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02-28-2017 10:32 AM
02-28-2017 10:32 AM
Minimum physical drives not reached
Hi there,
Could you please assist
Our HP server has multiple array configuration, for example:
=> ctrl all show config
Smart Array P420i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
array A (Solid State SATA, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 1 (223.5 GB, RAID 1, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, Solid State SATA, 240.0 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, Solid State SATA, 240.0 GB, OK)
array B (SATA, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 2 (10.9 TB, RAID 1+0, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:7 (port 1I:box 1:bay 7, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:8 (port 1I:box 1:bay 8, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:9 (port 1I:box 1:bay 9, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:10 (port 1I:box 1:bay 10, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
array C (SATA, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 3 (7.3 TB, RAID 0, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:5 (port 1I:box 1:bay 5, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:6 (port 1I:box 1:bay 6, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
Enclosure SEP (Vendor ID HP, Model Gen8 ServBP 12+2) 378 (WWID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Port: 1I, Box: 1)
Expander 380 (WWID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Port: 1I, Box: 1)
SEP (Vendor ID PMCSIERA, Model SRCv8x6G) 379 (WWID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
=>
array A - RAID 1
array B - RAID 10
array C - RAID 0
These arrays are ok, but currently we need to move two physical drives (1I:1:3 and 1I:1:4 which are 4Gb) from the logicaldrive 2 (array B) to logicaldrive 3 (array C)
How can we do this, without physical remove them from the array ?
As an example, we can't do this via utility hpacucli, because of these errors :
=> controller slot=0 array B remove drives=1I:1:3-1I:1:4
Error: This operation is not supported with the current configuration. Use the
"show" command on devices to show additional details about the
configuration.
Reason: Minimum physical drives not reached
=>
and
=> controller slot=0 array B modify drives=1I:1:3-1I:1:4
Error: This operation is not supported with the current configuration. Use the
"show" command on devices to show additional details about the
configuration.
Reason: Minimum physical drives not reached
=>
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03-01-2017 01:51 AM
03-01-2017 01:51 AM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
I think you cannot do this. You will have to delete array B and array C and create them new in your desired configuration. If you want to do it without data loss you need to create backups and restore those to the newly created raidset.
(If you have BBWC/FBWC enabled you can add drives to an array and expand it, but you cannot remove drives from an array without degrading it)
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03-01-2017 05:35 AM
03-01-2017 05:35 AM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
Hi Fritsch James,
Thanks for replying
I know that RAID 10 configuration requires a minimum of four disks. In my RAID configuration I have six drives, but what heppend if I try to physicaly remove two disks from there.
Does RAID automatically rebuild configuration without data losing with four disks ?
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03-01-2017 05:52 AM - edited 03-01-2017 05:58 AM
03-01-2017 05:52 AM - edited 03-01-2017 05:58 AM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
According to SSA user guide this is possible:
Removing a drive from an array (restripe the data on an array to occupy fewer physical
drives, then remove the excess drives from the array)
if there is enough free space available.
Some controllers may not support this option or may require a license key to enable this feature.
But:
After the shrink, the array must have sufficient capacity to contain all of the configured logical volumes.
IMHO you need free space not occupied by logical drives for this shrink operation.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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03-01-2017 05:56 AM - edited 03-01-2017 05:58 AM
03-01-2017 05:56 AM - edited 03-01-2017 05:58 AM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
More info about RAID:
=> ctrl slot=0 ld 2 show
Smart Array P420i in Slot 0 (Embedded)
array B
Logical Drive: 2
Size: 10.9 TB
Fault Tolerance: 1+0
Heads: 255
Sectors Per Track: 32
Cylinders: 65535
Strip Size: 256 KB
Full Stripe Size: 768 KB
Status: OK
Caching: Enabled
Unique Identifier: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Disk Name: /dev/sdb
Mount Points: None
Logical Drive Label: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mirror Group 0:
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:7 (port 1I:box 1:bay 7, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
Mirror Group 1:
physicaldrive 1I:1:8 (port 1I:box 1:bay 8, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:9 (port 1I:box 1:bay 9, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:10 (port 1I:box 1:bay 10, SATA, 8001.5 GB, OK)
Drive Type: Data
Caching Association: None
=>
Important to know does RAID automatically rebuild configuration without data losing ?
Because we need to remove two disks:
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 (port 1I:box 1:bay 4, SATA, 4000.7 GB, OK)
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03-01-2017 06:01 AM - edited 03-01-2017 06:27 AM
03-01-2017 06:01 AM - edited 03-01-2017 06:27 AM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
I never did this, but you probably need to remove 1 drive from each group:
1I:1:3 and 1I:1:8
If this works, you can "replace" the remaining 4TB disk with the removed 8TB disk.
But the problem might be this:
The 4TB disk is setting the limit, so you have 2 groups of 3x 4TB disks in use = 12 TB, but the logical drive is 10TB, hense there is not enough space to remove a disk, because you need 3x 4TB disks to reach 10TB.
Maybe you can convert the RAID1+0 to a RAID0 first, remove disks, then convert to RAID1+0 again.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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03-01-2017 12:35 PM
03-01-2017 12:35 PM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
Hi Torsten
Thanks for reply
I know that HP Smart Array controllers split the disks as such:
physicaldrive 1I:1:3 pairs to physicaldrive 1I:1:8
physicaldrive 1I:1:4 pairs to physicaldrive 2I:1:9
physicaldrive 1I:1:7 pairs to physicaldrive 2I:1:10
And if I remove 1 drive from each group:
1I:1:3 and 1I:1:8
I will lose all my data,
Or I am wrong ?
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03-01-2017 01:29 PM - edited 03-01-2017 01:30 PM
03-01-2017 01:29 PM - edited 03-01-2017 01:30 PM
Re: Minimum physical drives not reached
but there is not enough free space ...
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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