Troubleshooting 18-7
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If a disk fails, the filer
replaces the failed disk with a hot spare disk
reconstructs the missing data on the hot spare disk in the background, so that
the interruption to file service is minimized
logs the activity in the /etc/messages file on the root volume
The filer does not shut down automatically.
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If a second disk fails and there is no hot spare disk available, contact Dell technical
support, as described in Getting Technical Assistance.
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In addition to disk failure and hot spare disk replacement activity, the /etc/messages
file on the root volume logs any failure in a periodic check of the hot spare disk. For
more information, refer to the sysconfig(1) and messages(5) man pages.
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The filer displays error messages when the following disk problems occur:
A disk does not exist.
A disk is in use.
Disks are missing.
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If you get a message indicating that a disk does not exist, especially if you are adding
a disk to a volume or a RAID group, make sure that
The disk is specified correctly.
The specified disk is a spare.
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If you are adding a disk to a volume and you get a message indicating that a disk is in
use, the disk you specified might already be a system disk. Make sure that