Users Guide
If the disk is part of a redundant virtual disk:
1. Select the redundant virtual disk that includes the physical disk that is receiving SMART alerts and perform the Check Consistency task. See "Check
Consistency" for more information.
2. Select the disk that is receiving SMART alerts and execute the Offline task.
3. Manually remove the disk.
4. Insert a new disk. Make sure that the new disk is the same size or larger as the disk you are replacing. (On some controllers, you may not be able to
use the additional disk space if you insert a larger disk. See "Virtual Disk Considerations for PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si,
4e/Di, CERC ATA100/4ch, PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, and PERC 6/I Controllers" for more information.) After you complete this procedure, a rebuild is
automatically initiated because the virtual disk is redundant.
If the disk is not part of a redundant virtual disk:
1. Back up data from the virtual disk.
2. Delete the virtual disk.
3. Replace the disk that is receiving SMART alerts.
4. Create a new virtual disk. Make sure that the new virtual disk is the same size or larger than the original virtual disk. For controller-specific information
on creating virtual disks, see "Virtual Disk Considerations for PERC 3/SC, 3/DC, 3/QC, 4/SC, 4/DC, 4e/DC, 4/Di, 4e/Si, 4e/Di, CERC ATA100/4ch, PERC 5/E,
PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, and PERC 6/I Controllers" and "Virtual Disk Considerations for PERC 3/Si, 3/Di, CERC SATA1.5/6ch, and CERC SATA1.5/2s controllers."
5. Restore the backed up data from the original virtual disk onto the newly created virtual disk.
Related Information:
l "Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID Controllers"
Other Disk Procedures
See the following sections:
l "Replacing a Failed Disk"
l "Recovering from Removing the Wrong Physical Disk"
l "Moving Physical and Virtual Disks from One System to Another"
l "Troubleshooting"
Physical Disk Properties and Tasks
Use this window to view information about physical disks and execute physical disk tasks.
Physical Disk Properties
The following table describes properties that may be displayed for physical disks depending on the controller.
CAUTION: To avoid potential data loss, you should perform a check consistency before removing a physical disk that is receiving SMART alerts.
The check consistency verifies that all data is accessible within the redundant virtual disk and uses the redundancy to repair any bad blocks that
may be present. In some circumstances, failure to perform a check consistency can result in data loss. This may occur, for example, if the
physical disk receiving SMART alerts has bad disk blocks and you do not perform a check consistency before removing the disk.
Property
Definition
Status
These icons represent the severity or health of the storage component.