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Replacing a failed disk - spare

SPF — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:04:08 GMT

I had a disk fail in my NetApp 8.2.2 cluster, the hot spare took over, now i am trying to replace this drive and mark it as a spare. I purchased the same brand, size and speed drive and switched out the failed drive... it is now showing up as TMINACL1-01:0b.00.8 broken init failed present - -
Usable Physical
Disk Outage Reason HA Shelf Bay Chan Pool Type RPM Size Size
--------------- ------------- ------------ ---- ------ ----- ------ -------- --------
TMINACL1-01:0b.00.8
init failed 0b 0 8 A NONE BSAS 7200 -

Thank you, SPF

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

amans — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:12:42 GMT

Hello SPF,

Did you attempt to reseat the disk by keeping out atleast 60 sec? Also, is the shelf and DQP fw up-to date?

Regards,

Aman

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

SPF — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:26:32 GMT

ok.. i pulled the drive and waited for over 60 seconds. Now i am seeing this ... so i think this is good news

TMINACL1-01:0b.00.8 - 0 8 unassigned present - -

not sure how to check the fw levels but i am sure it is not up to date.

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

aladd — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:21:42 GMT

Firmware revisions on disk can be seen from sysconfig -a output.

From a cluster system, you can issue the following.

::>node run -node {node name} sysconfig -a

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

amans — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 06:13:49 GMT

I am glad, the reseat worked.

Assuming its a CDOT, here are the commands.

DQP:

> node run -node <nodename> -command rdfile /etc/qual_devices_v3

DISK/SHELF FW:

> node run -node <nodename> -command sysconfig -a or sysconfig -v

If the are not upto-date, then follow download the latest FW and update.

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/disk-drive-firmware

https://mysupport.netapp.com/NOW/download/tools/diskqual/

https://mysupport.netapp.com/site/downloads/firmware/disk-shelf-firmware

Regards,

Aman

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

andris — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:38:56 GMT

You appear to have purchased a non-NetApp disk drive. ONTAP will not use it.

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

SPF — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:54:53 GMT

Really? I would need to purchase a Netapp disk? the one i purchased is the same brand, size and speed.

i have found the following procedure online .... does this look correct

priv set advanced
disk unfail -s <disk_name>
Repeat above steps for all disks that have failed

Reassign the disks to the storage node

Check disks are added as spares

aggr status -s
All disks should show as spares

disk zero spares

Re: Replacing a failed disk - spare

andris — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:23:26 GMT

The firmware and disk labels installed on the drive are a custom NetApp version. You would not have this on an "off the shelf" drive.