A foreign array considers a native drive to be a member of the foreign array. Each foreign drive in the foreign array will report this problem in the Summary area. A foreign array is an array that has been exported from this storage subsystem or not yet completely imported into the storage subsystem. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.
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You want to retain the array data for the drive listed in the Details area | Important Notes:
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You do NOT want to retain the array data for the drive listed in the Details area |
Important Note: This option will erase all
data contained on the drives! If you are sure you want to erase all data on these drives, go to the Initialize the Drives section, below. |
1 | Refer to the Details area to find which drive slot is reporting the problem. In addition, refer to the Summary area to see if there are other drives that are reporting this same problem. | ||||||||||
2 | Remove all of the drives from this storage subsystem that are reporting this problem. | ||||||||||
3 | Insert the drives into the alternate storage subsystem. | ||||||||||
4 | Complete the following steps using the
Subsystem Management Window on the ALTERNATE storage subsystem:
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5 | If applicable, repeat step 4 for each additional array that appeared as a result of inserting the drives in step 3. | ||||||||||
6 | Remove the drives from the Exported Array(s), and insert them back into this storage subsystem. | ||||||||||
7 | Import any new arrays that appear in the Logical view by using the Advanced >> Maintenance >> Import Array menu option. | ||||||||||
8 | Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative. |
1 | Refer to the Details area to find which drive slot is reporting the problem. In addition, refer to the Summary area to see if there are other drives that are reporting this same problem. |
2 | Highlight the affected drive in the Physical view of the Subsystem Management Window (AMW), then select the Advanced >> Recovery >> Initialize >> Drive menu option. |
3 | Follow the instructions in the
Initialize Drive dialog to initialize the drive. When the initialization completes, the drive will be an Optimal, Unassigned drive. |
4 | Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each additional drive that is reporting this problem in the Summary area. When you have initialized all of the drives, go to step 5. |
5 | Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative. |