"Blocked Logical Drives" error message

[ILW]

Greetings!

IBM x345 running W2003 Enterprise Edition as a Domain Controller. Various hotfixes applied (none recently) - it's a corporate build so the OS config is like 80 others round the world. Version shows as 5.2.3790

At irregular intervals (3 times in the last 7 days) we've found the server has rebooted and is trying to load the ServeRAID 5i with the message "The system has an error due to one or more blocked logical drives: F4 to correct or F5 to continue with no change". There are no messages in the Event Log (other than "Previous shutdown unexpected")

Any / all ideas gratefully received!

Ian

 

[VMPOP]

some correption of file system is reported,
try re-apply the hotfixes and SP's

Cheers

 

[Bedpan]

I would be getting IBM in to run some diags across the system. Sounds to me line a potentially failing disk.

Mike

 

[PoliMalaka]

I would be getting IBM in to run some diags across the system. Sounds to me line a potentially failing disk.

I agree.

 

[elmurado]

What is the RAID setup as? Try pulling the a drive out from it and rebooting. Then push it back in and let it rebuild the array.
Of course, do NOTHING until you are sure that you have a valid backup.

maybe the RAID controller is to blame. Does it have a config utility? Can you check for errors through it?

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=psg1MIGR-40375&loc=en_US#14

 

[elmurado]

Check this dude;


During a rebuild operation, the ServeRAID controller sets the state of any RAID level-0 logical drives associated with a failed array to the blocked state; then, it reconstructs the data that was stored in RAID level-1, RAID level-1E, RAID level-5 and RAID level-5E logical drives.

After the rebuild operation completes, you can unblock the RAID level-0 logical drives, and access them once again. However, the logical drive might contain damaged data. You must either re-create, reinstall, or restore the data from the most recent backup disk or tape to the RAID level-0 logical drive.

From IBM's site.
Looks like you'll have to do a rebuild at some point.

 

[ILW]

Thanks to all. The RAID shows as healthy thru ServeRAID mgr (IBM's relevant app). The server was only rebuilt 3 weeks ago after a failure of the RAID controller. I guess maybe we're looking at a second (different) fault. Problem is, it's in Amsterdam, I'm in London.

Road Trip!

Thanks again.