Re: Server will not reboot with software mirrored drives
- From: "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:43:17 +1000
"podger" <podger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Everyone.that
I have an issue with several different unrelated clients. That issue is
a Server Will not reboot if it uses software mirroring of the hard drives.greater
When attempting to reboot, the server gets to the black screen with the
server 2003 bar, and the grey blocks scrolling across and never gets any
further.
This is happening on at four clients, they all have these same things in
common
Windows Server 2003 service pack 1
Microsoft Exchange server 2003 Sp2
They are Domain Controllers
Mcafee Groupshield 6.0.2 + Virusscan Enterprise 8.0i with patch 11 or
through
HP/Compaq ML330 or 350 G4 that had smartstart 7.4 or later run on them
before installing windows.
the server will load and function perfectly on one disk, it will go
the mirror process without errors. but when you reboot, the server willnot
come back up with the mirroreddrive in. you have to power off, physicallyand
remove the drive, then the server will reboot into the OS and function
normally.
I will be posting a copy of this thread in the exchange 2003 newsgroups,
in the mcafee help forums, and in the HP forums, as no single party (MS,HPor
Mcafee) has yet made any admission that it is a feature of their software
causing this.
any answers or suggestions are welcome.
Thankyou very much for your time in reading this
Perhaps the problem is not related to the mirror but to an
incompatibility between the two disks. You can test this like
so:
1. Disconnect the primary disk.
2. Connect the mirror disk.
3. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot diskette
(www.bootdisk.com).
4. Run ptedit.exe
(ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/)
5. Set the partition type to something that means nothing to Windows.
This process is fully reversible as long as you remember WHERE
you made the change and WHAT the type number was before.
Now boot the machine with both disks connected. If it boots normally
then there is a problem with your mirror. I would try to recreate it. If
it fails to boot then you probably have a compatibility problem between
your disks. Try connecting the second disk to the secondary IDE
controller (if you use IDE disks).
BTW, what you did with your question is called "multi-posting".
It is very much frowned upon because respondents cannot see
any of the replies in other newsgroups, which leads to duplication
of effort. The correct method is to "cross-post", by listing all group
names in the address field, separated by semicolons.
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