Dell S300 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Troubleshooting
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The desired physical disk is
unavailable
Determine whether the physical disk:
Is a dedicated hot spare and unavailable for use in
another virtual disk.
Is full or has insufficient available capacity.
The system already has a
maximum of eight virtual disks
Delete unused virtual disks.
CAUTION:
Deleting a virtual disk destroys all data
on the virtual disk.
Table 7-9. A Virtual Disk is in a Failed State
Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions
The virtual disk has lost one or
more physical disks
Replace the failed physical disk(s) and restore the
data from a backup storage source.
A
physical disk in the virtual disk
has failed or has been removed
Re-install the original physical disk if it was
inadvertently removed. Perform a rescan.
Check the status of the physical disks in the
virtual disk. Replace any failed disk(s), if
necessary. Restore the data from a backup storage
source.
After any change, perform a rescan to verify if the
disk is still in a Failed state.
The virtual disk has lost the
maximum allowable physical
disks per RAID level
One or more physical disks have failed.
If the virtual disk is non-redundant, the failure
of a single physical disk can cause the virtual
disk to fail.
If the virtual disk is redundant, two or more
physical disks have failed and the virtual disk
cannot be rebuilt.
Create a new virtual disk. Restore the data from a
backup storage source.
Table 7-8. Cannot Create a Virtual Disk
(continued)
Likely Causes to Check Corrective Actions
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