The problem turned out to be that we had mistakenly replaced the
failed RZ28 drive with an RZ29. The online swxcrmgr refused to
recognize the RC29 as a new drive. When we put a fresh RZ28 in
everything worked as advertised.
--[Lance Brown]
OAO ITSS SysAdmin Task at the NIEHS
My original message:
> I've got an alpha 2100 with a DAC960 RAID card in it. The 4-disk RAID
> 5 diskset has a failed drive that is giving me problems.
> I had the failed drive removed and replaced with a new, fresh unit
> and then started swxrmgr (v1.1.1) under X. Selecting Management->
> Make Optimal results in an error box telling me 'No device can be
> selected for the current drive array operation'.
> After replacing the failed drive clicking on the FLD drive box it give
> me a 'A device is configured but not physically present at this
> location' message.
> What am I doing wrong?
> Am I going to have to take the system down to make the RAID controller
> let me rebuild the RAID-5 set properly?
Received on Tue Jan 06 1998 - 23:27:41 NZDT