Netserver LH3 raid array recovery

[Kenny Yeung]

We have lost our nvram configuration and raid disk configuration on our Netserver LH3 (PII 450mhz). Server boots up with no NOS detected. Is there any way we can have the server recover without reinstall NOS? Should I run the consistency check? Any help will be appreciate.

[Greg Carlson]

Kenny,

More information is needed but Don't run a consistency check.. only run those in an optimal state.

How did you loose your configuration? Booting to No OS Found doesn't necessarily mean you lost your configuration. Are there any error messages on POST? Boot into Ctrl-M and go to Configure->View-Add-Delete and see if you get a choice between disk and NVRAM or if it just scans the channel.. Post what you find including ID's and status..

Ciao,
Greg

[Marino Meloni_1]

hi
Greg is right, if this didn't solve, another step is to recreate the raid without performing the initialization, in this way you can recover the data, try the defauls config first, or ask the person who install the server, this step can be performed few time until you found right config, but remember, do not initialize the raid or your data will be overwrited.
bye
marino