Native Disk Group Refers to Foreign Physical Disk
What Caused the Problem?
A disk group that is native to this storage array considers a
foreign physical disk to be a member of the disk group. A foreign physical disk is a
physical disk that has been exported from this storage array or not yet
completely imported into the storage array. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.
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Important Notes
- This problem usually results from inserting a physical disk (from a
different storage
array into this storage array) that might have previously been a
member of the native disk group.
- The affected disk group will be in a Partially Complete state
until you fix this problem. Any additional physical disk failures could
result in loss of access to the disk group data.
- To resolve this problem, you will need to remove the foreign
physical disk, then assign a local physical disk to take its place. Follow the
recovery steps below to fix the problem.
- Once you have completed the Recovery Steps, you will have fixed
the logical problem for the disk group. However, if you
reinsert the foreign physical disk, the storage array might report a different
problem if the physical disk still has a logical problem (for example, the
physical disk might still consider itself part of the disk group). If
this scenario occurs, follow the Recovery Steps for the other problem to fix the
physical disk's logical problem.
- You can remove the physical disk while the storage array is receiving
I/O.
Recovery Steps
| 1 |
Refer to the Details area to find which physical disk slot is
reporting the foreign physical disk.
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| 2 |
Remove the foreign physical disk. |
| 3 |
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 the Recheck button 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. |
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