Multiple Disk Groups Refer to Foreign Physical Disk

What Caused the Problem?

The configuration information of a foreign disk group refers to a foreign physical disk as its member; however, the configuration information of the foreign physical disk indicates that it belongs to another foreign disk group. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.

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Important Notes

To resolve this problem, you will need to remove the foreign physical disk, remove and then re-insert the physical disks that comprise the disk group (which has the incorrect reference to the physical disk), and then assign a local physical disk to complete the disk group.
You can remove the physical disk while the storage array is receiving I/O.

Recovery Steps

Refer to the Details area to find which physical disk slot is reporting the foreign physical disk.

Remove the foreign physical disk.

Refer to the Details area to find which physical disks are associated with the disk group that has the incorrect reference to the foreign physical disk.

Remove each physical disk until they are all removed

a	From the Summary tab, click the Disk Groups and Virtual Disks link.
b	After the Disk Groups and Virtual Disks dialog no longer displays the disk group you removed in step 4, re-insert each physical disk until all have been re-inserted into the storage array.
c	When all of the physical disks are spun up and recognized, the Contingent disk group should re-appear in the Disk Groups and Virtual Disks dialog. Go to step 6.

From the Support tab, click the Advanced Support Tasks link, click the Import Disk Group link, and then select the Contingent disk group.

Follow the instructions in the Import Disk Group dialog to properly import the disk group into the storage array.

Notes:

You will need to use the FORCE option since this disk group is missing a physical disk.
After the storage array completes the import process, the disk group transitions to a Partially Complete Disk Group state since it is missing a physical disk.

Important: Read all of the following steps thoroughly or click the Save As button before taking action, because you will lose access to these Recovery Steps once you click the Recheck button.

a	Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru.
b	Select the "Partially Complete Disk Group" problem in the Summary area.
c	Complete the Recovery Steps for this problem to transition the disk group to an Optimal state. Note: Choose the option in the Recovery Steps that explains how to replace the missing physical disk using the Replace Physical Disks dialog.
d	After the Disk Group transitions to Optimal, re-insert the foreign physical disk that you removed in step 2.

Note: Additional information on this issue may be available. Please visit the Dell support website at support.dell.com and select your product model. Choose "troubleshooting" as your tool option, then search by this procedure title.