On Wed 19 Feb 2003 17:44, Dan OBrien wrote:

Can the disk be *unmarked* with some standalone utility or something?

I won't give the full details, because it opens a can of worms, but if you're familiar with NetApp arcana, the instruction "toggle basic, then disk zero" should mean something...

Colm

Dan OBrien wrote:

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

when you are in 536r2 u dont have access to disk unfail command, use rather this :

filer> rc_toggle_basic filer*> disk_erase_label 8b.3 really ??? yes

then , remember that you might have to reboot the filer in order to be able to see the disk back as spare as you type sysconfig -r also , i would advise you to cycle power off-on disks shelf too when you reboot the filer (due to the old ontapp version :o)

bye