Dell EMC Server Administrator Storage Management 9.1

Disk Is Part Of A Redundant Virtual Disk

CAUTION: To avoid potential data loss, perform a check consistency before removing a physical disk that is receiving SMART alerts. The check consistency verifies that all data is accessible within the redundant virtual disk and uses the redundancy to repair any bad blocks that may be present. In some circumstances, failure to perform a check consistency can result in data loss. This may occur, for example, if the physical disk receiving SMART alerts has bad disk blocks and you do not perform a check consistency before removing the disk.
  1. Select the redundant virtual disk that includes the physical disk that is receiving SMART alerts and perform the Check Consistency task. For more information, see Performing A Check Consistency

  2. Select the disk that is receiving SMART alerts and execute the Offline task.

  3. Manually remove the disk.

  4. Insert a new disk. Make sure that the new disk is the same size or greater in size than the disk you are replacing. On some controllers, you may not be able to use the additional disk space if you insert a disk with a greater disk space than the one you are replacing. For more information on disk space considerations, see Virtual Disk Considerations For Controllers. After you complete this procedure, a rebuild is automatically initiated because the virtual disk is redundant.