HOW TO VERIFY DATA ON WINDOWS MIRRORED DRIVES

[kas]

HELLO

i HAVE A WINDOWS 2000 SERVER WITH 2 HARD DRIVES MIRRORED, I HAVE
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SENSITIVE DATA ON THE C DRIVE AND I AM ASSUMING I
HAVE A FULL COPY OF IT ON THE MIRRORED DRIVE, I AM USING WINDOWS 2000
NATIVE MIRRORING ( SOFTWARE ONLY )
I NEED TO VERIFY IF ALL THE DATA IS THERE AND HEALTHY ON THE OTHER
DRIVE,

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND IF NOT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO MIRROR
WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ON BOTH DRIVES ?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

KAS

 

[David H. Lipman]

The first thing to do is fix that broken "Caps Lock" key !

Dave




| HELLO
|
| i HAVE A WINDOWS 2000 SERVER WITH 2 HARD DRIVES MIRRORED, I HAVE
| ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SENSITIVE DATA ON THE C DRIVE AND I AM ASSUMING I
| HAVE A FULL COPY OF IT ON THE MIRRORED DRIVE, I AM USING WINDOWS 2000
| NATIVE MIRRORING ( SOFTWARE ONLY )
| I NEED TO VERIFY IF ALL THE DATA IS THERE AND HEALTHY ON THE OTHER
| DRIVE,
|
| IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND IF NOT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO MIRROR
| WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ON BOTH DRIVES ?
|
| THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP
|
| KAS

 

[Hank Arnold]

After you turn off Caps Lock (IT'S CONSIDERED SHOUTING!!!!), see if you can
pause the mirror and unlock the drives.

 

[Mark-Allen]

I'll pass on the caps issue but you might be able to check the integrity of the mirror by shutting down the server and unplugging the power cable to one of the drives. Boot. Does everything come up clean and green?

If you shut down again and switch the pulled cables, reboot, and is everything ok?

Of course, since we're all professionals, there is a very up-to-date backup (or two) that has been checked by restoring it to a different temp directory to check, right?

--
Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems, Switzerland
mark-allen AT mvps DOT org

HELLO

i HAVE A WINDOWS 2000 SERVER WITH 2 HARD DRIVES MIRRORED, I HAVE
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SENSITIVE DATA ON THE C DRIVE AND I AM ASSUMING I
HAVE A FULL COPY OF IT ON THE MIRRORED DRIVE, I AM USING WINDOWS 2000
NATIVE MIRRORING ( SOFTWARE ONLY )
I NEED TO VERIFY IF ALL THE DATA IS THERE AND HEALTHY ON THE OTHER
DRIVE,

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND IF NOT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO MIRROR
WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ON BOTH DRIVES ?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

KAS

 

[kas]

HELLO

i HAVE A WINDOWS 2000 SERVER WITH 2 HARD DRIVES MIRRORED, I HAVE
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SENSITIVE DATA ON THE C DRIVE AND I AM ASSUMING I
HAVE A FULL COPY OF IT ON THE MIRRORED DRIVE, I AM USING WINDOWS 2000
NATIVE MIRRORING ( SOFTWARE ONLY )
I NEED TO VERIFY IF ALL THE DATA IS THERE AND HEALTHY ON THE OTHER
DRIVE,

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND IF NOT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO MIRROR
WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ON BOTH DRIVES ?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

KAS

Thank you guys for your remarks, and sorry about the shouting caps,
did not mean it at all

now, do you have an answer ?

 

[Mark-Allen]

Kas,

Have you tried the steps that I suggested?

--
Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems, Switzerland
mark-allen AT mvps DOT org

HELLO

i HAVE A WINDOWS 2000 SERVER WITH 2 HARD DRIVES MIRRORED, I HAVE
ACCUMULATED A LOT OF SENSITIVE DATA ON THE C DRIVE AND I AM ASSUMING I
HAVE A FULL COPY OF IT ON THE MIRRORED DRIVE, I AM USING WINDOWS 2000
NATIVE MIRRORING ( SOFTWARE ONLY )
I NEED TO VERIFY IF ALL THE DATA IS THERE AND HEALTHY ON THE OTHER
DRIVE,

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THAT? AND IF NOT IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO MIRROR
WITH THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT THE DATA ON BOTH DRIVES ?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP

KAS

Thank you guys for your remarks, and sorry about the shouting caps,
did not mean it at all

now, do you have an answer ?