I have a disk array with a failed drive, which has been previously moved from another server. In the other server it was attached to port 2 of a P400 controller, while in this one it is attached to port 1, the working disk is seen fine and the slot to which it's connected has updated successfully, however the controller is still expecting the failed drive to be connected to slot 2, and considers the replacement disk to be unassigned, see below:
Smart Array P400 in Slot 2 (sn: P61630E9SVE1AJ)
array A (SATA, Unused Space: 0 MB)
logicaldrive 1 (1.8 TB, RAID 1, Interim Recovery Mode)
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA, 2 TB, OK)
physicaldrive 2I:0:6 (port 2I:box 0:bay 6, SATA, 0 MB, Failed)
unassigned
physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, SATA, 2 TB, OK)
I have tried to configure the unassigned drive as a spare, or to remove the failed drive from the array and replace it with the working drive to no avail, there is always an error:
Error: This operation is not supported with the current configuration. Use the
"show" command on devices to show additional details about the
configuration.
Reason: Array is transforming
Is there any way to make the controller use this new drive, and forget about the failed drive on the now disconnected slot without losing data?