Array Configuration, Status message

[Joakim_6]

I get a message in the acu looking like this:

# 785 Background parity initialization is currently queued or in progress on logical drive 1 ( RAID 5 in array A). If background parity initialization is queued, it will start when I/O is performed on the drive. When background parity initialization completes, the performance of the logical drive will improve.

If i look in the HP System Management Homepage, everything looks ok and i dont get any events regarding this in the event viewer.

Can someone tell me what this mean?
Can i do something so it starts doing this background parity initialization?

System:
Win 2003 Standard HP ML350 G4
4 diskdrives on array 641 running raid 5
HP Ultrium on onboard controller 1.

[Paul W_1]

Did you recently set up a new array? This message just means it is doing a check of the drives, which you would get until this check has run.

[Joakim_6]

So i can just ignore the message and it should dissapear?

[Steven Clementi]

The message usually appears after you create a new logical drive that is RAID with Parity. The older Windows GUI ACU gives this message as part of the info...

"This is a normal operation that is necessary to initialize logical drives that have a fault tolerance with parity. If background parity initialization is queued, it will start when I/O is performed on the drives. When background parity initialization completes, the performance of the logical drives will improve."

The web based ACU does not show this message.


Steven