Problems With RAID Getting Degradded
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From: JT on 30 Jun 2010 09:50 I updated the RAID driver which allowed me to boot into directory services restore mode (I was not able to do that before the driver update but was able to get into Safe Mode). I found a Service that was going crazy (SharePoint Timer) so I disabled it and then attempted to boot normally. The server booted quickly and made it to the Desktop logon and sofar it seems like it is stable. I am leaving it sit for a few hours to see how it does and then go about restoring the Exchange data and other data files. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for everyone's suggeations. Jeff "Jeff Teel" wrote: > I have a Dell Poweredge SC 1420 that has SBS 2003 running on it. It is not a > heavy use machine and has just 5 users that at most could have just 4 people > logged on at the same time. I recently had what I thought was a HD failure > because the server seemed to loose network connectivity so I went to logon > to the server desktop and could not because I could not get the logon screen > to come up. The mouse moved but that was it. I then powered the system down > by holding the power button in and restarted in safe mode, opened RSM and > seen there had been a drive failure reported in the event log. I decided to > purchase two new drives and make the C partition bigger because the original > RAID 1 config only had a 20GB partition. I clean installed the OS (SBS 2003 > SP1) and let it run for a few days with out getting it completely updated > with MS updates and it ran fine. It booted quickly and didn't freeze or > become unresponsive during that time. At that point I had not set up any > Users or Computers because I wanted to see how everything was going to run. > After a few days I did a restore of one of my backups. After the restore > completed and the server restarted it got to Applying Computer Settings and > that was it. I gave it a good two hours but it did not get past applying > computer settings. I then powered the system down "held the power button in" > and restarted in safe mode but during the BIOS boot time the RAID had been > degraded. Both drives were optimal. I guess my question would be is there a > service that is trashing the RAID that is not in the clean install that > anyone may be aware of ? The days before this all started there had been not > updates of any kind for Windows applied. Only Trend definitions. It seems to > be very much like the problem with PowerChute Business Edition which needed > updated a few years back because of an outdated certificate I believe only > this seems to cause RAID problems too. I am able to rebuild the RAID and > then boot again into Safe Mode and see that the array is ok. > > Thanks for any suggestions you may have. > > Jeff > > > . > |