Hi,
I have a server running Server 2008 R2. I created a six (6) disk software RAID 5 array within Disk Management. I had one drive fail due to a SMART failure. I replaced the drive physically and was researching the steps to add the disk into the array and reactivate the disk.
While researching (between work and other things this took a couple days) the array went into a Failed state. I have checked each disk for problems and they all show up properly in multiple systems. The array however still shows as failed no matter what system they are in. I am able to bring the 5 remaining drives "Online" in Disk Management, but when I "Reactivate Disk" I get the error: "The attempted operation cannot be completed. The selected volume is offline."
One thing I did note on the last attempt is when I had all 5 drives hooked up and went into disk management, they were listed as foreign disks, as expected, but when I imported the foreign disks, they showed up in three different groups. A 1 disk group, a second 1 disk group and the remainder in a third group.
Disk management shows all 5 drives online in a Failed state with the sixth drive showing as "Missing".
Any ideas on how to recover this array?
Thanks in advance.