topic nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary in StoreVirtual Storage

nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Danel_1 — Fri, 20 May 2011 07:17:02 GMT

Hi ,

During our last customers installations of P4500 , the cluster creation failed with an nvram error.
For each server we must rebuild the raid before create the cluster.

is anyone know this issue ? and how to explain it ?

thanks

Didier DANEL

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Bart_Heungens — Sat, 21 May 2011 20:25:27 GMT

Which firmware level are you running?
Is the hardware status of the boxes OK?

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Danel_1 — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:43:28 GMT

hi ,

To day the cluster is up to date , but during the installaion , the last patches was missing.

Do you known that is better to update the nodes before create the cluster ?

thanks

Didier DANEL

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Bart_Heungens — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:23:58 GMT

You can create the management group and cluster, and than update the nodes afterwards. Even with voumes on it.

If it is a new setup though I would suggest first to update the nodes before creating the volumes and attaching the servers.

Guarantee yourself that also the connected servers have the latest Solution Pack installed (in case of Windows servers)

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Jitun — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:49:50 GMT

Always best to update the Nodes with the latest Patches before adding them to the Management Group.

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Bart_Heungens — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:27:36 GMT

@Jitun
Can you explain why? I never heard this statement before... And I updated my boxes from 8.1 to 8.5 to 9.0 with active volumes on it without any volume downtime...

Re: nvram problem , rebuid raid necessary

Jitun — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:13:38 GMT

I am only referring to nodes in Available status.

I would prefer updating/upgrading the Nodes with all the patches and then Adding them to Management Group rather than the other way round.

If the nodes are already in the Management Group then one has to upgrade/update it as is.