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

Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives

If a physical drive fails in an array configured as a RAID 1 or 5 logical drive, you can recover the lost data by rebuilding the drive. If a rebuilding spare fails, a new rebuild is started using a second spare, if available. The capacity of the second spare must be equal to or greater than the failed drive.

Table 12-9 describes the rebuild types.

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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 the Rebuild option on

 

the Management Menu or the Objects>Physical Drive menu.

Manual Rebuild – Rebuilding an Individual Drive

Perform the following steps to rebuild one drive:

1Choose Objects—>Physical Drive on the Management Menu. A window displays the devices connected to the current controller.

2Press the arrow keys to select the physical drive to be rebuilt and press <Enter>.

3Choose Rebuild from the physical drive 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.

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