topic Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement in Disk Enclosures

MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

ZK_1 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:39:10 GMT

MSA 2000 SA one drive got failed and Replaced
there are 8 disks in RAID 10 ,After replacing the failed drive ,the drive still show critical
document attached with full details

Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

ZK_1 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:41:30 GMT

This is the MSA Storage Virtual Disk "vdisk1" Drive List details

Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L9RC00009942QZ1E 0.0 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L42200009942QWMA 0.4 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L41K00009942QWTC 0.3 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L3KG00009942QYKF 0.7 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L3WX00009942SJMX 0.6 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1LBM400009942SH5C 0.2 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1KN3A00009939FMRH 0.1 Enclosure 0
Missing 0.00GB Not Found
Not Found:Not Found SN:Not Found

Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

kunalsahoo — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:14:10 GMT

Hi ZK,

The vdisk status is critical because the drive had failed and the drive you have added is still not part of that Vdisk.and no spare drive now available for the vdisk..however it is in available mode...not yet rebuilded.

You have to initiate the reconstruction manualy by following method...

Go to Manage > Virtual Disk Config > Vdisk
Configuration > Add Vdisk Spares) or a global spare
(Manage > Virtual DiskConfig > Global Spare Menu > Add Global Spares).

Remember that a globalspare might be taken by a different critical virtual disk than the one you intended.
â Enable the Dynamic Spare Configuration option on the
Manage > General Config> System Configuration page to use the new drives without designating them as
spares.

once the reconstruction is complete all will be back to green

Note â Reconstruction can take hours or days to complete, depending on the virtual
disk RAID level and size, drive speed, utility priority, and other processes running
on the storage system. You can stop reconstruction only by deleting the virtual disk

Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

ZK_1 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:39:45 GMT

so in MSA 2000 there will be no automatic reconstruction of RAID when you replace a failed drive ?

i will do the settings as you suggested and update you the progress

thanks for reply and updates

Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

kunalsahoo — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:45:27 GMT

Hi,
what i have seen in mnay cases that it doesnt start automatically and msa docs says that if the drive is not of same size of the disk then the reconstruction will not start....however it should start ideally ..

Re: MSA 2000 SA Drive Replacement

ZK_1 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:25:36 GMT

Thanks a lot for reply and support , disk is added as vdisk spare and replaced disk is a part of vdisk now and rebuilding may take minimum of 8 hours ,

Status Size
(GB) Manufacturer
Model:Revision Serial Number Encl.Slot Enclosure
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L9RC00009942QZ1E 0.0 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L42200009942QWMA 0.4 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L41K00009942QWTC 0.3 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L3KG00009942QYKF 0.7 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1L3WX00009942SJMX 0.6 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1LBM400009942SH5C 0.2 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP1KN3A00009939FMRH 0.1 Enclosure 0
Up 300.00GB SEAGATE
ST3300656SS :0004 SN:3QP0GGTB00009916DWQM 0.5 Enclosure 0