My Oracle Support Banner

Many disks shows new physicalInsertTime even though these were not replaced (Doc ID 2919118.1)

Last updated on APRIL 24, 2024

Applies to:

PDIT Exadata X6-2 Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Oracle Server X6-2L - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Many disks shows new physicalInsertTime even though these were not replaced.

 

In below example, only slot 3, 6 and 9 drives were replaced on Nov 17th 2022:

[lpclcxxxxx ~]# cellcli -e list alerthistory | grep -i slot |grep replaced
20_48 2022-11-17T12:04:30+00:00 warning "Data hard disk was replaced. Status : NORMAL Manufacturer : HGST Model Number : H7280A520SUN8.0T Size : 8.0TB Serial Number : 1551P2xxxx Firmware : PD51 Slot Number : 9 Cell Disk : CD_09_lpclcxxxxx Grid Disk : DATA_CD_09_lpclcxxxxx, DBFS_DG_CD_09_lpclcxxxxx, RECO_CD_09_lpclcxxxxx"
24_31 2022-11-17T12:14:44+00:00 warning "Data hard disk was replaced. Status : NORMAL Manufacturer : HGST Model Number : H7280A520SUN8.0T Size : 8.0TB Serial Number : 1714PAxxxx Firmware : PD51 Slot Number : 3 Cell Disk : CD_03_lpclcxxxxx Grid Disk : DATA_CD_03_lpclcxxxxx, DBFS_DG_CD_03_lpclcxxxxx, RECO_CD_03_lpclcxxxxx"
25_29 2022-11-17T12:23:48+00:00 warning "Data hard disk was replaced. Status : NORMAL Manufacturer : HGST Model Number : H7280A520SUN8.0T Size : 8.0TB Serial Number : 1611P4xxxx Firmware : PD51 Slot Number : 6 Cell Disk : CD_06_lpclcxxxxx Grid Disk : DATA_CD_06_lpclcxxxxx, DBFS_DG_CD_06_lpclcxxxxx, RECO_CD_06_lpclcxxxxx"

However, 6 disks shows new physicalInsertTime dated Nov 20th 2022:

[lpclcxxxxx ~]# cellcli -e list physicaldisk attributes name,physicalInsertTime | grep 2022-11
8:2 2022-11-20T00:16:50+00:00
8:3 2022-11-20T06:47:06+00:00
8:5 2022-11-20T08:30:28+00:00
8:6 2022-11-20T08:30:46+00:00
8:9 2022-11-20T06:40:02+00:00
8:10 2022-11-20T08:30:08+00:00

Even the OS/server did not restart on 2022-11-20:

[lpclcxxxxx ~]# last reboot
reboot system boot 4.14.35-1902.306 Tue Nov 22 10:41 - 15:48 (05:06)
reboot system boot 4.14.35-1902.306 Thu Nov 17 11:29 - 04:09 (4+16:40)
reboot system boot 4.14.35-1902.306 Thu Nov 10 03:18 - 07:20 (7+04:01)
reboot system boot 4.14.35-1902.306 Thu Nov 10 03:12 - 07:20 (7+04:08)

Changes

NA

Cause

To view full details, sign in with your My Oracle Support account.

Don't have a My Oracle Support account? Click to get started!


In this Document
Symptoms
Changes
Cause
Solution
References


My Oracle Support provides customers with access to over a million knowledge articles and a vibrant support community of peers and Oracle experts.