Ok first of all I have a old backup that can restore most of the data from this set. But i really, really, really, like to recover what i can. Being I work in the IT field, this opportunity recovering a toasted Raid set could lead to a good learning experience.
Using certain forms of software, I've recovered data from normal non raid drives in the past both mac and pc. I know this is raid and it's a new ball game, but I’d like to at least make a good stab at going at it.
ok here's the specs.
Dell pv705 converted to a snap 4100 with V3 software. I'll have to get it and update this thread. 4 200GB drives, but only being recognized as 128 gb useable after formatting.
So i get an email saying something is wrong...
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05/05/2006 10:34:49 ERROR File System : RAID-5 device 60000 operating in degraded mode
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The previous message occurred in the following context within the system log:
05/05/2006 10:34:49 ERROR File System : RAID-5 device 60000 operating in degraded mode
05/05/2006 10:34:49 WARNING File System : Logical device 80060000: no spares found to perform hot replacement
05/05/2006 10:34:49 WARNING File System : Disk I/O error on RAID-5 device 60000
05/05/2006 10:34:49 ERROR File System : Unrecoverable error on logical device 60000. Member 10018 failing
So drive 10018 seems bad. I shut the 4100 down for a week or two and proceeded to get another drive. Upon reboot before i installed the new drive I now get a new error.
New error:
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06/16/2006 23:46:43 ERROR File System : Logical set member 0 not found. Original device ID: 60000
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The previous message occurred in the following context within the system log:
06/16/2006 23:46:44 INFORMATION System Initialization: Initialization Complete! Memory to be released: 47067072 bytes.
06/16/2006 23:46:44 INFORMATION File System : Opened FDB for device 0x1000E
06/16/2006 23:46:44 INFORMATION File System Check : partition is clean.
06/16/2006 23:46:44 INFORMATION File System Check : Executing fsck /dev/ride1g /fix /fixfatal
06/16/2006 23:46:44 INFORMATION File System : Opened FDB for device 0x10006
06/16/2006 23:46:43 INFORMATION File System Check : partition is clean.
06/16/2006 23:46:43 INFORMATION File System Check : Executing fsck /dev/ride0g /fix /fixfatal
06/16/2006 23:46:43 WARNING File System : Set-up of logical disk failed. Device ID: 60000 (hex)
06/16/2006 23:46:43 WARNING File System : 2 member(s) missing in logical device (original ID: 60000)
06/16/2006 23:46:43 ERROR File System : Logical set member 3 not found. Original device ID: 60000
06/16/2006 23:46:43 ERROR File System : Logical set member 0 not found. Original device ID: 60000
06/16/2006 23:46:38 INFORMATION INIT: Setting IP address to 192.168.1.105
06/16/2006 23:46:37 System Initialization: Server v3.4.805
Build Date: Apr 21 2003 14:00:44
Boot Count: 85
So now it seems it's dropped two disks....or has it? Is 10018 bad and another drive orphaned?
I don't get any bad disk lights on the front panel. I'll have to connect to it again and I'll copy the recent log entries.
Laguna computer from this post:
http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...ghlight=orphan
Seemed to have a similar task and he thought there might be a way to resync the drives. I know after looking for info about the snap 4100 is that there is more then a few data recovery companies out there that specialize in this. And the explcitly point out the Snap raid family of serverw.... So how do they "lift" that data..
-Bigcitymike