lc 2000 + netraid

[thesaintjim]

I have a raid 1 config which 1 disk is dead. I have a spare hard drive from another lc 2000 box that i do not use anymore. There is data still on this drive. If I put it in to replace the failed drive, it won't rebuild using the old data from the drive i replaced? Any steps on doing this would be great.

[SPa]

Hi,

Which Netraid Controller is installed.

Incase it is Netraid 1M or 2M,you may try to boot the server and access CTRL M,wherein can select rebuild to check if the rebuild starts.

Also,the replaced disk should be of the same size as the installed disk or should be of higher capacity.

[thesaintjim]

It is a NetRaid 1Si. Is the process the same?

[thesaintjim]

It is actually a NetRAID-1M. I will give it a shot tomorrow during the weekend and report back.

[kris rombauts · Accepted solution]

Hi,

it does not matter at all what model of Netraid controller you have.
If you simply let the server run online and insert a new/other disk, the Netraid controller will rebuild onto that new disk and when the rebuild is finished you will have a redundant raid1 disk array again.
Unless the controller has been configured such that autorebuild has been disabled, the rebuild will start automatically. If not, then start the Netraid Assistant utility (Windows) and initiate the rebuild manually.

The controller does not look at the fact that the new disk has been used before in another server with Netraid.

What you should NOT do is insert the new disk when the server if offline/powered off because then you will possible mix up the controller and do the wrong thing.

So simply replace the disk online, this is where those controllers are made for.

HTH

Kris

[thesaintjim]

Thanks!!