Learn About Using the Unreadable Sectors Log

Important: Any data in the Unreadable Sectors Log is unrecoverable and should be considered lost.

The storage management software provides a way to view and sort the data in the Unreadable Sectors Log. The Unreadable Sectors Log contains detailed records of unreadable sectors caused by physical disks reporting unrecoverable media errors. This dialog enables you to clear and save unreadable sectors.

Unreadable sectors are detected during normal I/O and during and modification operations, such as . When unreadable sectors are detected on a , a Needs Attention storage array icon  is displayed for each storage array on the top-level storage array node. The Recovery Guru distinguishes which unreadable sector condition needs attention. Furthermore, the Recovery Guru suggests the appropriate procedures for resolving the condition.

Examples of events logged in the Unreadable Sectors Log include the following events:

Viewing the Unreadable Sectors Log

To view the Unreadable Sectors Log from the , select Advanced >> Recovery >> Unreadable Sectors.

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