Murray- Thanks for the reply. I checked and I'm using the Win2k driver. I'll try upgrading that on Monday - rather not upgrade scsi drivers from my living room couch <g>. Screenshots in phyiscal and logical mode of the ACU are at www.briandesmond.com/acu_physical.jpg, and www.briandesmond.com/acu_logical.jpg. It's array A that had the bad spindle. At the moment, the bad disk is sitting on my workbench at school, so it's not in the server. --Brian
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From: Murray Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sat 5/15/2004 7:08 AM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Smart Array & Failed Drive
In all my playing with Compaq smart arrays, this is the case and everything
that you have done is correct. I would like to know what version of the Smart Array
utility you are using. I have version 2.90a as well as the web version. Also, the
driver that you are using, was it the driver that came with win2k or did you install
the Compaq SSD? If you are using the bare cpqarray.sys that came with NT/win2k you
may be limited on the functions that you use the ACU (Array Config Util) with. In the
ACU does it show you the array information correctly with that online spare? Are the
spares correctly assigned (Sounds like they are, just making sure). I have never had
a spare not Kick in and I have failed a number of drives! Let me know if any of that
has helped or write me offline. Thanks
Murray Wall, MCSE, B.Ed CCNA/DA Compaq Master ASE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:59 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Compaq Smart Array & Failed Drive
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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