Is there a way to fix or clear a Bad Stripe Table (BST) entry on an array once it has occurred?
No, there is no procedure or tool available for clearing or repairing a bad stripe while maintaining the existing array. In the instances when a bad stripe has occurred, the data contained within that stripe is incomplete, invalid, or inconsistent between the data and parity and a Bad Stripe Table entry is created to block that stripe to prevent hidden data corruption. There are only two suggested methods for clearing the reserved areas of the drives and both are destructive to the data stored on the physical disks. Backing up the good data on the drives is recommended before any changes to the configuration are made. The first method is to remove or delete the existing array configuration from the physical disks associated to the array with the affected logical drive, then create an identical new configuration, which will overwrite any previous existing configuration data. The BST will be rewritten and will start with zero entries. The second method has one additional step. After the
