HP ML350p Gen 8 - Need to wipe disks

[Jonathan4]

I have a RAID1 failure in my main server SERVER01 becuase one of the two disks is failed. I need to use an exact same disk from another retired server and put this in SERVER01, in place of the failed disk. I need to wipe the replacement disk before replacing the failed disk in SERVER01. 

I tried the erase tool in Smart Storage Administrator, which says that it is erasing but after two days had never moved from 0% erased. Is there another quick way that I can erase all data on the disk? 

[Torsten.]

Just insert the disk while server is running. No need to wipe the disk.

Do NOT insert the disk while the server is off.

[Jonathan4]

Interesting, I would have normally shut off the server and then inserted the replacement hard drive. 

My concern here is that if I put in a second disk that HAS DATA ON IT, then the RAID might mirror the wrong way. This is why I would rather wipe everything on the disk, so that it would be just like it came out of the box. 

[Torsten.]

Pull the bad disk and insert the new disk online. Check in SSA.

What you wrote may happen if you swap the disk while the power is off.

[SanjeevGoyal]

Hello,

Try to follow the below steps.

1. Delete the raid configuration form the SSA, before moving the hard disk from another working server to SERVER01. 

Note:. Make sure you should have the complete data of both the servers.

2.After that put into in the server SERVER01. online, it will start rebuilding.

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