Replacing 7133 SSA Raid 5 disk without Hot Spare

From: Harvey, Bruce T. (BTHarvey@LMUS.LEGGMASON.COM)
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 12:47:33 EDT


Folks,

Please direct me to archives if it's there, but we've got to swap out a disk
on a 7133 SSA arrays ... there was NO hot spare, and performance is now
degraded as the array has kicked the offending drive out. I've only dealt
with arrays that have hot spares before coming to this position, so I don't
have experience inserting a "live" disk.

What steps do I need to go through to get the drive going besides physically
pulling and inserting? Is everything AUTOMATIC? (*hah*) or do I set it up
as a Hot Spare or as a Candidate and execute some arcane command?

Many thanks and much apologies for the huge disclaimer.

Bruce T. Harvey
Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc.
Corporate Technology - Tech. Svcs.
Red Run 2nd Floor - Owings Mills, MD
(410) 580-7383 - BTHarvey@LeggMason.com
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