Index errors are not critical, they are used to access files faster, but deleted or corruped indexes do not do any harm on the actual file content.
You can't do it online as far as I know, since the volume needs to be exclusively locked to do such low-level operation. >-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von >Mario Antonio >Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Mai 2004 14:54 >An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Betreff: Re: [IMail Forum] Disks Tools > >Gene, > >Gene, > > > >About ten days ago, I got an Event ID 55 in the event log :" >The file system >structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the >chkdsk utility >on the volume D: " > > > >It is a pretty scary message, but the system is working fine. > > > >While running chkdsk in read-only mode, I get stuff like this: > >CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... > >Deleting index entry Dd8fe0567014c063d.SMD in index $I30 of file 2768. > >Deleting index entry DD8FE0~1.SMD in index $I30 of file 2768. > > > >And when I run chkntfs d: I get : The type of the file system >is NTFS. D: >is dirty. You may use the /C option to schedule chkdsk for this drive. > > > > > >I think that something happened in the I/O activity in the Imail spool. >Perhaps it is just a matter of letting chkdsk make its work a >boot time to >fix those indexes and lost chains. > > > >Since chkdsk /f is a slow process, I wonder if there is some >tool that can >do this job on-line. > > > >Mario Antonio > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Network Operation Center" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:34 PM >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Disks Tools > > >> Are you getting this in the event log? >> >> What does it say? >> >> Gene >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Mario Antonio >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:18 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [IMail Forum] Disks Tools >> >> I am having some problems with the partition where the Imail and the >> spool >> folders are located (My first guess is that this is due to >the high I/O >> disk activity of Imail). The operative system has set the >"Dirty Bit", >> so at >> boot time chkdsk /f will be executed. Because this is a >mission critical >> server that is expected to be online 24 hours a day, I cannot allow >> chkdsk >> to be run. That would require several hours of downtime. >> >> >> >> Does somebody know some type of SCANDISK utility (or equivalent) that >> can do >> the same job as CHKDSK, but while the operating system is in full >> operation? >> >> >> >> I am running Imail 8.01 in Windows 2000 server. In a Dell Poweredge >> 2450 >> with a Raid 5 controller. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Mario Antonio >> >> --- >> [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Webjogger's >AntiVirus Protection >> System] >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> --- >> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> >> --- >> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 4/24/2004 >> >> >> --- >> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >> Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 4/24/2004 >> >> >> --- >> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> --- >> [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Webjogger's >AntiVirus Protection >System] >> >> > >--- >[This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Webjogger's AntiVirus >Protection System] > > >To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >List Archive: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
