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Perc 6i showing old drives as foreign
I had a RAID 5 drive fail. Drive 1. When I replaced the drive and tried to boot the system was complaining that the config had changed. It forces you into the raid controller. I see that drive 3 and 4 are now listed as foreign. Is there any way I can save my Virtual drive at this point?
theflash1932
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December 24th, 2017 14:00
One drive may still be in a foreign state ... you will need to CLEAR the foreign configuration then assign it as a hot-spare. If it is showing READY, then assign it as a hot-spare. If it is online again, then do the replace member function.
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December 23rd, 2017 21:00
IMPORT the foreign configuration (VD MGMT screen, highlight controller, F2, Foreign, Import).
jimdnj
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December 24th, 2017 03:00
Thanks! That worked. I was able to lboot Windows. Now I am stuck on how to initiate the rebuild of the RAID 5 array. The system has four drives. The bad drive was 0:0:1.When I open Server Administrator I see the three other drives in the Virtual Disk array. I see the new drive listed as ready in the physical drive view. Not sure of the sequence here. Do I assign the new drive as hot spare and then do a replace member disk? Thanks for your help!
jimdnj
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December 26th, 2017 14:00
Perfect back in business now. Thanks for your help. Simple steps but you don't want to make a mistake at this.