Drive unreadable after breaking cluster
I have an old HP storage array (MSA1000) that was once connected to a WIndows 2000 cluster. The array contains three LUNs. The cluster has been broken (power supplies went out in the second node), and now only one of the three LUNs is readable by Windows. The other drives are reporting "unreadable" in computer management. The array controller is reporting that all LUNs, drives, controllers, etc. are working normally. The other drives have data that we would like to retrieve. Any thoughts on how to do this? I've read other posts that suggest disabling the Cluster Disk Driver, but would like more information before pulling the trigger (does it make sense that that driver is "owning" two LUNs, but not the third?). Thanks in advance!
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When the cluster died did it failover, was the dead node the owner of the non-accessible LUN's?
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Not sure... it occurred the weekend before I started at the company. Let's assume that is was the owner of those two LUNs, and the working node was the owner of the other (the current working LUN), does it make sense to disable the Cluster Disk Driver in the hopes that it releases the other LUNs from the "cluster?"
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Hey guys, sorry for my lack of activity here. Management decided that they really didn't need the data after all, and had a tech reformat the drives. Your ideas are good points of consideration, so I'm awarding the points equally. Thanks again.