Re: RAID Problem after restore

Hello Seryozha,

Thank you for your kind update.

I'm glad to hear that the information I provided is help for you.

If there's anything else I can do for you, please do not hesitate to let me
know.

Thank you and have a nice day,

Best regards,

Terence Liu(MSFT)

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| From: seryozha <seryozha.sundstrom@xxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| Subject: Re: RAID Problem after restore
| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:35:26 -0000
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| On Aug 28, 3:46 am, v-ter...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Terence Liu [MSFT])
| wrote:
| > Hello Seryozha,
| >
| > Thank you for posting here. And thanks for Larry's inputs.
| >
| > According to your description, I understand that your SBS Adaptec RAID
| > (mirror) lost after the power shutdown. You want to make restore the
RAID
| > array SBS system driver. If I have misunderstood the problem, please
don't
| > hesitate to let me know.
| >
| > Based on my research, the Adaptec RAID (mirror) configuration
information
| > is store in the Adaptec RAID adapter. The power shutdown may corrupt the
| > mirror configuration information. Therefore, you see 2 duplicate
partition
| > in SBS. We have to methods to resolve this issue: repair the Adaptec
RAID
| > configuration or use the Windows server 2003 software RAID (mirror)
instead.
| >
| > Method 1:
| > To repair the Adaptec RAID configuration, you have to contact your
Adaptec
| > RAID adapter support to get help as Larry's suggestion. This will be a
pure
| > hardware issue.
| >
| > Method 2:
| > To use the Windows server 2003 software RAID (mirror) instead, we need
to
| > create mirror RAID in windows disk management console. The following is
the
| > detail steps:
| >
| > Note: Please backup your SBS before we do the following steps.
| >
| > Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server
2003http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49916
| >
| > Mirror the boot and system volume:
| >
| > In this scenario, disk 1 is the disk on which the image of disk 0 will
be
| > mirrored.
| >
| > Note Partitions are referred to as volumes when the disks are dynamic.
| >
| > 1. Disk 1 must be unallocated space before you can proceed with
mirroring.
| > Therefore, we need to delete the duplicate partition on disk 1.
| >
| > 2. Right-click disk 0 (which contains the boot and system files), and
then
| > click Add Mirror.
| >
| > 3. A dialog box opens in which any disk on your system that is available
| > for mirroring is displayed. Select the disk of your choice (in this
| > example, it is disk 1), and then click Add Mirror.
| >
| > Both disk 0 and disk 1 will now have the same color code, the same drive
| > letter, and the volumes will have the status note "Regenerating"
displayed
| > while the information is being copied from the first disk to the second
| > disk. The system will automatically size the volume of the new mirror to
| > the same size as that of the original boot and system volume.
| >
| > 4. If you now want to boot from the new mirrored disk, you have to
change
| > the Boot.ini ARC path that points the computer to the partition in which
| > the system files are located.
| >
| > For your reference:
| >
| > 323442 HOW TO: Use the Disk Management Snap-in to Manage Basic and
Dynamic
| > Disks in Windows Server 2003http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323442
| >
| > 816307 Best Practices for Using Dynamic Disks on Windows Server
2003-Basedhttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=816307
| >
| > 323432 HOW TO: Mirror the System and Boot Partition (RAID1) in Windows
| > Serverhttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=323432
| >
| > Hope these steps will give you some help.
| >
| > Thanks and have a nice day!
| >
| > Best regards,
| >
| > Terence Liu(MSFT)
| >
| > Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! -www.microsoft.com/security
| >
| > =====================================================
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| >
| > For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
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| > checkhttp://support.microsoft.comfor regional support phone numbers.
| >
| > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
| > =====================================================
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
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| >
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| > | From: seryozha <seryozha.sundst...@xxxxxxxxx>
| > | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| > | Subject: RAID Problem after restore
| > | Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:27:27 -0000
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| > | Hello all gurus of the SBS, i have a problem. Our server took a bit of
| > | a sneeze over the weekend (the storms here in chicago wrecked havoc
| > | with the power...server was shutdown aprox. 20 times over the weekend-
| > | with battery backup) I had corruption in the active directory ,
| > | following the KB 258062 (Directory service cannot start). I did a
| > | system state restore from a good backup. Everything went smoothly and
| > | everything is working, but of course with the exception of one thing.
| > | My RAID. I now show all the volumes in diskmanagement. Which means my
| > | RAID array somehow was lost. So i have possible solutions and
| > | hopefully you can help me with them. The raid is an adaptec something
| > | or other..its onboard the mobo. It has its own Interface, prior to
| > | windows loading. It is a simple mirror, but i have 2 arrays.
| > |
| > | Is it possible to restore the raid array and keep the existing data
| > | without windows going haywire?
| > |
| > | If the above is not viable, is it possible to format the "duplicate"
| > | or "mirrored" drives and then create mirrors in windows disk
| > | management?
| > |
| > | All the important drive letters did not change, so im not in a frantic
| > | rush to fix it but i know it will cause headaches later.
| > |
| > | Thanks, seryozha
| > |
| > |
|
| Thanks a ton Terence. That was a wealth of information. Thanks again
|
|

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