Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S100 - Manual (Page 71)

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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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