Dan,

disk unfail might work.

smith> priv set advanced Warning: These advanced commands are potentially dangerous; use them only when directed to do so by Network Appliance personnel. smith*> disk usage: disk <options> Options are: fail <disk_name> - fail a file system disk remove <disk_name> - remove a spare disk swap - prepare (quiet) bus for swap unswap - undo disk swap and resume service scrub { start | stop } - start or stop disk scrubbing unfail <disk_name> - make a failed disk a spare again shm_stats [<disk_name>] - Storage Health Monitor stats for a disk smith*>

-----Original Message----- From: Dan OBrien To: 'toasters@mathworks.com' Sent: 2/19/03 12:44 PM Subject: "disk fail" command

Question about "disk fail" command. We are running NetApp Release 5.3.6R2. The System Admin guide says that "[t]he disk fail command permanently marks a disk as failed. You cannot reuse the disk; you must replace it." This is pretty strong statement. Can the disk be *unmarked* with some standalone utility or something? Or are we out of luck? :-(

Thanks in advance,

Dan O'Brien, dmobrien@lcsi.net Cell: 614-783-4859 Work: 614-476-8473 Home: 740-927-2178 Pataskala, OH