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тАО09-27-2006 07:58 PM
тАО09-27-2006 07:58 PM
I have a faulty disk that belongs to a shadow set in a clustered VMS.
I have to change it online, as the disk is hot plugable.
I have two questions:
1. Where can I see some system logs that report disk as faulty? I have just physically seen the disk has a red light, but I want more information from the system.
2.Is there any special procedure I have to follow or just remove the old one and put the new one and the system will automatically perform the rebuild?
Thank you in advance.
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тАО09-27-2006 08:12 PM
тАО09-27-2006 08:12 PM
Solution>Is there any special procedure I have to follow
General principle. Never reduce a shadowset below 2 members. If you have sufficient disk slots, I'd recommend you start by adding a 3rd member to the shadowset and let it copy. Shadowing will notice any faults on the bad disk, and copy good data from the other member. Once the copy has completed, DISMOUNT the bad disk then physically remove it. Don't forget to change your startup MOUNT commands to reflect the new membership.
> Where can I see some system logs that report disk as faulty?
Does SHOW ERROR show a non-zero error count for the disk? If so, look in the error log. Exactly how depends on your hardware and version (ANALYZE/ERROR, DIAGNOSE, Compaq Analyze, SEA etc...)
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тАО09-27-2006 08:14 PM
тАО09-27-2006 08:14 PM
Re: Replace faulty disk belonging to a shadow set
Item 1: If the disk is really faulty, the shadow server should have trown it out of the shadowset. OTOH, you can use ANALYZE/ERROR/ELV to see what the drivers, etc. have reported; you can also check the OPERATOR.LOG file.
Item 2: If the disk is still part of the shadowset, you have to dismount it first. E.g.: If you have device DSA1, consisting of $1$DKA0: and $1$DKB0:, and $1$DKB0: is the faulty one, do the following:
$ DISMOUNT $1$DKB0:
physically replace the disk
$ INITIALIZE $1$DKB0: label
$ MOUNT/SYSTEM DSA1:/SHAD=($1$DKA0:,$1$DKB0:) label
Hope this helps,
Kris (aka Qkcl)
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тАО09-27-2006 08:15 PM
тАО09-27-2006 08:15 PM
Re: Replace faulty disk belonging to a shadow set
For further analysis there are tools like ANA/ERROR, DIAGNOSE or SEA (the last 2 must be installed separately).
If the disk is still active in the shadowset, you should dismount it with DISMOUNT dsk, e.g. DISMOUNT DKA100. This leaves the shadowset intact, so the users are not affected.
Then you should replace the disk and remount it with
$ MOUNT/SYS DSAnn /SHAD=(dsk) label /confirm
regards Kalle
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тАО09-28-2006 02:05 AM
тАО09-28-2006 02:05 AM
Re: Replace faulty disk belonging to a shadow set
I issued the command in the system:
show dev dk
Device Device Error Volume Free Trans Mnt
Name Status Count Label Blocks Count Cnt
$1$DKA11: (SYS2) Online 312
$1$DKA21: (SYS2) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA1:)
$1$DKA22: (SYS2) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA2:)
$1$DKA12: (SYS2) ShadowSetMember 0 (member of DSA2:)
DSA1 has been formed by $1$DKA11 and $1$DKA21. I see the faulty disk $1$DKA11 witch has 312 errors and $1$DKA21 witch is part of DSA1. Label has been APP_DATA.
Should I issue:
$ INITIALIZE $1$DKA11: APP_DATA
$ MOUNT/SYSTEM DSA1:/SHAD=($1$DKA11:,$1$DKA21:) APP_DATA
and the data will be copied from DKA21 to DKA11?
Thank you again.
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тАО09-28-2006 02:23 AM
тАО09-28-2006 02:23 AM
Re: Replace faulty disk belonging to a shadow set
the INIT is not nec.
You may add the /CONFIRM qualifier. VMS then will show you, in what way the data will be copied, and if is it as expected, you confirm with YES and off the shadow copy goes.
regards Kalle