Not a good sign... This machine has a JBOD rather than a RAID. The machine has been displaying a gray screen for the file system check for the drive in question showing "CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)..." for about an hour now.
The tape library is now getting ready to restore the backup somewhere... -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Ziots, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/04/2008 07:12:51 AM: > Yep, > > Troubleshooting servers and there nuisances along with the Almighty > Chest Cold ( I just got over mine) in the fridgid confines of the > datacenter does not make one Sysadmin happy. > > License Logging Service doesn't have anything to do with it, but best to > just disable that service. > > Defintely do a full chkdsk and the chkntfs and verify you don't have > underlying corruption and/or your ntfs volume isn't dirty and needs a > cleaning/chkdsking to get it fixed. > > Also check the drivers/firmware on the drives/RAID card after you fix > the underlying disk problems and upgrade both ( Usually done with SPAQ > and Diskettes, CD on HP boxes) > > If still having problems, get a good backup verify you can restore the > data back off tape and smoke the partition/disk LUN and re-create it and > restore the data accordingly. > > > HTH > Z > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:06 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Cannot write to user home directory > > These look to be promising! > > I've been fighting (another) chest cold and was stumbling out of the > center when this problem snagged me (delaying my out-stumble for an hour > > or so...) > > Checking the event logs, I see that license logging service had not been > > disabled. I also saw a report of a bad block on the drive containing > the > user files. > > I've run newly-arrived MS patches and am now re-booting into a file > system > check. If this doesn't work, then I'll look into the backup agent snag > and command line utilities. > > Thanks!!!! > -------------------------------------- > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > ASPCA Knowledge Management > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > 217-337-9761 > http://www.aspca.org > > > "Ziots, Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/03/2008 03:32:30 PM: > > > Also, > > > > Have you checked for file-system corruption? > > > > Also what does the command line utilities say the permissions are ( > > cacls, icacls, perms, subinacl.exe?) > > > > Also seen sometimes when backup agents, or AV folds files and folders > > open on OS, which can cause these type of problems, have you tried > > disabling both rebooting and seeing what comes about? > > > > Z > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 4:20 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Cannot write to user home directory > > > > Sure sounds like a permissions problem to me . . . > > Every time I have seen this, it has been because permissions have > gotten > > screwed up on a folder (either ntfs or share permissions). Does the > > user have the security tab when they access the properties of the > > folder? > > > > James Winzenz > > Infrastructure Engineer - Security > > Pulte Homes Information Services > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Posted At: Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:00 PM > > Posted To: NTSysadmin > > Conversation: Cannot write to user home directory > > Subject: Cannot write to user home directory > > > > Actually, it seems to be a problem with the whole file system... > > > > Win2003Server in Win2003 native environment. > > > > User has a home directory on this server. It has been set up with > full > > control of files and directories to administrators, "SYSTEM", and that > > > user. > > > > Nobody can write to a particular user's home directory (including > folks > > who are administrators on both the local machine and the server) over > > the > > network. I can log into the server (locally or remote) and copy files > > > from the user's desktop system. > > > > On a remote login to the server itself, when I try to look at the > > properies of directories, I do not get the usual properties tabs. > > Instead, > > I get on saying "General" and one that says "Custom". Both are pretty > > > useless! What is missing is "Sharing" and "Security". > > > > Nothing changed as a result of re-booting the server. > > > > What next - hosed? > > -------------------------------------- > > Richard McClary, Systems Administrator > > ASPCA Knowledge Management > > 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 > > 217-337-9761 > > http://www.aspca.org > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain confidential and > > privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). > Any > > review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly > > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > > notify the sender immediately by email and delete the message and any > > file attachments from your computer. 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