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can i say “NO” to “Clone multiply-claimed blocks” in fsck?
I need to know if i can still mount the volume when i tell fsck "no" in that question.
i dont need to repair all the files in the volume, i just need recover one single file for this event.
the ...
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How to mount parition in from a working driver in RAID1
One of hard drives in array is dead, I'm unsure if it's raid0 or raid1, what I'm trying to achieve is mount the working drive and make a backup of what's left.
If I mount /dev/md127 then I can see ...
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Drive cloning dd or rsync/sync via KVM
I've got a crash and the system won't boot correctly. I am getting errors like:
ata3.00: status: { DRDY }
ata3.00: status: { UNC }
What would be the best way to save the main drive to make the ...
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Use a linux (Ubuntu) live cd to read a hardware RAID array
I've got a Dell Poweredge 2900 server on it's face. We have had issues with it's PERC 6/i RAID controller over and over this last week. The server's OS is Small Business Server 2008 and it's RAID 5
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Ubuntu 10.04 install is missing /etc/rc0.d, is there a quickfix?
I have no idea how this happened, but /etc/rc.*/ is simply missing.
As a result, aptitude and apt-get don't work right anymore.
Is there a quick-fix for this? I really don't want to reinstall the OS ...
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Debian - Disaster recovery software
I run a web server on Debian-Lenny.
For the moment, I backup my whole system with tar with a daily script.
But for the recovery, I need to reinstall a clean Debian and then untar my latest tar file ...
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How can I tell if my hard drive(s) have Battery Backed Write Cache?
How can I tell if my hard drives have a battery backed write cache (BBWC)?
How can I tell if it is enabled and/or configured correctly?
I don't have physical access to my server. It's a GNU/Linux ...
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Disaster recovery: Mysql data
A friend of mine mysql linux server died and I managed to get almost all the data from the hdds...
What can I look for to recover his databases and data? Where are they stored and in which files? How ...
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Restore linux backup to new hardware
I was looking at following the instructions in this serverfault question for restoring a backup of a server to new hardware. I am a little bit confused by the whole process and have a few specific ...
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Architecture for highly available MySQL with automatic failover in physically diverse locations
I have been researching high availability (HA) solutions for MySQL between data centers.
For servers located in the same physical environment, I have preferred dual master with heartbeat (floating ...
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Bare-Metal Restores of Linux Servers with Tivoli
We currently use IBM Tivoli to back up our Linux servers and we are looking for suggestions on the best way to restore to bare metal. I've read IBM's doc on this issue. Is that still relevant or is ...
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Unmount a nfs mount where the nfs server has disappeared
Server A used to be a NFS server. Server B was mounting an export of that. Everything was fine. Then A died. Just switched off. Gone. Vanished.
However that folder is still mounted on B. I obviously ...
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Accidentally formated external usb harddrive (500GB) with bootable iso (1GB), how can I recover my data?
I was attempting to create a bootable usb thumbdrive from the ubuntu install cd using UNetBootin. Unfortunately, I accidental wrote the live cd to my 500gb usb external drive (which was almost ...
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Data recovery options for unix file systems
What popular and tried data recovery options are there?
I know of these (none of which have GUIs afaik):
foremost - Forensics application to recover data
scalpel - A Frugal, High Performance File ...
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lvm+ext3 vs ext3 recovery
I would like to hear from people who have personal experience recovering crashed systems or data from crashed drives using lvm+ext3 and ext3. Which option is harder to recover from backup or to ...
