http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2010/07/08/fun-with-esxi-and-hp-issues-learning-lessons/ A Technology Crow in search of Bright Shiny Objects Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2010/07/08/fun-with-esxi-and-hp-issues-learning-lessons/#comment-145435 Daniel Clemow Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:48:58 +0000 http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/?p=4102#comment-145435 Hi there, I was very interested in this article. I have been working on a VMware migration for a business partner and have a MSA1000 attached to a HP DL360 server while building a test infrastructure for them. We are giving them a recently decommissioned MSA1000 with 28 146GB 10K disks, this will be suitable for them as they will not be able to afford a new SAN. I upgraded the firmware on the MSA1000 controller and all of the (28) 146GB hard drives, and now - every few days, another disk starts flashing it's amber LED (indicating from what I have read, its predicitve failure status?). This old SAN unit had been running for years without any problem, now I have four of the disks flashing amber LEDs. I'm wondering if I can perform a low level format on each of the flashing HDs to make it clean and keep separate the grown defects? Does anyone have any thoughts? Hi there, I was very interested in this article. I have been working on a VMware migration for a business partner and have a MSA1000 attached to a HP DL360 server while building a test infrastructure for them.
We are giving them a recently decommissioned MSA1000 with 28 146GB 10K disks, this will be suitable for them as they will not be able to afford a new SAN.
I upgraded the firmware on the MSA1000 controller and all of the (28) 146GB hard drives, and now – every few days, another disk starts flashing it’s amber LED (indicating from what I have read, its predicitve failure status?). This old SAN unit had been running for years without any problem, now I have four of the disks flashing amber LEDs.
I’m wondering if I can perform a low level format on each of the flashing HDs to make it clean and keep separate the grown defects? Does anyone have any thoughts?

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