CentOS encountered issues following a VMWare ESXi RAID failure.
CentOS encountered issues following a VMWare ESXi RAID failure.
Hey there,
Disclaimer: I don’t have working backups for this setup, so please don’t hesitate to ask. It was a mistake, and I’m already frustrated. (Sorry if that sounded rude)
I’m dealing with a CentOS 6.9 machine that’s broken. I have the LVM file, but it might be corrupted—I’m not sure. When I boot from the installation media, the recovery tool doesn’t help much.
Anyone have any shell commands that could rebuild the filesystem or retrieve the SQL database? Thanks!
Is this a virtual machine? Are backups involved? Why didn't the raid succeed? You might want to consider a data recovery service.
This was a virtual machine with no backups. A RAID 5 failure occurred, requiring a rebuild on a different drive that took over 36 hours. I'm seeking help and think we should contact recovery services.
The array was affected, but the data remained intact during the rebuild. The array was constructed using a specific RAID card.
It's a fairly old Dell Poweredge from the 1950s, probably a PCEP6 or similar. The site suggests it could be worth between $5,000 and $25,000, but only for a few months of data recovery—definitely not a good deal.
I can try to help with that. Accessing the LVM is possible, but it might require some setup. Would you like guidance on how to proceed?