exacqVision Battery Relearn

Description  Meaning of Battery Relearn messages Product  exacqVision Server Information The RAID Controller undergoes a normal cycle to periodically drain the power from the board’s backup battery to test its ability to provide power when needed. This cycle is referred to a ‘relearn’.  Solution No action needed, this is a normal message. <br>

ExacqVision BBU Failure

Title ExacqVision BBU Failure Description  Meaning of BBU (Backup Battery Unit) Failure message Product  ExacqVision Server Information Battery Backup failure means that the on-board RAID Controller’s battery is bad and should be replaced. In many cases, this may mean replacing the entire RAID card due to restrictions on shipping batteries. Confirm that any cables connecting the BBU… Continue reading ExacqVision BBU Failure

exacqVision Cache Flush / Dirty Cache

Description  Meanining of Cache Flush / Dirty Cache messages Product  exacqVision Server Information This typically means that the RAID controller lost power/battery power during a write operation. The RAID controller contains a small buffer for data being written to the hard drives. When the write has been confirmed, the cache is cleared.  Solution If the machine… Continue reading exacqVision Cache Flush / Dirty Cache

ExacqVision Drive is Offline

Title ExacqVision Drive is Offline Description  Meaning of Drive is Offline message. This could be seen in Storage or in system logs. Product  ExacqVision Server Information This message could be the result of many underlying causes. It is possible the physical drive connection has failed, or a drive has been removed manually.This could also result… Continue reading ExacqVision Drive is Offline

ExacqVision Corrupt Backup GPT Table or GPT Header

Title ExacqVision Corrupt Backup GPT Table or GPT Header Description  Meaning of Corrupt Backup GPT Table or GPT Header message Product  ExacqVision Server Information Similar to a ‘Bad Superblock’, this metadata information about a partition can normally be restored without losing data. Solution Run ‘gdisk’ See Knowledge Base Article #7812 “Using gdisk to Fix Backup… Continue reading ExacqVision Corrupt Backup GPT Table or GPT Header

exacqVision Threshold Exceeded Message

Description  Meaning of Threshold Exceeded Message in exacqVision. These may appear in both the logs as well as on the Storage details page in the client. Product  Information This message indicates that at least one of the many S.M.A.R.T. attributes returned from the drive has exceeded a manufacturer defined threshold, and the drive is expected… Continue reading exacqVision Threshold Exceeded Message

exacqVision Input/Output, Media, or Write Errors

Description  Meaning of Input/Output Errors, Media Errors, or Write Errors seen in Storage or exacqVision logs. Product  exacqVision Server Information These messages are normally due to a corrupted filesystem or bad blocks on the disk(s). Solution Run ‘chkdsk’ or ‘fsck’. If problem returns, replace the drive. <br>

exacqVision Bad Superblock Message

Description  Meaning Bad Superblock message in logs Product  exacqVision Server Information A superblock is a block of data written at the beginning of a partition that contains metadata about the filesystem. If this block becomes corrupted, a ‘Bad Superblock’ message results.  Solution There are several backups of this data throughout the hard drive and it… Continue reading exacqVision Bad Superblock Message

exacqVision NTFS Errors

Description  Meaning of NTFS Errors noted in system logs Product  exacqVision Server Information NTFS Errors are specific to Windows systems. This is caused by a file system corruption resulting from a corrupted partition, lack of available memory, driver problems, virus, or possibly damaged hard drive.  Solution More troubleshooting is needed to refine the source of… Continue reading exacqVision NTFS Errors

ExacqVision ECC Errors

Description  Meaning of ECC Errors noted from ExacqVision Product  ExacqVision Server Information When data is written to disk, an algorithm creates a checksum value, similar to a hash value that is used to compare against the data on the drive. When the system revisits this data and finds the values in this checksum value no… Continue reading ExacqVision ECC Errors