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Question
Replacing a Disk in an SSA RAID5 Array
Answer
Replacing a disk in an SSA RAID5 Array
Environment
OS level: 4.3.x - 5.xSSA Raid 5 Array
Problem
How do I replace a disk in an SSA RAID5 array?Solution
If the disk has not been rejected from the array:Enter smitty ssaraid and select the following:
--> Change Member Disks in an SSA RAID Array
--> Remove a disk from an SSA RAID Array
--> Select the array in question and remove pdisk#...
The following steps apply to both rejected and non-rejected disks:
2) Have the CE physically replace the disk (he should set it in service
mode).
3) rmdev -dl pdisk# ; cfgmgr -vl ssar
4)Enter smitty ssaraid and select the following:
--> Change/Show use of an ssa physical disk
--> Change the new pdisk's "current use" to Array Candidate.
5) smitty ssaraid
--> Change Member Disks in an SSA RAID Array
--> Add a disk to an SSA RAID Array
--> Add the new pdisk definition to the array
This definition should now be in a "degraded" state. After adding the new disk the array will go into a "Rebuilding" state, and ultimately a "Good" state after the rebuild operation is complete. This progress can be monitored via:
smitty ssaraid--> List Status of all Defined SSA RAID Arrays
--> These numbers will get smaller as the array rebuilds and once they all go to zero, the array should be in a "Good" State"
This menu does not update dynamically, you will have to exit out, then go back in to see the progress.
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Modified date:
17 June 2018
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