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Unable to import foreign configuration on multiple disks in RSA NetWitness Appliance

Issue

In some circumstances, multiple disks in DAC show as being in a foreign state in nwraidutil.pl output as shown below:
Note: For 11.3 and above please use  /opt/rsa/saTools/nwraidtool.py -b for disks information.
nwraidutil.pl output:
RSA NetWitness RAID Utility Version 2015.08.10

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Logical Disk Information
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Physical Drive State Legend
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B Unconfigured(Bad) O Online
C Copyback R Rebuild
D Dedicated Hotspare and associated virtual drive number S Solid-State Drive
E Hotspare prefers same enclosure U Unconfigured(Good)
F Foreign X Offline
G Global hotspare ! Failed
I Hotspare is revertible ? Unknown state
M Missing
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NOTE: 'E' does not prohibit a hotspare from being used in another enclosure, it is merely a preference

Logical Drive State Legend
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D Degraded X Offline
O Optimal ! Failed
P Partially Degraded ? Unknown state
R Rebuild
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Adapter: 0
Virtual Disk: 0 (O) - Found 2 of 2 {Raid Level 1, 136.125 GB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 32 Slot: 0 (O) 136.732 GB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB DB0863P0A003FQ87
PD: 1 Enclosure: 32 Slot: 1 (O) 136.732 GB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB DB0863P0A006FQ87
Virtual Disk: 1 (O) - Found 2 of 2 {Raid Level 1, 931.0 GB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 32 Slot: 2 (O) 931.512 GB SEAGATE ST91000640SS AS099XG5AC2J
PD: 1 Enclosure: 32 Slot: 3 (O) 931.512 GB SEAGATE ST91000640SS AS099XG5AJJY
Adapter: 1
Virtual Disk: 0 (O) - Found 14 of 14 {Raid Level 5, 35.470 TB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 0 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGA117K
PD: 1 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 1 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBP5VK
PD: 2 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 2 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBK8PK
PD: 3 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 3 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNJ5K
PD: 4 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 4 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHNWK
PD: 5 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 5 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB45MK
PD: 6 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 6 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBP3KK
PD: 7 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 7 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBK3WK
PD: 8 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 8 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBDRYK
PD: 9 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 9 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB455K
PD: 10 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 10 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBL80K
PD: 11 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 11 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGAUJEK
PD: 12 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 12 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB40XK
PD: 13 Enclosure: 47 Slot: 13 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBELHK
Virtual Disk: 1 (O) - Found 14 of 14 {Raid Level 5, 35.470 TB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 0 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH7RK
PD: 1 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 1 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXG8XELK
PD: 2 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 2 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH7PK
PD: 3 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 3 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGAUJKK
PD: 4 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 4 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD8VK
PD: 5 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 5 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH83K
PD: 6 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 6 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD42K
PD: 7 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 7 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNGTK
PD: 8 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 8 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBELUK
PD: 9 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 9 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBDT5K
PD: 10 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 10 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD3ZK
PD: 11 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 11 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHLMK
PD: 12 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 12 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB128K
PD: 13 Enclosure: 63 Slot: 13 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBG1NK
Virtual Disk: 4 (O) - Found 14 of 14 {Raid Level 5, 35.470 TB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 0 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD05K
PD: 1 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 1 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGD2VLK
PD: 2 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 2 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE4GK
PD: 3 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 3 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBBE8K
PD: 4 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 4 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB50ZK
PD: 5 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 5 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGWYXK
PD: 6 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 6 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE5WK
PD: 7 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 7 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE6AK
PD: 8 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 8 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGL8MK
PD: 9 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 9 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJKRK
PD: 10 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 10 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGE5ULK
PD: 11 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 11 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEP5ZK
PD: 12 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 12 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHHBK
PD: 13 Enclosure: 111 Slot: 13 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHNRK
Virtual Disk: 5 (O) - Found 14 of 14 {Raid Level 5, 35.470 TB, 128 KB Stripe Size, WriteBack, ReadAdaptive, Cached, Write Cache OK if Bad BBU}
PD: 0 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 0 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZXTK
PD: 1 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 1 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGENR9K
PD: 2 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 2 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG21WK
PD: 3 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 3 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZX9K
PD: 4 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 4 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZXNK
PD: 5 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 5 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG20LK
PD: 6 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 6 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZWNK
PD: 7 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 7 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG20HK
PD: 8 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 8 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZMTK
PD: 9 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 9 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGENR7K
PD: 10 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 10 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD7VK
PD: 11 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 11 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGJ47K
PD: 12 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 12 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHLAK
PD: 13 Enclosure: 127 Slot: 13 (O) 2.728 TB HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD7DK

No logical disk problems found.

RSA NetWitness RAID Utility Version 2015.08.10

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Physical Disk Information
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Physical Drive State Legend
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B Unconfigured(Bad) O Online
C Copyback R Rebuild
D Dedicated Hotspare and associated virtual drive number S Solid-State Drive
E Hotspare prefers same enclosure U Unconfigured(Good)
F Foreign X Offline
G Global hotspare ! Failed
I Hotspare is revertible ? Unknown state
M Missing
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NOTE: 'E' does not prohibit a hotspare from being used in another enclosure, it is merely a preference

Adapters found: 2

Adapter 0 enclosures found: 1
Adapter 0 enclosure 32 slots found: 4
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
32 0 (O) 0 136.732 GB DB08 TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB DB0863P0A003FQ87
32 1 (O) 0 136.732 GB DB08 TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB DB0863P0A006FQ87
32 2 (O) 0 931.512 GB AS09 SEAGATE ST91000640SS AS099XG5AC2J
32 3 (O) 0 931.512 GB AS09 SEAGATE ST91000640SS AS099XG5AJJY

Adapter 1 enclosures found: 6
Adapter 1 enclosure 47 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
47 0 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGA117K
47 1 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBP5VK
47 2 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBK8PK
47 3 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNJ5K
47 4 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHNWK
47 5 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB45MK
47 6 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBP3KK
47 7 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBK3WK
47 8 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBDRYK
47 9 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB455K
47 10 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBL80K
47 11 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGAUJEK
47 12 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB40XK
47 13 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBELHK
47 14 (ID-0) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHRBK Hotspare Information

Adapter 1 enclosure 63 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
63 0 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH7RK
63 1 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXG8XELK
63 2 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH7PK
63 3 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGAUJKK
63 4 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD8VK
63 5 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBH83K
63 6 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD42K
63 7 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNGTK
63 8 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBELUK
63 9 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBDT5K
63 10 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD3ZK
63 11 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHLMK
63 12 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB128K
63 13 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBG1NK
63 14 (ID-3) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNH2K Hotspare Information

Adapter 1 enclosure 79 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
79 0 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB4WWK
79 1 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBDEEK
79 2 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJMRK
79 3 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNJ7K
79 4 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB3NUK
79 5 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJSLK
79 6 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBHRDK
79 7 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBNJUK
79 8 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB46TK
79 9 (UF) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBKJGK
79 10 (UF) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJVEK
79 11 (UF) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJPZK
79 12 (UF) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGALJBK
79 13 (UF) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBKPRK
79 14 (GI) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBP87K Hotspare Information

Adapter 1 enclosure 95 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
95 0 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGL8ZZK
95 1 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGMJ9MK
95 2 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGKU1ZK
95 3 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGLU9AK
95 4 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGMH00K
95 5 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGLY0WK
95 6 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGL51BK
95 7 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGLSSEK
95 8 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGM8YDK
95 9 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGMDRMK
95 10 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGLTTAK
95 11 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGKZVXK
95 12 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGMDNBK
95 13 (U) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGMDNVK
95 14 (GI) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGLVPJK Hotspare Information

Adapter 1 enclosure 111 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
111 0 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD05K
111 1 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGD2VLK
111 2 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE4GK
111 3 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBBE8K
111 4 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGB50ZK
111 5 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGWYXK
111 6 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE5WK
111 7 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBE6AK
111 8 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGL8MK
111 9 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBJKRK
111 10 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGE5ULK
111 11 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEP5ZK
111 12 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHHBK
111 13 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHNRK
111 14 (ID-1) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXG99AXK Hotspare Information

Adapter 1 enclosure 127 slots found: 15
Encl Slot State P.Fail.Count Raw Size Drive FW Inquiry Data
127 0 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZXTK
127 1 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGENR9K
127 2 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG21WK
127 3 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZX9K
127 4 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZXNK
127 5 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG20LK
127 6 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZWNK
127 7 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGG20HK
127 8 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGEZMTK
127 9 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGENR7K
127 10 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD7VK
127 11 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGJ47K
127 12 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGHLAK
127 13 (O) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGBD7DK
127 14 (ID-2) 0 2.728 TB C1D6 HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000C1D6YXGGK63K Hotspare Information

WARNING: Physical disk problems have been found.

RSA NetWitness RAID Utility Version 2015.08.10

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Adapter Information
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Adapters present: 2

Adapter 0:
[Product Name] PERC H710P Mini
[Firmware Version] 3.130.05-1796
[Serial Number] 3AF01US
[Memory] 1024MB
[Alarm Device] Absent
[Alarm Enabled] Disabled
[Memory Correctable Errors] 0
[Memory Uncorrectable Errors] 0
[Battery Backup Unit] Present
[Restore HotSpare on Insertion] Disabled
[Use Full Disk Encryption Only] Yes
[Security Keys Assigned] No
[Security Keys Failed] No
[Security Keys Not Backed Up] No
[Virtual Drives] 2
[VD's Degraded] 0
[VD's Offline] 0
[Failed Disks] 0
Adapter 1:
[Product Name] PERC H810 Adapter
[Firmware Version] 3.130.05-1796
[Serial Number] 3AI00LA
[Memory] 1024MB
[Alarm Device] Absent
[Alarm Enabled] Disabled
[Memory Correctable Errors] 0
[Memory Uncorrectable Errors] 0
[Battery Backup Unit] Present
[Restore HotSpare on Insertion] Disabled
[Use Full Disk Encryption Only] Yes
[Security Keys Assigned] No
[Security Keys Failed] No
[Security Keys Not Backed Up] No
[Virtual Drives] 4
[VD's Degraded] 0
[VD's Offline] 0
[Failed Disks] 0

In the above nwraidutil.pl output, Enclosure 79 has multiple Unconfigured (Foreign) state disks. When the foreign configuration is imported, it fails as below:
[root@XXXX ~]# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -CfgForeign -Import -a1

FW does not have Security key, create Security key first.
Failed to import foreign configuration on controller 1.
FW error description:
Foreign drives cannot be imported, as they do not form a complete configuration.
Exit Code: 0x3b

In the above nwraidutil.pl output, Enclosure 79 has multiple Unconfigured (Good) disks. When trying to bring disks online, it fails as below:
[root@XXXX ~]# /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -PDOnline -PhysDrv [95:0,95:1,95:2,95:3,95:4,95:5,95:6,95:7,95:8,95:9,95:10,95:11,95:12,95:13] -a1

Adapter: 1: Failed to change PD state at EnclId-95 SlotId-0.
Exit Code: 0x01





Cause

This issue may be due to either communication failure between Appliance and DAC or from new disks inserted which have a different configuration from other disks and are detected as Foreign.


Resolution

Please follow the below steps in sequence to fix these multiple disk issues.
  1. Login to NetWitness Logs & Network GUI as admin.
  2. Navigate to Administration->Services, Select the Service which has disk issues and Navigate to Config->General page. 
    a. Disable Capture Autostart (in case of Packet or Log Decoder) OR
    b. Disable Aggregate Autostart (in case of Concentrator or Archiver)
  3. Login to putty session as an administrator.
  4. Edit /etc/fstab file to comment out /var/netwitness/ filesystem by placing # before each line. 
    Note: will be decoder/logdecoder/concentrator/archiver

    sample output as below:
    /etc/fstab - volumes configured to be mounted:
    UUID=2474ee46-8031-4cbc-bb72-2fa156b5b20a /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
    #/dev/mapper/archiver4-archiver4 /var/netwitness/archiver/database5 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
    #/dev/mapper/archiver1-database /var/netwitness/archiver/database2 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
    #/dev/mapper/archiver0-database /var/netwitness/archiver/database1 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
    #/dev/mapper/archiver-database0 /var/netwitness/archiver/database0 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-varlog /var/log ext4 defaults 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-tmp /tmp ext4 nosuid 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-nwhome /var/netwitness xfs nosuid,noatime 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-vartmp /var/tmp ext4 nosuid 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-usrhome /home ext4 nosuid 1 2
    /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root / ext4 defaults 1 1
    #/dev/archiver3/database /var/netwitness/archiver/database4 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
    #/dev/archiver2/database /var/netwitness/archiver/database3 xfs noatime,nosuid 1 2
  5. Stop Capture/Aggregation in Service->System page of GUI and reboot the appliance from putty.
  6. After rebooting the appliance, run the below command to clear the foreign configuration.
    /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 cfgforeign clear a1
     
  7. Run the nwraidutil.pl command which should show the disks that are in a U-Unconfigured good state. Run the below commands to bring the disks to an online state by creating RAID 5 logical volumes.
    /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 cfgldadd -R5[79:0,79:1,79:2,79:3,79:4,79:5,79:6,79:7,79:8,79:9,79:10,79:11,79:12,79:13] WB ADRA Cached CachedBadBBU strpsz128 a1
    /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 cfgldadd -R5[95:0,95:1,95:2,95:3,95:4,95:5,95:6,95:7,95:8,95:9,95:10,95:11,95:12,95:13] WB ADRA Cached CachedBadBBU strpsz128 a1
  8. Run nwraidutil.pl again which should now show all the disks in an Online state. Edit /etc/fstab file to remove comment symbols (#) added in Step4.
  9. Run mount -a to mount all file systems.
  10. Restart service with restart nwdecoder/nwlogdecoder/nwconcentrator/nwarchiver (or systemctl restart in 11.x ) depending on service. This step takes some time to initialize databases.
  11. After initializing the databases, start capture/aggregation in Service->System page.
  12. Enable Capture/Aggregate Autostart which was disabled in Step 2.

Product Details

RSA Product Set: NetWitness Platform
RSA Product/Service Type: NW Archiver, NW Decoder, NW Log Decoder, NW Concentrator
RSA Version/Condition: 10.4.X,  10.5.X, 10.6.X, 11.X

Summary

In certain circumstances, the appliance either fails to communicate to RAID disks or detects foreign configuration for disks.


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