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Is it possible to remove the disks showing as 'failed' in sysconfig -a for a foreign LUN

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Applies to

  • Backend EMC LUN
  • Ontap 9

Answer

  • Clearing the disks with failed state on Ontap after the backend vendor removed the disks from their end.
  • Below failed messages are seen for disks on NetApp end while executing sysconfig -a command.

Example:
DCX8510FB:264.56               : EMC      LUNZ             6010   0.0GB 0B/sect (Failed)
DCX8510FB:383.56               : EMC      LUNZ             6010   0.0GB 0B/sect (Startup failed.)

  • Remove the disks [that are removed intentionally] from storage by using the below command.

::> storage disk remove -disk <disk path name> - Disk Name
Ex: cluster1::> storage disk remove -disk 1.1.16

  • If the disks are still in failed state even after performing disk remove, perform TO/GB to mitigate the issue.

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