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How to diagnose Event ID 129 and 153

This guide provides a structured method for diagnostics ID 129 and 153.

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Windows & Storage. Intermediate 15-30 min

This guide provides a structured method for diagnostics ID 129 and 153.

Avant de commencer : adaptez toujours les commandes et manipulations à votre environnement. Sur un système de production, prévoyez une backup ou un retour arrière lorsque l’action peut modifier la configuration.

Étapes à suivre

  1. 1

    Collect

    To identify the exact error, time time and context.

  2. 2

    Limit

    Identify the systems and users involved.

  3. 3

    Test

    Use appropriate tools or commands to confirm cause.

  4. 4

    Correct

    Apply a targeted and reversible correction.

  5. 5

    Validate

    Play the full screenplay and check the logs.

À retenir

  • Keep the initial state.
  • Avoid multiple simultaneous changes.
  • Document the final result.
Technical deep dive

Event ID 129 / 153: correlate resets and retries with the storage path

Technical checkpoints

  • Event 129 typically indicates a storage miniport reset after timeout; Event 153 indicates an I/O operation was retried.
  • The cause can be disk, controller/HBA, firmware, driver, cable, SAN or saturation; do not conclude “failed disk” from the event number alone.
  • Timestamp should be correlated with disk latency, backup, snapshot, MPIO and vendor errors.

Correlation

Export events with device name and compare with storage counters/SMART or SAN logs.

Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable @{LogName='System'; Id=129,153}

Topic-specific pitfalls

  • chkdsk does not fix HBA/SAN timeouts and can add load.
  • Updating a driver during active degradation without rollback planning can worsen outage.

How to validate

  • No new 129/153 event appears during representative load.
  • Latency, firmware/driver and health of each storage layer are coherent.
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