topic Re: VA 7110 in Disk Enclosures

VA 7110

Gops_1 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:11:03 GMT

Hi all,
I am new to this storage area.
VA 7110. 15 hard drives each of 34 GB space.

Present problem is, only one drive is unavailable.

armdsp output as follows,

root@pbup1s>/ # armdsp -t VA7110

Vendor ID:______________________________HP
Product ID:_____________________________A6189B
Array World Wide Name:__________________50060b000015193f
Array Serial Number:____________________00USE0540K7E
Alias:__________________________________VA7110
Software Revision:______________________1.09.01 - 0182 - 050721
Command execution timestamp:____________Nov 18, 2008 3:54:03 PM
------------------------------------------------------------

(addresses are 0 based)
Disk Controller paths to Encl Hard Assigned
Fru disks Addr Addr Addr
------- ------------------- ---- ---- --------
M/D1 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x6f 0x6f 0x6f
M/D2 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x70 0x70 0x70
M/D3 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x71 0x71 0x71
M/D4 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x72 0x72 0x72
M/D5 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x73 0x73 0x73
M/D6 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x74 0x74 0x74
M/D7 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x75 0x75 0x75
M/D8 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x76 0x76 0x76
M/D9 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x77 0x77 0x77
M/D10 (-------, -------)* 0x78 ---- ---- #
M/D11 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x79 0x79 0x79
M/D12 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7a 0x7a 0x7a
M/D13 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7b 0x7b 0x7b
M/D14 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7c 0x7c 0x7c
M/D15 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x6d 0x6d 0x6d

Note: "*" indicates the drive is physically present
in the specified enclosure.

"#" indicates that one or more addresses do not match the
enclosure address (Encl Addr).

===================================================
Drives Listed in Physical Loop Order
===================================================

M/C1.J1 M/C2.J2 M/C1.J2 M/C2.J2
------- ------- ------- -------
M/D4 M/D4 ------- -------
M/D3 M/D3 ------- -------
M/D2 M/D2 ------- -------
M/D1 M/D1 ------- -------
M/D9 M/D9 ------- -------
M/D8 M/D8 ------- -------
M/D7 M/D7 ------- -------
M/D6 M/D6 ------- -------
M/D5 M/D5 ------- -------
M/D15 M/D15 ------- -------
M/D14 M/D14 ------- -------
M/D13 M/D13 ------- -------
M/D12 M/D12 ------- -------
M/D11 M/D11 ------- -------

In the above you can see the 10 is not active.

I am getting a warning message as:

WARNING: The host indicated that hot spare space reservation was desired, but th
e space left unallocated was insufficient to provide the reservation.

In the web it shows a warning status and when i click on Array status it shows the following

Overall Array State: Warning

Warning States : Active HOT Spare Unavailable
Informational States: Disk Scrubbing In Progress
Redundancy Level : 1 drive
Secure Manager : Disabled.

I dont know from when it has happened.

I checked the physical status. The 10 drive is in amber color.

Help me

Thanks
gV

Re: VA 7110

Torsten. — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:49:45 GMT

Hi,

check with

# armdsp -a
and
# armrbld -p

Your disk M/D10 is probably bad and needs replacement.

Consider to close your duplicated thread.

Re: VA 7110

skris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:49:10 GMT

please provide output of armdsp -a $arrayid
Guess that Should help.

Cheers!
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:43:22 GMT

i am attaching the armdsp -a and

armdsp -t

Vendor ID:______________________________HP
Product ID:_____________________________A6189B
Array World Wide Name:__________________50060b000015193f
Array Serial Number:____________________00USE0540K7E
Alias:__________________________________VA7110
Software Revision:______________________1.09.01 - 0182 - 050721
Command execution timestamp:____________Nov 19, 2008 12:27:56 PM
------------------------------------------------------------

(addresses are 0 based)
Disk Controller paths to Encl Hard Assigned
Fru disks Addr Addr Addr
------- ------------------- ---- ---- --------
M/D1 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x6f 0x6f 0x6f
M/D2 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x70 0x70 0x70
M/D3 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x71 0x71 0x71
M/D4 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x72 0x72 0x72
M/D5 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x73 0x73 0x73
M/D6 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x74 0x74 0x74
M/D7 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x75 0x75 0x75
M/D8 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x76 0x76 0x76
M/D9 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x77 0x77 0x77
M/D10 (-------, -------)* 0x78 ---- ---- #
M/D11 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x79 0x79 0x79
M/D12 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7a 0x7a 0x7a
M/D13 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7b 0x7b 0x7b
M/D14 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x7c 0x7c 0x7c
M/D15 (M/C2.J1, M/C1.J1)* 0x6d 0x6d 0x6d

Note: "*" indicates the drive is physically present
in the specified enclosure.

"#" indicates that one or more addresses do not match the
enclosure address (Encl Addr).

===================================================
Drives Listed in Physical Loop Order
===================================================

M/C1.J1 M/C2.J2 M/C1.J2 M/C2.J2
------- ------- ------- -------
M/D4 M/D4 ------- -------
M/D3 M/D3 ------- -------
M/D2 M/D2 ------- -------
M/D1 M/D1 ------- -------
M/D9 M/D9 ------- -------
M/D8 M/D8 ------- -------
M/D7 M/D7 ------- -------
M/D6 M/D6 ------- -------
M/D5 M/D5 ------- -------
M/D15 M/D15 ------- -------
M/D14 M/D14 ------- -------
M/D13 M/D13 ------- -------
M/D12 M/D12 ------- -------
M/D11 M/D11 ------- -------

Thanks
Gvee

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:47:33 GMT

/ # armrbld -p VA7110
Rebuild status:
Vendor ID = HP
Product ID = A6189B
Rebuild progress = No rebuild in progress

Auto Rebuild is = ENABLED
Rebuild priority is = HIGH

The array is not currently rebuilding.

How would i know what is the configuration done in all disk. Can anyone let me know the command. for example

Disk 1 --> data
Disk 2 ---> parity
Disk 3 ---> spare

Can i get above kind of details. Any command in brief.

Can anyone know how to browse into the Management console of my VA7110 SAN box.

Thanks
gV

Re: VA 7110

skris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:29 GMT

Hi GV,
The Drive @ location M/D10 is out and is not even listed.

Couple of things you could do here:

1) Reseat the drive and wait for a min, re-run the armdsp command and look for the drive.

2) replace the hard drive and since Auto rebuild and Autoformat are 'on' they should get the drive active.

Cheers!
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

skris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:52:24 GMT

The RAID level is
RAID Level:___________________________RAID1+0

so it is what you call the Magical Value, where you get high performance with great redundancy;

Replace the Drive 10 and you should be OK!

Cheers!
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:34:54 GMT

Reset means do you want me do it physically taking it out and press it again.

I have already ordered new disk with HP. Will wait till that time.

Is that safe if I remove that particular 10th disk and push again ? Wont it affect any other disk?

Thanks

gV

Re: VA 7110

skris — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:23:18 GMT

Hi,
it's a 'Re-Seat', you could definitely reseat the drive since

1) There are no rebuilds queued up this time.
2) The Drive is not a part of the array yet.

However, since you have already ordered the drive, I'd suggest waiting for the replacement.

Regards,
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:15:21 GMT

I just pulled it and pushed it again. Its back to green. I have attached the armdsp -a. Let me know whats this status is showing.

When i asked hp they said its in balancing state. They asking us to wait for some time to complete this balancing state. What is your suggestions.

I am keeping the spare hard disk delivered from hp to hold.

Thanks
gV

Re: VA 7110

skris — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:22:24 GMT

LOL!

The disk is back and functional. You rather keep an eye on the drive for a couple'o days or a week. If it fails again replace the drive and send it back.

Or better, wait for the balancing to complete remove the drive and replace the new one to avoid issues.

I would never like my array doin a balancing act everyday :)

Cheers!
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:49:54 GMT

I see the latest armdsp -a. Hope that mirroring has been done. There is warnings or errors. Attaching the copy of armdsp command.

Thnks
points...

gV

Re: VA 7110

skris — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:10:48 GMT

Hi,
The Logs look clean (for now!).
Remember! If you find amber light on the drive again, go ahead and replace it. Otherwise you'r OK.

Thanks and regards!
Shiva

Re: VA 7110

Gops_1 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:07:55 GMT

Thank you so much.
I wish to do something more than this.

I have database server in which the drives are mounted on this VA7110. One of the path is 98% i wish to extend this. Do you know the procedure. I wish to know the following,

1. How much free space available on my SAN.
2. How can use that free space to that 98% drive path,

I am attaching that bdf details below.

This is critical prodution server. Have you ever did this before.

Bdf as follows,

/dev/vg00/lvol3 1540096 1436200 103096 93% /
/dev/vg00/lvol1 497584 89168 358656 20% /stand
/dev/vg00/lvol10 6144000 2439176 3678808 40% /var
/dev/vg00/lvol8 6144000 3985600 2141560 65% /usr
/dev/vg00/lvol7 4096000 3412035 651361 84% /u01
/dev/vg00/lvol6 1024000 654528 366696 64% /tmp
/dev/vg00/lvol5 6144000 4282136 1849000 70% /opt
/dev/vg00/lvol4 1024000 20358 940921 2% /infraservices
/dev/vg00/lvol9 1024000 149944 867368 15% /home
/dev/vg01/lvol1 9216000 7685432 1482740 84% /pdwp1pkg/u02
/dev/vg01/lvol2 9433088 8197448 1197030 87% /pdwp1pkg/u03
/dev/vg01/lvol3 11980800 11733464 239610 98% /pdwp1pkg/u04
/dev/vg01/lvol4 11980800 7347350 4491582 62% /pdwp1pkg/u05
/dev/vg01/lvol5 512000 81224 411952 16% /infraservices/XML
/dev/vg01/lvol6 4096000 2042896 1924848 51% /pdwp1pkg/u06

You can see one drive path is 98%. I wish to extend this using the available free space in SAN.

Thanks
gVee

Re: VA 7110

BisiKesh — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:40:23 GMT

Hi,

/dev/vg01/lvol3 11980800 11733464 239610 98% /pdwp1pkg/u04

You can check the free space in VG vg01 by considering the Free PE counts. Then you can extend the LV /dev/vg01/lvol3 with available free space and then do fsadm on mount point to extend it.

Post the below output to know your available free space.

#vgdisplay -v vg01