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How to configure a LSI MegaRAID controller to host non-RAID backup disks which allow hot swap

I'm running a server with a LSI MegaRAID controller that has 4 slots in the backplane for 4 SATA HDDs. Two of those slots are used for HDDs which are configured as RAID1 which is used as the "main storage" for the server. Now I'm planning to make my…
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Megaraid Storage Manager - silence the daily Predictive Failure warning of a drive left in the drive bay

I have an IBM SAS drive that has enough faults to push the Predictive Failure counter past the threshold. I have removed the drive from the array (state is Unconfigured Good), but decided to keep it in one of the drive bays for now. I have Megaraid…
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Converting RPM packages for debian fails "due to shell metacharacters"

I am trying to convert the "MegaRAID Storage Manager" RPM packages to debian dep packages. I'm using the alien package therefor as explained here: https://hosting-tutorials.co.uk/tutorials/linux/installing-megaraid-storage-manager-on-debian This is…
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MegaRaid Storage Manager - lack of option "Create Virtual Drive"

I'm using MegaRaid Storage Manager v 14.11.01.00 I want to create second Virtual Drive. I see Scan Foreing Configuration Save Configuration Clear Configuration Preserved Cache (greyed) Update Controller Firmware In the documentation I see that…
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MegaRAID Storage Manager constantly beeping

I have a home-built Supermicro file server in my office with a very beepy RAID controller. It's about 4 years old, and for the first 2 years everything was fine. Around then a drive failed, which I replaced, nothing unusual. However since then,…
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IBM x3650 accidentally deleted RAID5 Virtual Drive

I've got an IBM x3650 M3 server that I inherited. It's got 6 physical disks with RAID 5 using 0,1,2,3 and RAID 1 using 4,5. Disk 3 has failed and now I'm getting 'Hard Disk 0 failed' and I can't even boot into the OS (Ubuntu). To make matters…
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MegaRAID: what does yellow "r" on drive icon mean?

One of our drives has a yellow square overlay on its icon in the Drives list. I think there's an "r" in the square (see image). I can't find this described in the MegaRAID manual anywhere. When I view drive properties while flipping back and…
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Add disk to virtual drive using MegaRaid Storage Manager

I have a RAID 5 setup on an LSI 9361-24i with three virtual drives and six physical disks. When I setup the arrays one of my disks was dead on arrival and I had to do an RMA with Western Digital, but the system had to go live that week so I went…
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Does MegaRAID support creation of initially degraded RAID array?

I want to make a RAID5 array out of 3 disks, copy data from the one disk I have then clear it and add as a spare to the array. A similar magic I can do in linux with mdadm utility (mdadm --create drv1 drv2 drv3 missing & mdadm --add drv4). I have a…
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Megaraid storage manager. How to add drive in RAID 0 with OS

I have a LSI megaraid sas 9271-8i controller and 8 physical drive. I have error on Slot 0. Media count error: 1568 and Pred fail error: 12. And I have error such as: How can I check a partition of physical disk in MegaRaid Storage Managment? I think…
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