Not sure why a moderator hasn't approved this yet.  Makes it difficult to make progress.

Regardless, the proactive copy completed after 19 hours (NLSAS 2tb).  I was unable to view progress indicators of any kind during the time, so if anyone has any idea on how to do that I would appreciate the information.

I logged the experience including screenshots here: extremesanity.com » Proactive copy to hot spare on EMC VNX array

You should be able to check the progress of the rebuild via naviseccli.  Once you activate the proactive copy, you can find the destination disk.  naviseccli getdisk should show the progress of the rebuild.

Let us know if that helps!

Karl

Why are all my posts being moderated now when before they weren't?

This is a proactive copy, not a rebuild.  This is where I think everyone (the tech, internet forums) keep getting confused.

I spent a massive amount of time researching this, and the only place I could find status indicators were within spcollects:

extremesanity.com » Proactive copy to hot spare on EMC VNX array

Started proactive drive copy to hot spare, progress never changes? : EMC2

Nothing deliberate there – just automatic routines to prevent spam

I guess your external links have triggered them

You’re welcome

If it makes you feel better – even a moderators posts are subject to moderation ☺

That makes sense, thank you.

for a good reason

Thanks for sharing a Very good piece of information.....