[windows2000] Got new HD, put it in, don't know what to do now to rebuild RAID array
- From: rfalanga@xxxxxxx
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:13:48 -0600
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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