topic Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660 in Operating System - HP-UX

Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:33:42 GMT

Hi,
Im currently using Ignite-UX 7.6 to perform a direct boot of an ignite tape on a rx2660, but when I issue the reconnect -r on the efi shell Im unable to see the tape, any clue?

Note,
The tape Im using to restore the system is a SCSI DAT72. My firmware revision is the following

SYSREV

Current firmware revisions

MP FW : F.02.25
BMC FW : 05.26
EFI FW : ROM A 07.14, ROM B 07.14
System FW : ROM A 04.15, ROM B 04.11, Boot ROM A
PDH FW : 50.07
UCIO FW : 03.0b
PRS FW : 00.08 UpSeqRev: 02, DownSeqRev: 01

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:40:57 GMT

you should see it when running

shell> devices

then you need to create a boot entry for the tape.

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 12:43:42 GMT

BTW, the boot from tape is even slower than the two-step recovery procedure ...

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:17:30 GMT

This is the output of the devices command, but I still can't identify or find the tape

Shell> devices
C T D
T Y C I
R P F A
L E G G #P #D #C Device Name
== = = = == == == =============================================================
10 R - - - 1 7 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)
11 R - - - 1 3 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,200)
12 R - - - 1 1 Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,300)
13 R - - - 1 2 Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,400)
14 R - - - 1 2 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,600)
15 R - - - 1 2 Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,700)
1A D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|0)
1B D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|1)
1C B - - 1 1 1 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(1|2)
1D B - - 1 2 2 Usb Open Host Controller
1E B - - 1 2 1 Usb Open Host Controller
1F D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|2)
20 B - - 1 5 2 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(3|0)
22 D X X 1 2 - LSI Logic SAS Controller
23 B X X 1 1 1 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,200)/Pci(2|0)
24 B X X 1 1 1 Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,200)/Pci(2|1)
25 D - - 1 - - Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,300)/Pci(0|0)
27 D - - 1 - - Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,400)/Pci(0|0)
28 B - - 1 1 1 Smart Array P400 Controller
29 D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,600)/Pci(1|0)
2A D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,600)/Pci(1|1)
2C D - - 1 - - Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,700)/Pci(0|0)
2D D X X 1 2 - LPe11000 PCIe 4Gb/s 2.5Gb/s, x4
3F D - - 2 - - Primary Standard Error Device
40 D - - 2 - - Primary Console Input Device
41 D - - 2 - - Primary Console Output Device
46 B - - 1 1 1 16550 Serial UART
47 B - - 1 5 3 VT-100+ Serial Console
48 B X - 1 3 1 Generic Usb Keyboard
49 D - - 1 - - Acpi(HWP0002,PNP0A03,0)/Pci(2|0)/Usb(0, 1)
4A D - - 1 3 - Usb Bot Mass Storage
69 D X X 1 3 - Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (BCM5704)
6A D X X 1 3 - Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (BCM5704)
6B B - - 1 2 3 Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,400)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)
A8 D - - 1 2 - FAT File System [FAT32] 500 MB
A9 D - - 1 1 - Acpi(HPQ0002,PNP0A08,400)/Pci(0|0)/Pci(0|0)/Scsi(Pun0,Lun0)/HD(Part2,Sig7FDF6C0E-5A7D-11DE-8003-D6217B60E588)
AA D - - 1 2 - FAT File System [FAT32] 400 MB

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:22:13 GMT

On our system there is a simple scsi HBA installed, the tape is shown in devices like this:

6F D X X 1 1 - SCSI Tape Device

Where did you connect the tape? What kind of HBA?

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:23:51 GMT

Its an scsi card attached to a DAT72 drive

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:26:00 GMT

Model number of the card?

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:27:11 GMT

See

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/compatibility/tapebackup/IPF/Detail/16-0015-0131.html#CONTROLLERS

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:28:01 GMT

This is a fragment of an ioscan on that system

...
ba 6 0/4 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
ext_bus 4 0/4/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320
target 3 0/4/1/0.3 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 0 0/4/1/0.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7438A
target 4 0/4/1/0.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
ctl 5 0/4/1/0.7.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE Initiator
ext_bus 5 0/4/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320
target 5 0/4/1/1.7 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
ctl 6 0/4/1/1.7.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE Initiator
...

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:31:19 GMT

Can you still boot hp-ux?

Get the device file of the controller and use mptconfig.

ba 6 0/4 lba CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS Local PCI-X Bus Adapter (12ee)
ext_bus 4 0/4/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320
target 3 0/4/1/0.3 tgt CLAIMED DEVICE
tape 0 0/4/1/0.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7438A

example:

# mptconfig /dev/mpt3

# mptconfig /dev/mpt3 vpd

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:44:36 GMT

mptconfig /dev/mpt4 vpd vpd

Scan For Devices ...

---- ADAPTER INFORMATION -----------------------------------------------------

Device File : /dev/mpt4
Hardware Path : 0/4/1/0

---- BUS PARAMETERS ----------------------------------------------------------

Initiator SCSI ID : 7
SCSI Bus Rate : Ultra320
SCSI Bus Width : Wide

---- CHANNEL CAPABILITIES ----------------------------------------------------

Req/Ack Offset : 127
Bus Mode : LVD
Quick Arbitration Selection : Disabled
DT Clocking : Enabled
Packetized : Enabled

---- TARGET PARAMETERS -------------------------------------------------------
Target Description Firmware In Use In Use
Id Version Rate Width
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No Targets

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:48:22 GMT

This means no tape drive.

But your previous ioscan did show it. Does ioscan still show it?

Is it powered? Terminator connected?

Check carefully for bent pins!

This may produce very strange behavior.

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:55:38 GMT

Its strange, but I can still seeing it

root@dinar:/ # ioscan -fnC tape
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=====================================================================
tape 0 0/4/1/0.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C7438A
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c4t3d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c4t3d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c4t3d0DDS
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c4t3d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c4t3d0BEST /dev/rmt/c4t3d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c4t3d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c4t3d0DDSnb

root@dinar:/ # mt -t /dev/rmt/0m status
Drive: HP C7438A
Format:
Status: [45114700] BOT write-protected online compression immediate-report-mode
File: 0
Block: 0

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:07:51 GMT

You can use the tape from hp-ux?

You should see the device from mptconfig too.

With bent pins (68 pin cable) I have already seen very strange things, e.g. visible from EFI, but not from hp-ux and vice versa. Did you check the cable?

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 17:09:28 GMT

I have the tape drive connected to the Channel A and there is a SCSI terminator on the tape drive. Channel B is not being used.

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:07:38 GMT

Let's try this:

# echo "sel dev all;info;wait;il"|cstm

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:36:31 GMT

Im enclosing the results attached

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:02:49 GMT

I wonder what kind of scsi card you have.

Usually all the tools will report the product number. But your card doesn't. An unsupported card? This would perhaps explain why you cannot see it in EFI.

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Hugo F Martinez — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:02:20 GMT

I installed the last HWEnablement and finally the mptconfig is working!

root@dinar:/ # mptconfig /dev/mpt4

Scan For Devices ...

---- ADAPTER INFORMATION -----------------------------------------------------

Device File : /dev/mpt4
Hardware Path : 0/4/1/0

---- BUS PARAMETERS ----------------------------------------------------------

Initiator SCSI ID : 7
SCSI Bus Rate : Ultra320
SCSI Bus Width : Wide

---- CHANNEL CAPABILITIES ----------------------------------------------------

Req/Ack Offset : 127
Bus Mode : LVD
Quick Arbitration Selection : Disabled
DT Clocking : Enabled
Packetized : Enabled

---- TARGET PARAMETERS -------------------------------------------------------
Target Description Firmware In Use In Use
Id Version Rate Width
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 C7438A V601 Ultra Wide

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Re: Unable to restore a ignite tape image on a rx2660

Torsten. — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:09:39 GMT

Can you say the product number of your scsi card?

I see an original emulex fc card (obviously not hp branded), so I wonder if the scsi card is hp branded?