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Background initialization progress / status?
Hi all,
Where would I go look at the RAID6 background init progress / percentage / status in iDRAC?
It's an r730 with all the latest patches, iDRAC8 Express, PERC H730P Mini (Embedded) with 8x 6TB drives (ST6000NM0095 7.2K 12Gb SAS) in RAID6. OS: ESXi 7.03.
Tried all the options, all the tabs in iDRAC (Storage, Physical Disks, Virtual Disks, Controllers, Enclosures, job queue) - don't see a progress indication or status. The drives are blinking fast...
So far all I was able to find was an event from 3 days ago, "Background initialization has started for Virtual Disk 0 on Integrated RAID Controller 1.":
P.S. I did not do any manual init - just created a virtual disk. BGI (background initialization) started on its own.
P.P.S. A bit more context: "ESXi VSPhere 6.5 essential storage warning" (VMware Communities).
DELL-Charles R
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June 30th, 2023 10:00
Hello kindzma,
You should be able to see on the Virtual Disk properties if there is a background initialization going on.
In the iDRAC web interface, go to Overview > Storage > Virtual Disks >
If you expand the virtual disk there is a Progress entry that would have a percentage if an operation was ongoing on the VD.
It should also be logged in the LifeCycle Controller log, iDRAC log and a controller log.
Try log into the DRAC:
iDRAC > Overview > Server > Logs - choose Lifecycle Log
DELL-Young E
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June 29th, 2023 21:00
Hi, BGI (background initialization), this happens when a VD is newly configured or when you get a new controller. Your sever is running just fine don't worry about it. Do not reboot, we ask for your patience.
kindzma
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June 30th, 2023 08:00
Thanks - the question isn't about what BGI is, or whether I should be worrying about.
The question is:
Thanks!
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June 30th, 2023 14:00
Thanks - BGI finished before I could check on it - yet I am assuming that's the one place I missed, "progress" field under virtual disks, where the percentage might be. Will be sure to check it next time it runs.
The Lifecycle log indeed shows "started" and "completed" events for BFI - but not anything more granular.
Thanks again!