Saturday, February 9, 2013

Replacing degraded disk in RAID1 3ware LSI


server# tw_cli

//server> /c0 show

Unit  UnitType  Status         %RCmpl  %V/I/M  Stripe  Size(GB)  Cache  AVrfy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
u0    RAID-1    DEGRADED       -       -       -       465.651   OFF    OFF

VPort Status         Unit Size      Type  Phy Encl-Slot    Model
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
p0    DEGRADED       u0   465.76 GB SATA  0   -            ST3500320NS
p1    OK             u0   465.76 GB SATA  1   -            WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE

/* removeing degraded disk */

//server> /c0/p0 remove Removing /c0/p0 will take the disk offline. Do you want to continue ? Y|N [N]: Y Removing port /c0/p0 ... Done. //server> /c0 show Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ u0 RAID-1 DEGRADED - - - 465.651 OFF OFF VPort Status Unit Size Type Phy Encl-Slot Model ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ p1 OK u0 465.76 GB SATA 1 - WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE

/* physically insert new hard disk and scan for this */

//server> /c0 rescan //server> /c0 show Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ u0 RAID-1 DEGRADED - - - 465.651 OFF OFF VPort Status Unit Size Type Phy Encl-Slot Model ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ p0 OK - 465.76 GB SATA 0 - WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE p1 OK u0 465.76 GB SATA 1 - WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE

/* start rebuilding array */

//server> maint rebuild c0 u0 p0 Sending rebuild start request to /c0/u0 on 1 disk(s) [0] ... Done.

/* display status of rebuilding */

//server> info c0 Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ u0 RAID-1 REBUILDING 5% - - 465.651 OFF OFF VPort Status Unit Size Type Phy Encl-Slot Model ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ p0 DEGRADED u0 465.76 GB SATA 0 - WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE p1 OK u0 465.76 GB SATA 1 - WDC WD5003ABYX-01WE

1 comment:

UberToast said...

Thank you for this post - I ran into needing to do the same operation as one of the drives on my organization's SQL server failed and I couldn't find any other practical instruction on the process. Very helpful.