15.4 Rebuilding Logical Drives

A hot-swap rebuild occurs when a controller detects that a failed disk drive in a logical drive has been removed and then reinserted.

Note: You can use the Heal Array operation as an alternative to a hot-swap rebuild if you have a sufficient number of Ready physical drives of the same type in your storage space. See 15.3.6 Healing an Array.

To start a hot-swap rebuild:

  1. Following manufacturer's instructions, gently pull the failed disk drive from the server without fully removing it, then wait for it to spin down fully before continuing.
  2. If there is nothing wrong with the disk drive, reinstall it, following manufacturer's instructions.

    If necessary, replace the failed disk drive with a new disk drive of equal or larger size.

  3. The controller detects the reinserted (or new) disk drive and begins to rebuild the logical drive.