Logical Drive Modification Operation Failed

What Caused the Problem?

An array has failed and cannot be repaired due to a modification operation failure. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.

Important Notes

Recovery Steps

1 If you have flashcopy logical drives associated with the affected array, these flashcopy logical drives will no longer be valid.

Delete all flashcopy logical drives associated with the affected array.

2 Refer to the Array status in the Logical View of the Subsystem Management Window (AMW) or in the Storage Subsystem Profile to determine your backup options:
If... Then...
The array state is Optimal or Partially Complete

AND

You do NOT have a recent backup of all the data on this array

Take the appropriate measures to back up the data that is on all of the logical drives in the affected array.

When you are sure that all data is properly backed up, go to step 3.

The array state Incomplete or Missing

OR

You already have a recent backup of all the data on this array

Go to step 3.
3 Highlight the affected array in the Logical View of the AMW, and then select the Array >> Delete menu option.
4 Ensure that only the affected array that is listed in the Details area is selected in the Delete Arrays dialog, and then click the Delete button.
5 Using the Free Capacity, create a new array to replace the one you just deleted. You will also need to re-create the logical drives that existed on the previous array.

Result: The logical drives in the array are initialized, one at a time. When initialization starts on a logical drive, the icon changes to Operation in Progress. When initialization is completed, all logical drives in the array are Optimal.

Notes:

  • To monitor progress or change the rate of the initialization, select the logical drive; then, select Logical Drive >> Properties. Note that once the operation in progress has completed, the progress bar is no longer displayed in the properties dialog.
  • Make sure you save this procedure by selecting Save As because once you perform step 6 and the failure is fixed, you will not be able to access the remaining steps from the Recovery Guru.
6 Click the Recheck button 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, otherwise, go to step 7.
7 If desired, create any flashcopies that you deleted in step 2.
8 Add the newly-created replacement logical drives to the operating system. You may need to reboot the system to see the logical drives.

Note: Do not start I/O to these logical drives until after you restore from backup.

9 Restore the data for the logical drives from backup media.