scsi pci raid server died, urgent data recovery?
January 18, 2008 11:46 AM Subscribe
Got a 2000 server with PCI SCSI RAID card (Mirror) and the mobo seems to have died. I just want to recover the data and host it on another machine. How do I do that?
I've installed the PCI card in another computer running XP, and in Disk Mgmt I saw "Import Foreign Disk" which I did, and now I see both volumes. Then I click on Reactivate Disk, but it does not change anything. The volume reads Failed (Active).
Any ideas? Super time-sensitive!
I've installed the PCI card in another computer running XP, and in Disk Mgmt I saw "Import Foreign Disk" which I did, and now I see both volumes. Then I click on Reactivate Disk, but it does not change anything. The volume reads Failed (Active).
Any ideas? Super time-sensitive!
Runtime Software has utilities for RAID data rescue.
Their DriveImage XML is an excellent product as well, a poor man's Acronis TrueImage.
posted by ijoyner at 1:38 PM on January 18, 2008
Their DriveImage XML is an excellent product as well, a poor man's Acronis TrueImage.
posted by ijoyner at 1:38 PM on January 18, 2008
You'll need to figure out the manufacturer of the adapter and the model (maybe watch close as the machine POSTs for the info) and then look up a manual online. The manual will document the proper procedure. When in doubt contact the manufacturer. Most adapters will require you to reactivate the disk(s) through the adapter BIOS - afterwards it should show up as just another disk under Windows.
posted by wfrgms at 2:52 PM on January 18, 2008
posted by wfrgms at 2:52 PM on January 18, 2008
Response by poster: thanks for the tips, all, will try that stuff out.
posted by tslugmo at 1:22 PM on January 22, 2008
posted by tslugmo at 1:22 PM on January 22, 2008
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Make sure your XP machine is also using NTFS so it can read the drives.
posted by jmd82 at 12:13 PM on January 18, 2008