topic Parity Initialization Status is 'Failed'. in StoreVirtual Storage

Parity Initialization Status is 'Failed'.

VirtualIT — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:09:13 GMT

Hi All,

We have this HP Left hand storage

[Model] P4500G2
[Storage System Software] Version 11.5.00.0673.0

last week, i see there is an warning, I am not expert in lefthand, however while doing bundle analysis, i saw bellow,

[RAID] Normal
Rebuild Rate Low
Unused Devices (none)
Statistics 2 Arrays
Array 1 /dev/cciss/c0d1p2 : DATA Partition Raid 5 2741.08 GB Normal
Array 2 /dev/cciss/c0d2p2 : DATA Partition Raid 5 2794.40 GB Normal (parity initialization failed)

[RAID OS Partitions] Normal
Statistics 2 Arrays
Array 1 /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 : LOG Partition Raid 10 980.14 MB Normal
Array 2 /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 : LeftHand OS Partition Raid 10 2932.48 MB Normal

From ADU report, i see there is an mdedium error,

how do we know why Paritiny initialization failed ? how to fix it, would appreciated any help.

Top ] → [ Smart Array P410 in slot 3 ] → [ Internal Drive Cage at Port 1I : Box 1 ] → [ Drive Cage on Port 1I ] → [ Physical Drive (600 GB SAS) 1I:1:5 ] → Physical Drive Status SCSI Bus 0 (0x00) SCSIID 12 (0x0c) Block Size 512 Bytes Per Block (0x0200) Total Blocks 600 GB (0x45dd2fb0) Reserved Blocks 0x00010000 Drive Model HP EF0600FARNA Drive Serial Number 6SL8GFBH0000N4410N5P Drive Firmware Revision HPD6 SCSI Inquiry Bits 0x02 Compaq Drive Stamped Stamped For Monitoring (0x01) Last Failure Reason Medium Error 2 (0x0a)

Re: Parity Initialization Status is 'Failed'.

Assen — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:25:59 GMT

Hi,

you can find an explanaition in the following post.

https://community.hpe.com/t5/HPE-StoreVirtual-Storage/Drive-Predictive-Failure/td-p/6940434

you can open a case so support can check and decide which hdd have to be replaced due to medium, timeouts, etc. errors.

I am an HPE employee - HPE StoreVirtual Support

Re: Parity Initialization Status is 'Failed'.

VirtualIT — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:57:35 GMT

Hi Thanks

Currently we dont have HP support for this, hence i am asking help here

i have coupel of quesiton :-

a)to chagne a disk which has medium error, do we need to perform any special task or will it be just pull the disk and push a new one ?

b) after we change the disk, the parity should be ok automatically or do we need to do any special work for it to become ok ?

Thanks for the help

Re: Parity Initialization Status is 'Failed'.

Assen — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 06:37:45 GMT

Hi,

when you have identifiyed the disk, you can just pull it and replace it with new one.

After you have replaced the disk the rebuild will start and the parity init will start over again by itself. Keep in mind that

parity init can take quite a long time to finish, as it only runs in the background when there is no i/o on the disk

for a certein amount of time.

You are welcome.

I am an HPE employee - HPE StoreVirtual Support