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Running a Consistency Check

You should run a consistency check on fault-tolerant virtual drives in RAID 1or RAID 1E configurations periodically (RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy). A consistency check scans the virtual drive to determine whether the data has become corrupted and needs to be restored.

For example, in a system with parity, checking consistency means computing the data on one drive and comparing the results to the contents of the parity drive. You must run a consistency check if you suspect that the data on the virtual drive might be corrupted.

Make sure to back up your data before running a consistency check if you think the data might be corrupted.

To run a consistency check, first set the consistency check properties and then schedule the consistency check. The following sections explains how to:


DB09-000202-04  37857-02  Rev. E  October 2010
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