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10-20-2014 06:28 PM
10-20-2014 06:28 PM
Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
This is from the Alpha 2100 users guide for the Storageworks 200 RAID system
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10-21-2014 08:44 AM
10-21-2014 08:44 AM
Re: Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
This controller is a poor one. I'd replace that KZPAC / SWXCR with something better and more reliable, and for various reasons, but if you really want to continue to endure it and its various limits and oddities and issues, then search for some links and details here:
<http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/564>
Here's a copy of the StorageWorks RAID Array 200 Online Management Utility for OpenVMS AXP (AA–Q6WVB–TE) manual, too.
There'll probably be some follow-up discussion in the comp.os.vms thread OP has started, too. I'll link back here and to the manual over there.
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10-21-2014 05:53 PM
10-21-2014 05:53 PM
Re: Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
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10-21-2014 06:13 PM
10-21-2014 06:13 PM
Re: Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
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10-22-2014 03:46 AM
10-22-2014 03:46 AM
Re: Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
OK. Opinion follows. I prefer to avoid the SWXCR series controllers. I usually prefer to replace these with a different external RAID and preferably with less-old and more-capacious disks; either new disks transplanted into the SBB bricks, or wholesale replacement with Universal-class disks in a new SCSI shelf.
You should already have what you need installed, as you've previously had a card present.
Unless you've swapped an EISA SWXCR for a PCI SWXCR? If so, boot the box, see if it finds the SWXCR, and work from there.
I'd not expect the need to run the startup on a more recent version of VMS (but it's been a couple of years since I last spotted a SWXCR and its old and dinky SBBs in use in the wild, and that was followed by "swappage"), but based on:
When the PCSI load procedure completes, add the following line to your
system’s startup file to ensure that the system recognizes the controller each
time you boot the system: $ @SYS$MANAGER:SWXCR_E$STARTUP
it'll be pretty easy to tell if your VMS version automatically sees the card on boot or not, so you can adapt your startup to your needs. Boot the box without that. Do you see the SWXCR storage? If not, you need to add the startup to your system startup.
I'd start looking to replace the SWXCR RAID controller and the associated (dinky) SBB storage devices, and would then probably also look to replace that AlphaServer 2100, as that box is big and hot and old and slow, and well up into the vintage where stuff just starts failing. Beyond the SWCXR, that is.
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10-22-2014 09:49 AM
10-22-2014 09:49 AM
Re: Storageworks RAID and missing manual...system disk problem
I agree a newer RAID would be great, and a newer Alpha (or an emulator) too...... But a bird in the hand ( meaning minimal $$$$$$$ outlay) carries a lot of weight. It's also used a lot as a backup system, so hopefully it will last until I retire in a few years!