Raid Migration SA E200 BWCC

[Stefan Dreyer]

Hello,

i have an raid0 with two drives installed. To get better fail result, i added a third drive and would like to migrate to raid5. But if i try this with hpacucli i get an error message:
=> logicaldrive 1 modify raid=5

Error: This operation is not supported with the current configuration. Use the
"show" command on devices to show additional details about the
configuration.

Show config detail shows:

=> show config detail

Smart Array E200 in Slot ATTR_VALUE_SLOT_UNKNOWN
Bus Interface: PCI
Slot: Slot Unknown
Serial Number: PA6C90N9SVX025
Cache Serial Number: P9A3A0B9SVX10S
RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Disabled
Controller Status: OK
Chassis Slot:
Hardware Revision: Rev A
Firmware Version: 1.72
Rebuild Priority: Medium
Expand Priority: Medium
Surface Scan Delay: 15 sec
Cache Board Present: True
Cache Status: Temporarily Disabled
Accelerator Ratio: 50% Read / 50% Write
Drive Write Cache: Disabled
Total Cache Size: 128 MB
Battery Pack Count: 1
Battery Status: OK
SATA NCQ Supported: False

Array: A
Interface Type: SATA
Unused Space: 476908 MB
Status: OK

Logical Drive: 1
Size: 931.5 GB
Fault Tolerance: RAID 0
Heads: 255
Sectors Per Track: 63
Cylinders: 65535
Stripe Size: 128 KB
Status: Expanding 36.7% complete
Array Accelerator: Enabled
Unique Identifier: 600508B100104E395356583032350002
Disk Name: /dev/cciss/c0d0
Mount Points: /boot 101 MB, /home 683.6 GB, /var 46.9 GB, /tmp 9.8 GB, / 171.6 GB
Logical Drive Label: A00BF45EPA6C90N9SVX02534D1

physicaldrive 2I:1:1
Port: 2I
Box: 1
Bay: 1
Status: OK
Drive Type: Data Drive
Interface Type: SATA
Size: 500.1 GB
Firmware Revision: HPG2
Serial Number: 9QM4Y43B
Model: ATA GB0500C8046
SATA NCQ Capable: False
PHY Count: 1
PHY Transfer Rate: 1.5GBPS
physicaldrive 2I:1:2
Port: 2I
Box: 1
Bay: 2
Status: OK
Drive Type: Data Drive
Interface Type: SATA
Size: 500.1 GB
Firmware Revision: HPG2
Serial Number: 9QM75MW4
Model: ATA GB0500C8046
SATA NCQ Capable: False
PHY Count: 1
PHY Transfer Rate: 1.5GBPS
physicaldrive 2I:1:3
Port: 2I
Box: 1
Bay: 3
Status: OK
Drive Type: Data Drive
Interface Type: SATA
Size: 500.1 GB
Firmware Revision: HPG2
Serial Number: 9QM4Y6DP
Model: ATA GB0500C8046
SATA NCQ Capable: False
PHY Count: 1
PHY Transfer Rate: 1.5GBPS

so for me everything looks fine, but what is wrong?

[Víctor Cespón]

Array: A
Unused Space: 476908 MB

Logical Drive: 1
Status: Expanding 36.7% complete

I would say the process has been done and the conversion to RAID 5 is on the way.

[Stefan Dreyer]

You are right. Now expanding was ready and ld 1 modify raid=5 was successful. Now config shows:
Logical Drive: 1
Size: 931.5 GB
Fault Tolerance: RAID 5
Stripe Size: 64 KB
Status: Expanding 0.1% complete
Array Accelerator: Enabled
Parity Initialization Status: In Progress

Thanks very much.