I recently had chkdsk run on a 2tb iscsi volume. I think it took about 5 hours.
Sent from my Palm Pre on the Now Network from Sprint ________________________________ On Mar 29, 2011 7:56 PM, Mike Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com> 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 <oozerd...@gmail.com > <mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com>> 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 <oozerd...@gmail.com > <mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com <mailto:oozerd...@gmail.com>>> 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? 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