https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/does-initializing-an-msa1000-disk-format-the-disk-windows-server/m-p/4785727#M37753 hi expert<BR />i have an msa1000 where the active controller is down so i have moved to the redundant controller but the server couldn't see the volumes as the fc switch related to the redundant don't have any configuration so i have configured zoning on the switch related to the redundant controller now the server is able to see the msa1000 but when i log in windows server 2003 and i go to disk management the msa1000 disks appears as uninitialized my question is<BR />if i initialize the disk will i loose my data? or i will be able to access it normally? please advice<BR />thanks in advance Mon, 09 May 2011 14:43:12 GMT ilayy 2011-05-09T14:43:12Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/does-initializing-an-msa1000-disk-format-the-disk-windows-server/m-p/4785727#M37753 hi expert<BR />i have an msa1000 where the active controller is down so i have moved to the redundant controller but the server couldn't see the volumes as the fc switch related to the redundant don't have any configuration so i have configured zoning on the switch related to the redundant controller now the server is able to see the msa1000 but when i log in windows server 2003 and i go to disk management the msa1000 disks appears as uninitialized my question is<BR />if i initialize the disk will i loose my data? or i will be able to access it normally? please advice<BR />thanks in advance Mon, 09 May 2011 14:43:12 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/does-initializing-an-msa1000-disk-format-the-disk-windows-server/m-p/4785727#M37753 ilayy 2011-05-09T14:43:12Z