Hello Everyone,
I have a PowerVault MD1200 and I want to replace one of its hard drives (which, according to the OMSA, it is predicted to fail). I have already bought from Dell a new replacement disk.
The layout of the enclosure is RAID-5 with 12 hard disks (without any Hot Spare). This particular MD1200 had been initially configured using a NAS server which runs the Open-E Data Storage Software V7 on top. Right now however, I have the MD1200 connected to a Dell PowerEdge R710 (so, I also have access to it through the OMSA interface, in addition to the BIOS menu of the R710).
My question is: Is it safe to invoke the "Replace Member Disk" procedure through the OMSA of R710, even though the virtual disk of the MD1200 had been initially configured through another server?
Thanks a lot for your time! Let me know if you 'd like any more details.
Dimitrios Damopoulos