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Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives

If a disk drive fails in an array that is configured as a RAID 1 or 5 logical drive, you can recover the lost data by rebuilding the drive. Table 11-10 describes the types of rebuilds.

Ta b l e 1 1 - 1 0 . Re b u i l d Typ e s

Type

Description

 

 

Automatic

If you have configured hot spares, PERC 3 automatically tries to

Rebuild

use them to rebuild failed disks. Display the Objects>Physical

 

Drive screen while a rebuild is in progress. The drive indicator for

 

the hot spare disk drive has changed to REBLD A[array number]-

 

[drive number], indicating the disk drive being replaced by the hot

 

spare.

 

 

Manual

Manual rebuild is necessary if no hot spares with enough capacity to

Rebuild

rebuild the failed drives are available. Select Rebuild on the

 

Management Menu or Rebuild on the Objects>Physical Drive

 

menu.

 

 

Manual Rebuild – Rebuilding an Individual Drive

Perform the following steps to rebuild an individual drive.

1Choose Objects—>Physical Drive from the Management Menu.

A device selection window displays the devices connected to the current controller.

2Press the arrow keys to select the physical drive to rebuild, then press <Enter>.

3Choose Rebuild from the action menu and respond to the confirmation prompt.

Rebuilding can take some time, depending on the drive capacity.

4When rebuild completes, press any key to display the previous menu.

Manual Rebuild – Batch Mode

Perform the following steps to rebuild drives in batch mode.

1Choose Rebuild from the Management Menu.

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