How to identify bad disk by WWN Windows Server 2008

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I have two identical hard drives in Windows Server 2008 configured in diskmgmt.msc as a software mirror, or whatever MS's parlance is. One of the disks is bad. Good ol' Linux can show a drive's WWN in the output of ls -l /dev/disk/by-id, but I need to know if there's a way of identifying via software (diskmgmt, diskpart, disk properties, etc.) a disk's SN or WWN to match the info on the disks's label. wmic diskdrive get doesn't appear to offer any 1-to-1 information.

user38537

Posted 2017-10-28T03:19:36.737

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You may need to use the /all switch for your WMIC command to get enough information to uniquely identify the disk drives:

wmic diskdrive get /all

You may also be able to get identifying information through Disk Management as follows:

  1. In Disk Management, right-click the fixed disk and click Properties enter image description here
  2. On the Details tab of the Properties window, inspect the various details exposed by the disk enter image description here

Some possible detail fields that will help identify a disk are:

  • Friendly name
  • Hardware IDs
  • Bus reported device description
  • Location information

I say Reinstate Monica

Posted 2017-10-28T03:19:36.737

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The /all switch is implied if specific data isn't requested. I looked through the details window for each drive (as stated, they're identical) and didn't find any info that explicitly differentiated the disks from one another. The SN listed in the wmic output doesn't match the SN format from a previous drive (I scanned the label). The "Location Information" isn't guaranteed to remain consistent across reboots. – user38537 – 2017-10-28T22:46:59.437

Yeah, the usefulness of these details can be somewhat system specific, though the fact you're getting inconsistent serial number info is troubling. On every system I've ever run wmic diskdrive on, /all returns significantly more info. Not sure why you're getting a different result. – I say Reinstate Monica – 2017-10-28T22:53:59.873

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