Transporting a disk array to a different location in the same enclosure causes the array to remain in transport ready status.
Issue:
I have a 5 drive disk array and I tried to transport the array to a different location within the Vtrak enclosure. After the move, the array remains offline and in transport ready status. What am I doing wrong? How do I recover my array?
This is what I did.
1. Created a 5 Drive Array (PD 1 - 5)
administrator@cli> phydrv
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PdId Model Type CfgCapacity Location OpStatus ConfigStatus
===============================================================================
1 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot1 OK Array0 SeqNo0
2 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot2 OK Array0 SeqNo1
3 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot3 OK Array0 SeqNo2
4 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot4 OK Array0 SeqNo3
5 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot5 OK Array0 SeqNo4
administrator@cli> array –v
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DaId: 0
…..
Physical Drives in the Array:
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SeqNo PdId CfgCapacity FreeCapacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 1 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
1 2 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
2 3 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
3 4 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
4 5 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
Logical Drives in the Array:
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LdId Alias RAIDLevel Capacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 A0 RAID5 1GB OK
2. Put the array in transport ready status
administrator@cli> array -a transport -d 0
administrator@cli> array –v
…….
Logical Drives in the Array:
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LdId Alias RAIDLevel Capacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 A0 RAID5 1GB Offline, Transport Ready
3. Remove PD 1 - 3 and inserted them into slots 7 - 9
administrator@cli> phydrv
===============================================================================
PdId Model Type CfgCapacity Location OpStatus ConfigStatus
===============================================================================
4 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot4 OK Array0 SeqNo3
5 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot5 OK Array0 SeqNo4
7 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot7 OK Array0 SeqNo0
8 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot8 OK Array0 SeqNo1
9 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot9 OK Array0 SeqNo2
administrator@cli> array –v
…….
Logical Drives in the Array:
===============================================================================
LdId Alias RAIDLevel Capacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 A0 RAID5 1GB Offline, Transport Ready
4. Remove PD 4 & 5 and insert them to slots 10 & 11
administrator@cli> phydrv
===============================================================================
PdId Model Type CfgCapacity Location OpStatus ConfigStatus
===============================================================================
7 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot7 OK Array0 SeqNo0
8 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot8 OK Array0 SeqNo1
9 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot9 OK Array0 SeqNo2
10 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot10 OK Array0 SeqNo3
11 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot11 OK Array0 SeqNo4
Array remained offline and in transport ready status
administrator@cli> array –v
Logical Drives in the Array:
===============================================================================
LdId Alias RAIDLevel Capacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 A0 RAID5 1GB Offline, Transport Ready
Solution:
Transport is the action of moving the physical drives of a disk array:
· To different slots in the same VTrak enclosure
· From one VTrak enclosure to another
Please refer to:
Q10075 - HOWTO: Transport or move the physical drives of a disk array to different slots in the same VTrak E-Class enclosure, or from one VTrak enclosure to another
To fix and recover the array:
1. Remove Pd 1 - 5 from slots 7 - 11
administrator@cli> phydrv
===============================================================================
PdId Model Type CfgCapacity Location OpStatus ConfigStatus
===============================================================================
No physical drive in the enclosure
administrator@cli> array –v
No configured disk array in the subsystem
2. Insert Pd 1 - 5 back into slots 1 - 5
administrator@cli> phydrv
===============================================================================
PdId Model Type CfgCapacity Location OpStatus ConfigStatus
===============================================================================
1 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot1 OK Array0 SeqNo0
2 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot2 OK Array0 SeqNo1
3 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot3 OK Array0 SeqNo2
4 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot4 OK Array0 SeqNo3
5 Hitachi HUA7 SATA 931.32GB Encl1 Slot5 OK Array0 SeqNo4
administrator@cli> array –v
…..
Physical Drives in the Array:
===============================================================================
SeqNo PdId CfgCapacity FreeCapacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 1 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
1 2 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
2 3 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
3 4 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
4 5 931.32GB 931.07GB OK
Logical Drives in the Array:
===============================================================================
LdId Alias RAIDLevel Capacity OpStatus
===============================================================================
0 A0 RAID5 1GB OK
