[lug] SCSI Question

[George Sexton]

Calvin Dodge wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2007 4:03 PM, George Sexton <gsexton at mhsoftware.com> wrote:
>> I'm having some problems with a SCSI RAID system and was hoping someone
>> here might have some insights.
>>
> 
>> The problem is that drive 4 is showing as failed. I replaced drive 4
>> with a new unit, and rebuild still fails on drive 4. I'm running
>> badblocks on the old drive 4 right now, and it's looking OK.
> 
> The firmware could be lying about which drive has failed, since that
> happened to me once. If possible, I'd suggest running badblocks on the
> other drives, too.

You were about right. The array wouldn't rebuild because of errors on 
drive 3. I did a complete backup, and then replaced drive 3. The array 
could rebuild, and I could restore the data and have the array working.

What a pain in the neck.

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George Sexton
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