RAID-1 Mirror Failure

[Guest]

Does anybody know what events are generated in the System log when a dynamic
disk RAID-1 mirror fails in Windows 2000 Server SP4?

We've got a third-party program which I would like to notify me of a mirror
failure.

Specifically, what eventid's are generated?

Thanks,
Amir

 

[Roberto Ruiz]

Amir, is your RAID solution implemented by software or hardware?
Normally, when a RAID is implemented by the OS native software, you would
find read or read-write errors on the system log. These errors are reported
by the dmio subsystem, so you can use it to filter them. As far as I know,
there is no way of making the OS report on these errors, so you woul have to
write code to monitor the system log.
If your RAID solution is implemented by hardware, errors on individual
drives are handled by the RAID card driver, so they would no be reported to
the OS except in the case of an irrecoverable RAID failure. Most RAID
systems include software to notify operators by e-mail, pager or the windows
messenger service about disk events, so if this is your case, try to locate
and use this program for your particular RAID solution.
Hope this helps,
Robert
Roberto Ruiz
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