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02-18-2025 12:12 PM - last edited on 02-19-2025 07:45 PM by support_s
02-18-2025 12:12 PM - last edited on 02-19-2025 07:45 PM by support_s
Unrecoverable Media Errors Detected on Drives
How's it going, I'm new to the community, unfortunately it's because of an error from a server that arose unexpectedly.
This is the message
Warning: Unrecoverable Media Errors Detected on Drives during previous Rebuild or Background Surface Analysis (ARM) scan. Errors will be fixed automatically when the sector(s) are overwritten. Backup and Restore are recommended
I have a picture of the complete error
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-fgiMrTm5qtgp82hCcyZlTklYQMdgUbp/view?usp=drive_link
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02-19-2025 09:52 AM
02-19-2025 09:52 AM
Re: Unrecoverable Media Errors Detected on Drives
Hi @Lionplate ,
Please update the firmware of system devices especially the disks, RAID controller using SPP. Refer this post. for more information.
You have not mentioned the system model, here is the SPP links for Gen9, Gen10 and Gen11.
Let me know if the issue is still persists, if solved, please give 'Kudos' and mark my post as 'Accepted Solution'
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02-19-2025 11:18 PM
02-19-2025 11:18 PM
Re: Unrecoverable Media Errors Detected on Drives
Hello,
You may try the above mentioned firmware update suggestions as well.
It appears, that the RAID array may be broken. Two drives have been detected in slots 5 and 7 and hence the logical drive is disabled. You may either contiue with the logical drive disabled or accept data loss and include the drives so detected and continue.
In slot 8, the drive has failed and needs to be replaced.
Ensure that there is complete backup before performing any activity so that in an eventuality, you may restore the data after re-configuring the server.
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02-24-2025 06:15 AM
02-24-2025 06:15 AM
Query: Unrecoverable Media Errors Detected on Drives
Hello,
Let us know if you were able to resolve the issue.
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