Resolving Issues when all Volumes on Novell Server Fail to Mount

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Novell Netware is recognized for its strong file sharingdisk(s)
features and networking abilities. That is the reason 
why this operating system is so popular amongTips to Solve
network administrators. But what if your SYS volumeAccording to the issue in place, you should perform the
got corrupted on your main production server's hardbelow sequence of steps:
disk? Worried? Here are a few disk data recoveryFirst check if all the cables and power of external
methods that can aid in recovering lost data in suchserver disk(s) are healthy. If not, replace the faulty
situations.ones.
The SYS volume stores NLM™ programs and mostReplace the serve disk that contains SYS volume,
importantly, the NetWare system files. Whencreate partitions and SYS volume, and later restore
corrupted, SYS volume cannot be mounted in most ofthe data
the situations and hence all other volumes.In case of volume corruption, you need to run required
Consequently, the Novell eDirectory™ tree does notvolume repair utilities (VREPAIR or REBUILD)
contain the volume, LAN drivers are not loaded, andaccording to your volume type. If this fails, delete the
autoexec.ncf file is not executed.volume and restore from backup or run a disk partition
Consider a similar scenario when your SYS volumerecovery software to extract lost data first and then
fails to mount. You observe an unexpected powerrecreate the volume. Disk Data Recovery utilities
failure on your Novell NetWare server and soon afterextract lost data from corrupted or deleted NetWare
this, when you try to boot the server, you observe thatvolumes.
none of the volumes present on the server can be 
mounted. As a result, all the data that is stored onStellar Phoenix Novell Data Recovery is an exclusively
these volumes is no longer accessible.designed utility to recover lost data from Novell
 NetWare volumes. This Disk Partition Recovery tool is
As discussed, this behavior is due to SYS volumeavailable in two different variants for NWFS and NSS
corruption. Apart from this, other issues that preventfile systems. A safe software that employs complex
the volumes from mounting are:scanning methods to restore lost information.