HPDL380G6 both raid 1 HDD amber light

[bllboon]

Hi,

Any one can guide what should i do if both of my HDD under the RAID1 now in amber light.

Can the data still be recover by replacing to bay 3 first ? 

physicaldrive 1I:1:3
         Port: 1I
         Box: 1
         Bay: 3
         Status: Failed
         Last Failure Reason: Hardware error
         Drive Type: Data Drive
         Interface Type: SAS
         Size: 146 GB
         Rotational Speed: 10000
         Firmware Revision: HPD7
         Serial Number: 3NM2BTHK00009751T78X
         Model: HP      DG146ABAB4      
         Current Temperature (C): 47
         Maximum Temperature (C): 49
         PHY Count: 1
         PHY Transfer Rate: 3.0Gbps

      physicaldrive 1I:1:4
         Port: 1I
         Box: 1
         Bay: 4
         Status: Failed
         Last Failure Reason: Write retries failed
         Drive Type: Data Drive
         Interface Type: SAS
         Size: 146 GB
         Rotational Speed: 10000
         Firmware Revision: HPD7
         Serial Number: 3NM2E8KC00009801H6BJ
         Model: HP      DG146ABAB4      
         Current Temperature (C): 48
         Maximum Temperature (C): 51
         PHY Count: 1
         PHY Transfer Rate: 3.0Gbps

[PiterParker · Accepted solution]

Hmm, 

Tough situation. 

I do not think it will help. I believe at the moment both of the drives showing errors and they are not accessible. 

If I would be in that situation, I woud try below.

- Shut down the sever. 

- Take HDD out (remember in which slot was which HDD fitted)

- Turn on the server. 

- Once all POST will finish shut down the server. 

- Turn off the server

- Put one HDD and turn on the server

- check if you will be able to access the data

- if not turn off the server, take out the HDD and put other one

- turn on the server and put another drive

- check if you can access the data. 

If from any of the drives you will be able to access the data than put in second slot fresh HDD in order to replicate the data. 

If there will be still no results I would try to upgrade the firmware on the smart array and HDDs. Maybe after firmware upgrade it will resolve some errors. 

Let me know about the progress,

Piotr

[bllboon]

By following your steps, i manage to recover the data after powering up with only bay 4.

After that reenabled the vg and it is fine.

Thank you for your advise.