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7 Replies Last post: May 27, 2009 3:02 AM by mirla
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recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5

May 26, 2009 6:52 AM

Click to view mirla's profile Lurker mirla 4 posts since
May 26, 2009
Where was esxi server 3.5 installed
then my raid 5 array broke, and i rebuild them and dont format..
now my esxi server dont start.

it is posible to get virtual mashines from this partition?
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 6:57 AM
Click to view runclear's profile Expert runclear 429 posts since
Jan 20, 2008
Probably but it wont be cheap... Recovery of Raid Array's is pretty expensive...
http://www.rack42.com
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 7:06 AM
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Click to view mirla's profile Lurker mirla 4 posts since
May 26, 2009
i know, only in latvija to this services are small expirience to recovery vmfs.. now one service try for 3 weeks but nothing happens.. they say that this coast 1400 $.. now 3 weeks around. start to thinking to find another service..
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 7:18 AM
Click to view AndreTheGiant's profile Guru AndreTheGiant 5,650 posts since
Aug 28, 2008
But you have lost 2 (or more) disks in your RAID5?
Only in this way you have a broken RAID.

Andre
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Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 11:28 AM
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Click to view mirla's profile Lurker mirla 4 posts since
May 26, 2009
yes 2 disks... one day i sow whats one disk is broken, then i replacing proces some other broke.
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 11:34 AM
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Click to view AndreTheGiant's profile Guru AndreTheGiant 5,650 posts since
Aug 28, 2008
Great problem :(

Andre
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 26, 2009 2:23 PM
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Click to view DSTAVERT's profile Virtuoso DSTAVERT 2,181 posts since
Nov 30, 2003
I have had great luck recovering RAID devices doing it myself using RAID Reconstructor from runtime.org The software copies the data from each disk to a single disk image putting all the pieces in the right order.
Reply Re: recovery data from broken raid 5 array esxi 3.5 May 27, 2009 3:02 AM
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Click to view mirla's profile Lurker mirla 4 posts since
May 26, 2009
thanks.. i was try this, but this shows mee only one diks.. i have intel hardware raid controlleer.
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