Dell OMSS there is an unrecoverable medium error detected on virtual disk

Dell.WindowsServer.StorageManagement.Alert.2417 (Rule)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

There is an unrecoverable medium error detected on virtual disk

Causes

Unrecoverable medium error found on one or more member physical disks of a virtual disk

Cause	Resolutions
Unrecoverable storage medium error detected onarg1.	Make sure a hot spare to the Virtual Disk identified in the message is available and back up the data on the virtual disk.

Resolutions

1. Perform a backup of the virtual disk with the Verify option selected. a. Backup operation successful. This indicates the un-recoverable medium did not affect user data b. Backup operation fails. Restore the file from a previous backup. After restoring the file, run check consistency operation. i. Check consistency successful. No further action is required. ii. Check consistency still finds un-recoverable medium error. This means that medium error is located in a non-user data. No further action is required because writing data to the location of the medium error will fix the problem. 1. NOTE: the un-recoverable medium error has not been corrected and it may be reported again by the system. This error can be fixed by writing data on the affected area or deleting and recreating the VD. a. Back up data b. Delete VD c. Recreate the VD (using the same parameters: size, RAID level, disks, etc.) d. Restore data

Element properties:

Target

Dell.WindowsServer.Server

Category

Alert

Enabled

True

Event_ID

2417

Event Source

Server Administrator

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Error

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

Dell OMSS there is an unrecoverable medium error detected on virtual disk

Event Description: {0}

Event Log

System

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Default
Alert	WriteAction	System.Health.GenerateAlert	Default
WriteToDW	WriteAction	Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishEventData	Default

Source Code:

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