I have a Proliant 3000 (Win2k SP4, Exch2000) with ten spindles in it, three arrays
hooked up to an SA3200 card. Three of the spindles are configured as spares in the
three arrays. To me, when I set this up, it translated to "if an active spindle fails,
a spare will hop in and the mirror/strip set will rebuild". Apparently this isn't the
case. A 9.1GB mirror broke last week, so, I went in the Smart Array configuration
gadget with plans to make sure a spare became active.
The problem: the card/software won't activate a spare because it claims there's a
problem with a drive in the array, and it won't let you modify an array until all the
active drives are working. So, I took out the failed disk, and put in a blank. Now
it's complaining that the drive is missing, and won't run until I put the drive back
in. So, being sneaky as I am, I pulled a spare spindle out of the cage and slid it
into the slot. Now Smart Array is bitching because it's missing a spare in the array,
and see part A, you can't modify the array until all the physical units are working.
Does anybody know how the heck to make this POS program just rebuild the mirror on one
of the spare disks? I've been goofing with it for most of the week. I have no plans to
order a new disk, I have extras. I don't need to keep the thing fully stocked with
spares as I plan to sell this fine piece of machinery to a yachtsmen as a boat anchor
come June.
Thanks,
Brian
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