 17th, 2016 17:00
here is the HTF2
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October 17th, 2016 17:00
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October 17th, 2016 17:00
Virtual Disk
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theflash1932
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October 17th, 2016 22:00
No, they aren't the same at all. They are both Seagate drives, but:
Is the new one a Dell-certified drive? Just because they are both Seagate doesn't mean they will work well together. Even if they are all certified, they are still very different drives and likely why you can't put them in the same array together. I would strongly recommend getting a certified 15K SED SAS drive to add to the array. Even if it worked, I wouldn't recommend you use it.
https://velocitytechsolutions.com/dell-u733k-hard-drive-146gb-15k-sas-2-5-in-tray/