Smart Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Non-Redundant Virtual Disk; Auto Replacement Member Errors; Source Disk Fails During Auto Replacement Member Operation; Target Disk Fails - Dell PowerEdge VRTX User Manual

SMART Error Detected On A Physical Disk In A Non-Redundant Virtual Disk

Issue: A SMART error is detected on a physical disk in a non-redundant virtual disk.
Corrective Perform the following steps:
Action:

Auto Replacement Member Errors

NOTE: For more information about the Auto Replacement Member features, see
Member And Revertible Hot

Source Disk Fails During Auto Replacement Member Operation

Issue: The source disk fails during the Auto Replacement Member operation.
Description: If the source data is available from other disks in the virtual disk, the rebuild begins
automatically on the target disk, using the data from the other disks.

Target Disk Fails

Issue: The target disk fails.
Description: If the target disk fails, the Auto Replacement Member operation is terminated.
1. Back up your data.
2. Physically remove the physical disk that detected the SMART error.
NOTE: If a hot spare is present, the rebuild starts with the hot spare after the disk is
removed.
3. Replace the disk with a new physical disk of equal or higher capacity.
4. Perform the Auto Replacement of a Virtual Disk operation.
NOTE: The Auto Replacement of Virtual Disk operation allows you to copy data from
a source physical disk of a virtual disk to a target physical disk that is not a part of
the virtual disk. For more information about the Auto Replacement feature, see
Replacement of a Virtual Disk Member And Revertible Hot
1. Back up your data.
2. Physically remove the physical disk that detected the SMART error.
NOTE: The virtual disk will be in a Failed state after the physical disk is removed.
Ensure you back up your data before performing this operation.
3. Replace the affected physical disk with a new physical disk of equal or higher capacity.
4. Delete the failed virtual disk and recreate the virtual disk with the same members.
NOTE: For information on creating and deleting virtual disks, see the
Management Controller for Dell PowerEdge VRTX User's Guide at dell.com/
esmmanuals.
5. Restore from the backup.
Spares.
Spares.
Dell Chassis
Auto Replacement of a Virtual Disk
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