topic Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not? in Operating System - HP-UX

How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

unixguy_1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:56:32 GMT

Dear friends ,

i used the below mentioned command to check the HDD is a problem.

diskinfo,Ioscan, and i used DD also.
and it's showing the disk status,Then The vendor is changed the new HDD.
i used the diskinfo command to check that it's showing the same Product-ID,i thought they changed the same model of the HDD,but i would like to knwo whether that HDD is New or not?

is there any tool to find that?
pls give the details in Advance.

Thanks,
Unixguy.

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:14:59 GMT

Hi Unixguy,

There is not really a way from the command line to know if the HD is new, you can check to see if it is a different HD by checking the serial number on it, but thatÂ´s all.

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Ganesan R — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:16:07 GMT

Hi,

What do you mean by New? Do you mean to ask the disk is brand new or used one ?

Or vendor used existing disk or replaced with another disk?

But there is no way to find whether it is brand new or already used disk from remote. What you can do is, check the serial number of the disk in cstm and compare it with old serial number if you have.

#cstm
cstm>map

cstm>sel dev 15 -->(here 15 is the dev number of the disk)

cstm>info
-- Updating Map --
Updating Map...
cstm>il

Will give the disk details including serial number.

Again why do you want to check? Any specific reason? After all we need to check the integrity of the disk. that's enough

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Pete Randall — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:16:33 GMT

There's no tool that I know of. You might be able to inspect the disk or it's packaging for some indication of whether it's refurbished or remanufactured but there's no way, other than asking the vendor, to tell if it's new.

Pete

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:20:46 GMT

Shalom,

Best bet is to look at cstm output.

If you don't mind booting the system, PA-RISC base systems have utilities for displaying and even updating the firmware on disks.

This is a task I always left to the HP hardware team.

SEP

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

unixguy_1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:27:15 GMT

Dear Friends,

Thanks a for giving the Wonderful support.

Customer is repalaced the failed disk,i don't knwo they are replacing that disk is used one or new brand disk.

after that i checked the replaced the disk is working,no problem at all,but i would like to know,whether that disk is new or not.

that's why i ask.......

Hi Ganesan,

the cstm is a Inbulit in our HP-Unix.

iam waiting for your reply.

Regards,
unixguy.

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Pete Randall — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:36:35 GMT

Like I (and others) said, the only way to find out is to ask the vendor that replaced it if it's new or not. Then you also need to be able to trust the vendor's answer because there is no way to verify.

Pete

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Ganesan R — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:38:13 GMT

Hi Unixguy,

It is not inbuilt. You need to install it from support plus CD. Product name is called support tools manager. If you don't have the CD you can download it from here.

http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B6191AAE

Use the below command to check if it is already installed or not.

# swlist |grep -i support
OnlineDiag B.11.11.18.05 HPUX 11.11 Support Tools Bundle, Dec 2006
#

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

unixguy_1 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:44:15 GMT

Dear Friends,

it's resolved,i closed the issue.....

Regards,
unixguy.

Re: How to identify replaced the disk is New or Not?

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:46:41 GMT

Unixguy,

Usually if you ask the vendor, they will be honest with you, they will tell you that when replacing parts they will reserved the right to use a new or refurbished part to fix a damaged one.
Most new parts are shipped with new equipment, and the replacements parts is like a lottery, you never know what you are going to get, but they will fix your system :-) thatÂ´s the good part.

Regards,

Jaime.