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Offline failed aggregate without panic?

mfeightner
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Anyone know if it's possible to take a failed aggregate offline (by removing the only surviving disk) without panicking the filer (FAS3020 - OnTap 7.3.6)? Technically, because it's failed, it's offline anyway, so I'm hoping we can remove the lone disk without causing a panic.  Thanks!

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aborzenkov
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It is not clear what you are trying to do. Do you have multiple disk failures in one raid group so it is no more available?

mfeightner
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Correct. Multiple disks have failed and it was for testing only so no data to be saved. I just want to get rid of the aggregate, but trying to avoid having to panic or take down the unit.

aborzenkov
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If multiple disks had failed, head should panic and aggregate should come as incomplete on the other head. In this state you can just offline and destroy it.

mfeightner
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This is a DR site, so unit is not clustered.

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