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Graham 18-Jan-2005 [624x2] | doesn't work as a command line utility without installation first :( |
Talked to HP tech support .. seems I need to initialise both drives before I can set up raid 1 :( | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [626] | I got a few HP Servers that I support |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [627] | Adaptec 2120S raid card. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [628] | Using NETRAID utility? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [629x2] | umm... what's that? |
All I got was some pdf on a cdrom with the card. | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [631x2] | Its a utility for mostly windows based os |
Its an HP Server? | |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [633x2] | I've got Windows 2003 server already setup on the initial drive. Pulled out the existing scsi card, and put in the raid card, and added another hard drive. Proliant ML110 server. |
Tech guy said if I had setup the first drive on the raid controller, it would not be a problem. | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [635] | Is the Card recognized by the OS? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [636] | never got that far .. kept recycling. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [637x2] | Ahhh old compaq models |
maybe a termination problem | |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [639] | new server .. bought 2 weeks ago. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [640x3] | Yeah the model is one from Compaq days |
Proliants are the name of the servers that Compaq use to sell before they got purchased by HP | |
and still today obviously | |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [643] | I think the name is Proliant, but the motherboard is certainly well past Compaq days |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [644] | Yeah most likely - Are the drives external or internal? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [645] | internal |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [646] | termination should'nt be the problem then. Do you get the bios info of the card and able to get into its config at boot up? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [647] | yes. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [648] | Does it show both drives? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [649] | yes. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [650] | So these are old drives that have data that you still want the data from correct? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [651x2] | yeah. |
just the first drive.. the second drive is new. | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [653x3] | hmmm... That is a strange animal as usually you have to setup the correct type of raid and then initialize but I have seen data loss doing it |
ok. Here is an idea then | |
You want to establish the drives as a raid setup but fail the new drive and have it rebuilt it | |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [656] | yes. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [657] | You did that part? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [658] | I wasn't able to tell the controller I wanted to setup raid 1, it only allowed me to say "volume" |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [659] | The controller support raid? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [660] | yes .. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [661] | Nothing about "mirroring" which is what raid 1 is? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [662] | http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&language=English+US&prodkey=ASR-2120S&cat=%2fTechnology%2fUltra320%2fUltra320+RAID |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [663x3] | the only "array type" listed is "volume"? |
volume' looks like it would be the first listed type but that field should be changable | |
Should also have Raid 0 1 5 10 and 50 | |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [666] | can't change the field.. the tech guy says the card is smart enough to know that I have a drive initialised from a diffferent controller. |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [667] | and it was a mirror before correct? |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [668x2] | no. I got the server with only one drive .. raid card and other drive on backorder. |
So, installed win 2003 server on the first drive and used it till the raid card arrived. | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [670] | You might need to backup the data somewhere and rebuilt a complete new array and restore |
Graham 18-Jan-2005 [671x2] | yeah .. that's what he told me. |
But it's not what the manual says | |
[unknown: 5] 18-Jan-2005 [673] | Yeah I have seen where we were able before to blow out the disk ordinals and rebuld them into an array but I'm not sure of the integrity or capability of that card in doing it |
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