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Poweredge R730 Fails to boot Again
Hello Team,
I have no idea why but I get bellow error.
Also, I see exclamation marks on two disks
Last year I faced similar issue but I couldn't solve now.
https://www.dell.com/community/Rack-Servers/Poweredge-R730-Fails-to-boot/td-p/7858668
Is there any known solution for this case?
Thank you in advance.
DELL-Shine K
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May 11th, 2022 08:00
Can you share virtual disk picture also from iDRAC? You can also go to Controller BIOS in F2 -> Device Setting and ensure boot VD is configured properly. Can you also share the F11 boot manager picture also
taifunn
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May 11th, 2022 09:00
Hello Shine,
Here is the Virtual Disc Picture from IDRAC:
Also boot menu pictures:
taifunn
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May 11th, 2022 10:00
By the way, I am pretty sure that operating system is installed on VD0 Raid 1.
When I faced same issue last year, I imported foreign config and problem was solved. But I didnt see any option to import this config at this moment.
DELL-Charles R
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May 11th, 2022 11:00
Hello taifunn,
If you look at the image with Physical Disks > Advanced Properties you can see line item: Failure Predicted……..Yes.
It may be it has punctured and corrupted the boot sector.
Try shut down, remove both of those drives and power up to not boot option, shut down reinstall drives. See if it gives you an option to import.
At first chance you can boot, do a backup. If you do not have a backup and it is critical data, you may need to engage a data recovery company.
Note you will need to replace the pred fail drives. This article can give you some insight to punctures and steps to solve.
Double Faults and Punctures in RAID Arrays
https://dell.to/3M7cz8F
taifunn
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May 12th, 2022 06:00
Thank you Charles, It was successful for an hour but after the restart here is the new problem:
DELL-Charles R
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May 12th, 2022 07:00
Hello taifunn,
First thing to check is it powered up?
What is shown on the monitor?
Next you can try a flea power drain:
drain flea power (shut down, disconnect power cables and Network cables, hold in power button 20 seconds with cords removed). After flea power drain, system has to set for 3 minutes for DRAC to reset without any power plugged in, then plug in NIC and power but wait 2 minutes before power on to give DRAC time to initialize. The power up and check results.
taifunn
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May 15th, 2022 23:00
Thank you. I solved the disk problem.
And here is the last situation:
I am searching web regarding this...
DiegoLopez
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May 16th, 2022 04:00
Hey @taifunn,
Did you replaced the pred fail drives? By the way, HDD fw is very outdated (VS08 firmware version is the Initial Release and VS0B is the latest update). You should update them: https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/DriversDetails?driverID=4CXN5
Regards.
taifunn
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May 18th, 2022 03:00
I decided to do fresh installation but...
DELL-Shine K
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May 18th, 2022 04:00
Is the error shown when you boot to the image or this is the message shown after the installation is cancelled. I can see behind screen have Cancelled message. For OS Deployment you can use Driver pack which will have all required drivers. refer below link for details
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-in/000130160/how-to-install-the-operating-system-on-a-dell-poweredge-server-os-deployment