July 3, 20206 yr Hey guys, Last night, i got an error that my parity drive was disabled. SMART show's no errors on the interface I've attached the logs for that disk I've removed and reset cable, but have not tried a new one (yet) tower-smart-20200703-1705.zip
July 3, 20206 yr SMART attributes look OK but there's a recent device error logged, difficult to say if it's a disk problem just by that, I would suggest replacing/swapping cables on that disk to rule them out and rebuild, if it happens again after that it's likely a disk problem. P.S. also a good idea to update the LSI firmware since it's very old, current release is 20.00.07.00
July 3, 20206 yr Cable can be one issue so tryn swap the cables with a new one once. If that doesn't help then there is high chance of hardware issue. Edited July 3, 20206 yr by sting.pirates
July 3, 20206 yr Author 22 minutes ago, johnnie.black said: SMART attributes look OK but there's a recent device error logged, difficult to say if it's a disk problem just by that, I would suggest replacing/swapping cables on that disk to rule them out and rebuild, if it happens again after that it's likely a disk problem. P.S. also a good idea to update the LSI firmware since it's very old, current release is 20.00.07.00 18 minutes ago, sting.pirates said: Cable can be one issue so tryn swap the cables with a new one once. If that doesn't help then there is high chance of hardware issue. Thanks to you both Since the sata cables is part of a 4way breakout from my sata controller, i think i try the lsi firmware update 1st, considering ive upgraded mobu and cpu. Then try both cables.
July 3, 20206 yr 21 minutes ago, bdydrp said: Since the sata cables is part of a 4way breakout from my sata controller You can still swap them with another disk.
July 3, 20206 yr Author 6 minutes ago, johnnie.black said: You can still swap them with another disk. Probably is quicker and easief to do that as a 1st test!
July 3, 20206 yr Author 1 hour ago, johnnie.black said: LSI firmware Do you know if i can use the -16i firmware on my -8i card?
July 9, 20205 yr Author On 7/6/2020 at 6:38 PM, sting.pirates said: Is you problem solved ?? Hi, Sorry taking long to come back No. Drive is still disabled I have swapped sata and power cables, and the drive is still disabled. I haven't upgraded firmware of LSI card yet - mainly cos i couldnt get the files needed onto a bootable usb that worked for me - Perhaps im just going about it all wrong!!! Aside from firmware - Is there anything else i can do? Could i clear that drive and start it again?
July 9, 20205 yr Once a drive gets disable it needs to be rebuilt, on top of the old disk or to a new one, just check that the emulated disk is mounting correctly and contents look OK before rebuilding on top.
July 9, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, johnnie.black said: Once a drive gets disable it needs to be rebuilt, on top of the old disk or to a new one, just check that the emulated disk is mounting correctly and contents look OK before rebuilding on top. As this is my parity drive that's disabled, i'm assuming its not emulating anything? All my other drives are connected and working - I'm currently running a read-check This the best way to rebuild? 1. Stop array 2. Unmount disk 3. Reboot or start array? 4. Re-assign disk 5. Run Parity check and rebuild ?????
July 9, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, bdydrp said: As this is my parity drive that's disabled, i'm assuming its not emulating anything? Correct, didn't remember. Stop array, unassign parity disk, start/stop array, re-assign parity, start array to begin parity sync.
July 10, 20205 yr Author Parity check completed without errors, and drive no longer disabled and working. Will keep an eye on it - Would be good to know what caused it to become disabled!! Thanks for everyones help!
July 17, 20205 yr Author I know this is solved, but relates to the same drive Since resolving the issue, it has stayed online across reboots, but this same drive is always active - It never spins downs, even when nothing on the server is happening. Diagnostics attached is they help pin point whats keeping it active Cheers tower-diagnostics-20200717-2040.zip
July 17, 20205 yr Make sure it's not set to never spin down and try re-applying the general or that drive's spin down setting.
July 17, 20205 yr Author Thanks. Cant believe i didnt see that setting. 🤦♂️ It was set to never.. changed to use default Cheers
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