how to detect disk failures in a RAID array

[Lorna]

Hello newsgroup,
I will be in charge of monitoring a few Windows Server 2003 on IBM xSeries.

The disks are in a RAID array (some on RAID1, some on RAID5), the driver is
IBM ServerRAID SCSI Dirk Device

Where can I see if one of the disks of the arrays is failing?
Is it enough to look in "Device manager" and check the message "this device
is working properly"?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hello newsgroup,
I will be in charge of monitoring a few Windows Server 2003 on IBM xSeries.

The disks are in a RAID array (some on RAID1, some on RAID5), the driver is
IBM ServerRAID SCSI Dirk Device

Where can I see if one of the disks of the arrays is failing?
Is it enough to look in "Device manager" and check the message "this device
is working properly"?

Thanks for your help.

No, this is not enough. You should monitor the Event Viewer
for disk error messages.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, you can always boot into controller bios to run diagnostics but best to
get a hold of some array management software. Usually comes with the driver
controller or system.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello newsgroup,
| I will be in charge of monitoring a few Windows Server 2003 on IBM
xSeries.
|
| The disks are in a RAID array (some on RAID1, some on RAID5), the driver
is
| IBM ServerRAID SCSI Dirk Device
|
| Where can I see if one of the disks of the arrays is failing?
| Is it enough to look in "Device manager" and check the message "this
device
| is working properly"?
|
| Thanks for your help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

No, you can always boot into controller bios to run diagnostics but best to
get a hold of some array management software. Usually comes with the driver
controller or system.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Hello newsgroup,
| I will be in charge of monitoring a few Windows Server 2003 on IBM
xSeries.
|
| The disks are in a RAID array (some on RAID1, some on RAID5), the driver
is
| IBM ServerRAID SCSI Dirk Device
|
| Where can I see if one of the disks of the arrays is failing?
| Is it enough to look in "Device manager" and check the message "this
device
| is working properly"?
|
| Thanks for your help.

 

[Guest]

Usually there are also disk array management utilities installed, along with
the Windows disk management functions. I would contact IBM to see what they
offer for those arrays. In our Dell systems, the Dell software integrates
into the Windows Management software to add detection and management
capabilities. Windows does not even show the drive as a RAID array. You can
also take a look at the Event log to check on problems, if the software
reports these. The additional software can also add notification of events
in the form of system messages or e-mails. Hope this helped.