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Bad Block Job Failure

arctics
Level 3

While running an incremental backup of the Backup Exec server DB and System State, it failed with the following error:

 

The device, \Device\Harddisk2\DR2, has a bad block.

 

This to me sounds like it's indicating a hard drive failure.  Any thoughts?

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AmolB
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arctics
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Thanks for the response.  Based on that thread, it's indicating a drive is about to fail.  If that's the case, can we identify which drive specifically it is?  Will this be sufficient to proactively replace the drive in warranty?

 

CraigV
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If you have a brand-name server like HP, Dell etc, they have hardware monitoring platforms. HP has System Management Homepage for instance. These built-in monitoring platforms can tell you which drive is failing/in pre-failure.

Thanks!

arctics
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Thanks Craig.  To clarify, this is a Symantec Backup Exec 3600 Appliance.  So access to the OS is disabled.