@DELL-Charles R Thank you for the response. I have remote access to the server but I won't be on-site until the weekend. I can assign the hot spare through the OMSA interface; should I attempt that at this point, or wait until I am able to try your first suggestion?
As the title states, it is confusing. You only have 2 drives in the server right? There should be only 1 RAID1 VD, but in the screenshot it is showing 2 VDs. You're saying you have a hotspare? But it is not showing up in physical disk view. I'd wonder if the hot spare is the one showing failed as Non-RAID. What are the available option listed on Physical Disk 0:1? You might want to check on the logs, for some clues on which drive has failed, so you do not use it as the rebuild disk.
@DELL-Joey C Yes there are only two physical drives in the server. No hotspare just the two drives mirroring eachother (assuming I set it up correctly in the first place). The available options for Physical Disk 0:1 are "Assign Global Hot Spare" and "Set Disk Cache Policy". I am considering trying the "Assign Global Hot Spare" function as Dell-Charles R recommended, I just want to confirm that is safe to do at this point. Let me know your thoughts.
@DELL-Charles R I was able to assign Drive 0:1 as a hot spare and it is currently rebuilding (at 75%). Is it safe to power-down during the rebuild? I am asking as I have a separate issue that I need to reboot for.
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January 8th, 2025 20:31
Hello,
First I would recommend to confirm you have good backup when dealing with hard drive issues.
PD 0:1 shows Ready on one screen shot and on another it shows Failed Non-RAID. It should be RAID Capable.
You may need to replace the drive but lets try to get it to RAID capable and start rebuilding into the RAID-1
Look here for converting RAID
Converting to RAID disks page 24
S150 User Guide
http://dell.to/4fNipdf
Check if it starts rebuilding automatically.
If it doesn’t then try setting it as a Global Hot Spare
Assigning the global hot spare disks Page 26
http://dell.to/4fNipdf
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January 13th, 2025 07:44
Hello, I think if you power down at around 80%, it will go back to square one. The rebuilding will start from zero once again.
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@DELL-Charles R Thank you for the response. I have remote access to the server but I won't be on-site until the weekend. I can assign the hot spare through the OMSA interface; should I attempt that at this point, or wait until I am able to try your first suggestion?
Thank you.
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January 9th, 2025 02:55
Hello, backup should be the #1 priority.
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@DELL-Young E Thank you. I have multiple backups in place currently, as well as a fresh one from last night.
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January 9th, 2025 08:51
Hi,
As the title states, it is confusing. You only have 2 drives in the server right? There should be only 1 RAID1 VD, but in the screenshot it is showing 2 VDs. You're saying you have a hotspare? But it is not showing up in physical disk view. I'd wonder if the hot spare is the one showing failed as Non-RAID. What are the available option listed on Physical Disk 0:1? You might want to check on the logs, for some clues on which drive has failed, so you do not use it as the rebuild disk.
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@DELL-Joey C Yes there are only two physical drives in the server. No hotspare just the two drives mirroring eachother (assuming I set it up correctly in the first place). The available options for Physical Disk 0:1 are "Assign Global Hot Spare" and "Set Disk Cache Policy". I am considering trying the "Assign Global Hot Spare" function as Dell-Charles R recommended, I just want to confirm that is safe to do at this point. Let me know your thoughts.
Thank you for your reply.
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January 9th, 2025 13:39
Hello,
Yes the next step would be to set as Global Hot Spare.
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@DELL-Charles R I was able to assign Drive 0:1 as a hot spare and it is currently rebuilding (at 75%). Is it safe to power-down during the rebuild? I am asking as I have a separate issue that I need to reboot for.
Thank you.