Hello. Since the meta data on Physical Disk D 0:0:0 is different from the controller's, it is necessary to clear the foreign configuration on the said Physical Disk without affecting the data on Physical Disk 0:0:1. Afterwards, it might slip into a "READY" state at which point you have to assign it as a global hot spare in order to rebuild. Let me know how it goes.
My Server is a Dell PowerEdge 2900 with Raid 1, using 2 - 1tb HDD's.I had an issue with the server and needed to clean install windows. I needed to be able to work on some files while reinstalling and didn't have a drive large enough to back up. Due to time constraints I couldn't wait until I get a large enough drive, So instead I removed one HDD while the system was down and restarted the server. The BIOS complained about a foriegn configuration and made me enter PERC 5/i (CTRL+R) setup, I cleared the foriegn config and restarted. Everything booted up fine. I reinstalled windows, Got a backup of my data, and cleaned with DISKPART the second HDD using a different computer. Now I want to reinsert the second HDD and rebuild the array. When I go in to Open Manage it shows my virtual disk as degraded and When I go to show the Physical Disks it shows me Physical Disk 0:0:0 as Foriegn and Physical Disk 0:0:1 as Online. Disk 0:0:0 is the drive I want to add to array. How can I add it without the risk of losing my data on Physical Disk 0:0:1?Can anyone please assist me?Thank You!
PE2900 RAID 1 DEGRADED, NEED HELP REBUILDING PHYSICAL DRIVE SHOWS FOREIGN