[Leaplist] 3Ware degraded, all drives 'ok'?

[Kevin Korb]

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You can't verify a degraded array.  There is nothing to verify it against.

I would remove the drive then re-add it.  It will probably sync back up.

You could also check the SMART data for that drive.

Jason Boxman wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 May 2009 16:24:48 Kevin Korb wrote:
>> I have been having trouble with 3Ware cards lately doing weird crap like
>> that.  Here are some things to try...
>>
>> 1. Flash the 3Ware BIOS.  Can be done with tw_cli in Linux but requires
>> a power cycle after.
>>
>> 2. tw_cli /c0 rescan
>>
>> 3. tw_cli info c0 u0
> 
> Interesting.  Already tried a rescan by itself.
> 
> This is an old 7500-4, so I don't think there are any recent BIOS updates for 
> it?  I flashed it to the latest back in '05...  Looks like there is an update 
> from 1207.
> 
> 0	7500-4LP	B13002A3171713	FE7X 1.05.00.068
> 
> (after remembering how to get into the  3dm2 Web interface.)
> 
> 7.7.1-Upgrade.zip 	191 KB	Firmware 	d2cd2dc414cf01b3fcccc8343ed52fda	
> 1.05.00.068	Dec-07
> 
> I seem to have the latest, though.  Ugh.
> 
> Ah, here we go:
> 
> Status  	DEGRADED
> Type  	DISK
> Port  	1
> 
> The Web interface seems to responsive for some reason.
> 
> Apparently I can remove the drive -- if I do so, can I then re-add it?  Maybe 
> I'll verify the unit first?
> 
>  (0x0B:0x0048): Invalid verify operation for the given unit mode : Failed to 
> start Verify on Unit 0
> 
> I guess not.
> 
> Not sure I want  to attempt a remove and readd...  (Generally works fine with 
> mdadm, but that's a different ballgame.)
> 
> 

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