HDD replacement with greater capacity in HP-UX

yudhichandra — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:19:27 GMT

Hi all,

Can anyone guide me through the procedure for replace 4 HDD with 4 new HDD with bigger capacity in rx2660

Data will be destroyed is not a problem, as I will restore it from other server.

Thank you.

>saconfig /dev/ciss1

******************** SmartArray RAID Controller /dev/ciss1 ********************

Auto-Fail Missing Disks at Boot = disabled
Cache Configuration Status = write cache temporarily disabled (code=1)
Cache Ratio = 25% Read / 75% Write

---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ----------

Location Ct Enc Bay WWID Size Status

Internal 1I 1 8 0x5000c5000c9ecce9 146.8 GB OK
Internal 1I 1 7 0x500000e119c99c62 146.8 GB OK
Internal 1I 1 6 0x5000c5000b824141 146.8 GB OK
Internal 1I 1 5 0x5000c5000b8fe795 146.8 GB OK
Internal 2I 1 4 0x5000c5000b84872d 146.8 GB OK
Internal 2I 1 3 0x5000c5000b8f54e5 146.8 GB OK
Internal 2I 1 2 0x5000c5000c9e6f29 146.8 GB OK
Internal 2I 1 1 0x5000c5000b8fe6c5 146.8 GB OK

---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 0 ----------

Device File = c1t0d0
RAID Level = 1+0
Size = 279964 MB
Stripe Size = 128 KB
Status = OK

Participating Physical Drive(s):

Ct Enc Bay WWID
2I 1 4 0x5000c5000b84872d
2I 1 3 0x5000c5000b8f54e5
2I 1 2 0x5000c5000c9e6f29
2I 1 1 0x5000c5000b8fe6c5

Participating Spare Drive(s):

None

---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 1 ----------

Device File = c1t0d1
RAID Level = 5
Size = 419947 MB
Stripe Size = 16 KB
Status = OK

Participating Physical Drive(s):

Ct Enc Bay WWID
1I 1 8 0x5000c5000c9ecce9
1I 1 7 0x500000e119c99c62

1I 1 6 0x5000c5000b824141
1I 1 5 0x5000c5000b8fe795

Participating Spare Drive(s):

None

Re: HDD replacement with greater capacity in HP-UX

Torsten. — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 06:09:21 GMT

If you want to restore a backup anyway, then delete the logical drives, swap the disks and create new logical drives.

Re: HDD replacement with greater capacity in HP-UX

yudhichandra — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 04:39:57 GMT

No need to delete PV and RAID 5 configuration?

Re: HDD replacement with greater capacity in HP-UX

Torsten. — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:36:36 GMT

IMHO it will work if you shutdown the server, pull all the disks, insert the new disks and start from scratch (creating arrays, logival drives, restore your backup).

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