I don't think it will go into safe mode, my experience is that it just boots. This is with both iSCSI and physical volumes.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/29/2011 8:41 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > > Then I would down the server. Go to your SAN management make the LUN > > inaccessible via whatever method, and then restart your server, it is > > the equivalent of pulling a physical disk. > > That's what the boss and I just decided. However, we also decided to > just let the CHKDSK keep running overnight - who knows, maybe the silly > thing will finish, before the employees start showing up. I will try and > get there at 6AM, and if it's not finished, I will power down the > server, unpresent the drive, and power back up. It *should* just go into > Windows (complaining the whole way, no doubt). > > If the drive isn't there, it should just not run CHKDSK at all, and go > into Windows (Safe Mode?). Yes? > > What we also may do is clone the *other* SAN drive (the one not being > CHKDSKed), just in case Windows does get very unhappy. However, I dunno > how long that will take. > > But we're all agreed that Windows itself shouldn't be affected. The > server will complain about the disk drive not being there, but should > start normally. > > What a screw up ... wish I had some way to estimate how long it will > take to check that much free space (about 1.6TB, I believe). RIght now > it's been at "Checking free space" for 90 minutes. If I knew it would > take less than 12 hours, I would worry less (because then it would be > done by 7AM) ... > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On 3/29/2011 8:25 PM, Jonathan Link wrote: > > > I don't believe it will corrupt your Windows instance, since > Windows > > > isn't installed on the disk chkdsk is currently running on. > > > > Thank $DIETY. > > > > (yes, I know that's not a guarantee, but it's what you, I, my boss, > and > > my searches seem to indicate) > > > > > Usually, when you boot and the dirty bit is set, you're given the > > option > > > to skip the disk check. > > > > Hitting ESCAPE during boot up? > > > > > Since this is a volume mounted separately (is it iSCSI) > > > > Fiber Channel, from an HP SAN. > > > > > I think the worst case is that you lose the volume. > > > > Don't care (too much) about losing this disk volume. It's losing the > C: > > and D: that is terrifying me .... > > > > > > > > None of this comes with guarantees. :-) > > > > I know. As I say, I'm an idiot ... > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > I have a bit of an urgent problem. I have a Win2003 server, > > and I needed > > > to run CHKDSK on the X: drive (a SAN drive that we use to > > write disk > > > backups to). So it is NOT running CHKDSK the boot drive, or > > the drive > > > where programs are installed; the X: drive is just for disk > > backup (EMC > > > Networker). > > > > > > X: is, however, like 2 TB in size ... mostly empty, tho, as > > the backup > > > to disk has not been working. (mostly meaning maybe 200-300G, > > probably > > > less, used space). > > > > > > Chkdsk has been running for like 75 minutes, and I have no way > of > > > estimating how much longer it will take. > > > > > > So my questions: > > > > > > 1. There's no way to interrupt it, except to power down. But > > will it > > > corrupt the machine? I don't really care if the X: drive is > > corrupt, as > > > long as it boots up and the Lotus Notes services run (none of > > which are > > > installed on X:, everything is to drive E:, a separate SAN > drive). > > > > > > 2. If I do power it down, will it insist on running CHKDSK > > when it comes > > > up? I need to get the server back into production, and can't > > really wait > > > for CHKDSK to finish on that drive. > > > > > > Any help REALLY appreciated, thanks. > > > > > > (yes, I'm an idiot) > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource > hog! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > ~ > > > > > > --- > > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > --- > > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
