How to replace failed drive in RAID 5 array in HP DL380 G4 server

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Sorry for not providing more information when I previously posted this question. More detail is provided below. Any feedback would be welcome.

I have a HP DL380 G4 2U server which has 6 drive scsi slots and all of them are populated.

4 of the drives are in a RAID 5 configuration and one of them has failed leaving the server in an interim recovery configuration. The two remaining drives show up as unassigned in the Array Configuration Utility.

The failed drive has been marked as failed and replaced with one of the unassigned drives in the same slot but the replaced drive is not being rebuilt.

My queries are how to get the replaced drive rebuilt or how to add an unassigned drive as a spare at this point as I don't see an option for Spare Management.

Results below:

Array: A
 Interface Type: Parallel SCSI
 Unused Space: 0MB
 Status: Failed Physical Drive

One of the drives on this array have failed or has been removed.

Logical Drive: 1
 Size: 50.0GB
 Fault Tolerance: RAID 5
 Heads: 255
 Sectors Per Track: 32
 Cylinders: 12850
 Strip Size: 64KB
 Full Stripe Size: 192KB
 Status: Interim Recovery Mode
 Array Accelerator: Enabled
 Parity Initialization Status: Initialization Completed
 Unique Identifier: 600508B1001(etc)
 Disk Name: \\.\PhysicalDrive0
 Mount Points: Unknown 100MB, C:\49.9GB
 Logical Drive Label: A9F63F6EP57820W9SSX08KD954

Logical Drive: 2  
       Size: 360.2 GB
       Fault Tolerance: RAID 5
       Heads: 255
       Sectors Per Track: 32
       Cylinders: 65535
       Strip Size: 64 KB
       Full Stripe Size: 192 KB
       Status: Interim Recovery Mode
       Array Accelerator: Enabled
       Parity Initialization Status: Initialization Completed
       Unique Identifier: 600508B10010573953535830384B0004
       Disk Name: \\.\PhysicalDrive1
       Mount Points: D:\ 360.2 GB
       Logical Drive Label: A0B63FCDP57820W9SSX08KF038

physicaldrive 1:5

    SCSI Bus: 1
    SCSI ID: 5
    Status: Failed
    Drive Type: Data Drive
    Interface Type: Parallel SCSI
    Size: ??? GB

physicaldrive 2:2
    SCSI Bus: 2
    SCSI ID: 2
    Status: OK
    Drive Type: Data Drive
    Interface Type: Parallel SCSI
    Transfer Mode: Ultra 320 Wide
    Size: 146.8 GB
    Transfer Speed: 320 MB/Sec
    Rotational Speed: 10000
    Firmware Revision: HPB0
    Serial Number: AAA1P5103P740505
    Model: COMPAQ  BD1468856B

Best Answer

Since you have the HP Array Configuration Utility installed on Windows 2008, please provide the output of the following command in the HP Array Configuration Command Line program (It's in your Programs Menu).

HPACUCLI> ctrl all show config detail

Based on that, we'll be able to determine if the array is in the dreaded "Waiting for Rebuild" state. If it is, then it means that you won't be able to rebuild the array due to read errors on the remaining RAID 5 disks.

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