Order 3 *new* drives, have them overnighted, then proceed with your original plan.
http://discountechnology.com/Products/HP-Compaq-SCSI-Hard-Drives On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jonathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure where to begin on this - I guess it is possible that I've got two > new (refurbed) drives that are bad, but I'm leaning toward it being a fluke > or known bug or compatibility issue..... I've Googled till I'm blue in the > face, and I've searched the archives of this list going back more than a > year. We can't retire this server just yet, and I can't P2V it right now. > We're looking to decommission it this year, and replace it with newer > hardware, so for the moment, I'm stuck with it. > > Also, I inherited it....it long predated my existence at this company. I > had a drive failure in the RAID1, so I bought two reburb units from a major > channel partner (we are a VAR). The hope was to replace one drive, let it > rebuild, then add the second drive as a hot spare so I wouldn't be in this > bind again. Alas, BOTH of the refurb drives register in the System > Management Homepage with a status of Predictive Failure, Replace Drive. I > know I've read about false positives with S.M.A.R.T. Status under certain > OS/Firmware/Driver/MS Update scenarios, but for the life of me I can't find > anything along those lines right now when I need it. Also, with this being > a COMPAQ branded server, I'm not 100% certain of what I'm looking at on the > HP site, as everything referenced looks like a HP branded server. I wasn't > dealing with HP at the time of the HP Compaq merger, and I never did > anything with Compaq servers... > > I welcome any suggestions offered to get this unit functioning without > drive array errors (if that is possible). Having the drive listed as being > in a degraded state doesn't give me any warm fuzzies, and it is > unfortunately a critical server, so I can't just say, "It's probably not > really an issue." Of course, I can't be guaranteed that there is a valid > backup of this server, and even if there is, getting it back online might > be practically impossible, because like I said, it predates me > significantly and the individuals who configured it are no longer with the > organization and the software application is no longer supported. I do have > original media, but I'd rather not go that route if I don't have to.... > > Configuration: > > Two 36GB Ultra 320 SCSI Hot Pluggable hard drives in a RAID 1 > configuration with no hot spare (like I said, I inherited it) > Running Windows Server 2000 w/SP4 and all available updates > BIOS Date is 04/02/01 - newest version appears to be 2002.12.18 (B) (23 > Mar 2004), but the rev history does not show anything related to SCSI > drives or controllers > ROM Version from the System Management Homepage is 04/02/2001, Family > 386P17, Type 03 > Storage Controller is listed as "Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller" > Storage Controller Driver Date/Version is 10/21/2002, 5.14.0.0 Latest > version appears to be 5.14.0.0 (E) (13 Apr 2006) but rev notes don't notate > anything that would implicate a false positive for SMART failure > Storage Controller Firmware version is 1.46A - looks like 1.50B dated 22 > Oct 2002 is the latest, but can't find any rev notes that tell me what the > fixes are between 1.46A and 1.50B > Port 2 Drive 0 (listed as healthy) COMPAQ BF036863B5 has firmware version > HPB4 and has service hours total of 63,040 hours - this appears to be the > latest firmware for this drive per HP* Document ID: *c00776070 > Port 2 drive 1 (listed as "Predictive Failure/Replace Drive") COMPAQ > BF0368A4CA has firmware version HPB5 and has service hours total of 19 > (yes, nineteen) hours - there is an update HPB5 (C) Dated 18 Jul 2007, but > again, no details in the rev history > Port 2 Drive 2 - New hot spare presently not inserted - (listed as > "Predictive Failure/Replace Drive") COMPAQ BF03685A35 has firmware > version HPB6 and has service hours total of 28,009 hours - there is an > update HPB8 (C) Dated 18 Jul 2007, but again, no details in the rev history > HP system Management Homepage version is 2.0.2.106, 2.1.10.186 (C) (29 Jan > 2008) is the latest one listed for this server/OS combination > HP Array Configuration Utility is v 7.61.2.0, which appears to be the > latest > HP Array Diagnostic Utility is v 7.60.18.0, which appears to be the latest > > This is the only site I've found from HP that comes close to matching my > server: > > > http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/swdHome/?sp4ts.oid=3292422 > > It is for a HP ProLiant DL380 P1000-256KB 128MB Rack Server, and what I > have is a Compaq ProLiant DL380 P733-256KB 128MB Rack Server... > > Thanks, > > -- > Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
