[windows2000] Re: Got new HD, put it in, don't know what to do now to rebuild RAID array
- From: "Sullivan, Glenn" <GSullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:26:46 -0400
The old drive is what is showing as missing. The new drive is showing as
unallocated. That is why there is one more "virtual" drive than physical
drive.
Right click on a still functioning partition of the RAID 5 volume and select
"Repair Volume..." from the context menu and then select the replacement
disk from the list.
HTH,
Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA
David Clark Company Inc.
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From: rfalanga@xxxxxxx [mailto:rfalanga@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 6:14 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Got new HD, put it in, don't know what to do now
to rebuild RAID array
I have already mentioned on this list how I am trying to rebuild a
RAID-5 array. (It uses SCSI.) I have finally gotten the new drive
in, and put it into place. I have found out that I do not have a
hardware RAID configuration. It is all handled through software
(Windows 2000 Server). Let me describe the hardware, as I see it:
There are 4 hard drives.
They all must be SCSI drives, as they are all connected by the same
data cable to the motherboard, where I see an Adaptec chip resides.
(AIC-7880)
OK, that is what I know, physically. Before I put the new SCSI drive
in, I made as certain as I could that the jumpers were OK, so that it
would be the ID number in the SCSI sequence. I used the old HD's
jumper configuration as a template, and wrote it down before taking
off the jumpers.
Now I have turned on the server, and gone into Computer Manager. Here
is what I see there:
Disk 0: it has 3 partitions. The first is for the OS and is a simple
dynamic partition. It is not a part of the RAID. The second
partition is a part of the RAID, and it has the status of "Failed".
There is an unallocated amount of disk space as the third partition.
Disk 1: This has 2 partitions. The first is a part of the RAID, and
it has a status of "Failed". The second is some left over disk space.
Disk 2: This is my new HD. It has a status of "Unallocated".
Disk 3: This has the word "Missing" next to it, but I can see that it
is supposed to be a part of the RAID. It has a status of "Failed".
Disk 4: This also has the word "Missing" next to it, and I can also
see that it is supposed to be a part of the RAID. It has a status
of "Failed".
I am, like you, mystified to see a fifth HD, when I can clearly see
that there are only 4 HDs in the unit. I don't know why it thinks
there is a fifth one there.
That is the details. What I don't know is, what am I supposed to do
next? I had thought that just putting the new HD in, and turning on
the server would have been sufficient for it to rebuild itself, but
that doesn't look likely, now. When I use the search term "rebuild
raid" in Windows online help, I get nothing. I big part of getting
any help is knowing what it heck the online help wants, and since I
cannot read minds, I am not always successfully in finding the magic
words. However, I did find another article titled, "Repair a basic
RAID-5 volume (stripe set with parity)". But that still doesn't give
me enough information to know what in heck I am supposed to do.
So, I am asking you. Please give me a step-by-step description as to
what I am supposed to do to rebuild/repair/whatever a software RAID-5
array on Windows 2000 Server.
Rod
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