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Problems with Microsoft Server 2003 R2 after RAID5 trouble
In my HP DL380 server I have RAID5 with hotspare 3+1 - recently one of working disk crashed - i rebooted the server and activated hot spare. RAID synchronized after few hours, and everything seemed to be working, but there are some performance problems.
Perfmon shows graphs like .|.|.|.|.| ( 0 to 100%) on disk queue when MSSQL is "waiking up" for example when someone launches app for the first time or when using Sharepoint. After 5-15 minutes it stops peaking and stays at normal low level, but those peaks keep appearing several times during day.
The second problem is that after this crash HP Backup Software ( Backup Express ) is showing errors and it cannot backup files on drive C: .
Today even DHCP service had some problems.
Is it safe to run chkdsk on running server and then maybe sfc /scannow ?
Or maybe someone knows what happened?
Logs show nothing
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Perfmon shows graphs like .|.|.|.|.| ( 0 to 100%) on disk queue when MSSQL is "waiking up" for example when someone launches app for the first time or when using Sharepoint. After 5-15 minutes it stops peaking and stays at normal low level, but those peaks keep appearing several times during day.
The second problem is that after this crash HP Backup Software ( Backup Express ) is showing errors and it cannot backup files on drive C: .
Today even DHCP service had some problems.
Is it safe to run chkdsk on running server and then maybe sfc /scannow ?
Or maybe someone knows what happened?
Logs show nothing
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mlongoh
Why did you have to reboot the server? If you had a RAID5 array with a hot spare, the spare should have kicked in to play when the drive failed without really impacting much except performance during the sync of the spare drive.
chkdsk should be run while the partition you are checking is offline, that means it is done while booting. During this time the server won't be usable, and it can take a lot of time depending on the partition size and number of errors it finds. But a chkdsk should nevertheless be done regularly. SFC /Scannow should be no problem.
Yes, why the reboot? Maybe the drive failure was a controller error? I'd check your Sql and windows event logs to see if they are still complaining about drive problems.
ASKER
I don't know why hot spare did not activate itself when the drive failed - in HP Managment logs there was Drive needs to be replaced and the led was orange, so I rebooted the server and BIOS said the drive is unoperational or something but it still worked without hot spare, so I turned off the server, pulled out hdd and turned server on - BIOS said Do you want to activate hot spare - i clicked Y .
I've never been dealing with hot spare activation till now. Of course I thought it would activate automagically and everything would be working fine but it didn't.
Logs show nothing.
I can run chkdsk only on Sunday.
I've never been dealing with hot spare activation till now. Of course I thought it would activate automagically and everything would be working fine but it didn't.
Logs show nothing.
I can run chkdsk only on Sunday.
You say the Backup Express and DCHP are generating errors, what are the errors? Are they showing in the event log?
ASKER
Data Protector Express error is i think : Invalid object ID
theres nothing in event log.
I'll post tommorow after I run chkdsk
theres nothing in event log.
I'll post tommorow after I run chkdsk
ASKER
Ok so chkdsk showed nothing.
I repleaced the drive - this time while server was on - sync started and finished after an hour or more, logs show that everything is ok, so I think everythink is fine now, except when I reboot server I see :
Slot 1 HP Smart Array P400 Controller
1716-Slot 1 Drive Array - Unregenerable Media Errors Detected on Drives
during previous Rebuild or Auto-Reliability Monitoring ( ARM) scan.
Problem will be fixed automatically when the sector(s) are overwritten.
Backup and Restore recommended.
but in HP Managment app I see that everything is fine, no problems, everything works.
The HP DL380 UID LED is constantyly blinking what is annoying, and I cannot disable this blinking because of the error above I think.
I repleaced the drive - this time while server was on - sync started and finished after an hour or more, logs show that everything is ok, so I think everythink is fine now, except when I reboot server I see :
Slot 1 HP Smart Array P400 Controller
1716-Slot 1 Drive Array - Unregenerable Media Errors Detected on Drives
during previous Rebuild or Auto-Reliability Monitoring ( ARM) scan.
Problem will be fixed automatically when the sector(s) are overwritten.
Backup and Restore recommended.
but in HP Managment app I see that everything is fine, no problems, everything works.
The HP DL380 UID LED is constantyly blinking what is annoying, and I cannot disable this blinking because of the error above I think.
Just a guess, but it sounds like the drive that was most recently replaced has one or more bad sectors and that they were marked bad, or you may have a faulty controller (given that you've had problem with two different drives).
ASKER
But logs show that everything is allright.
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I think I get it every time I reboot, I'll check this out next sunday.
Usually if SATA-II isn't specifically mentioned anywhere, it's likely that only SATA-I is supported (as at that time there was only one SATA standard out, so there was no point in further specifying the version). Also, having looked at the OS support for this PC (when downloading drivers you can select the OS), it looks like it isn't the newest systems, so it is quite possible that it only uses SATA-I.
ASKER
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So what happened?