VA 7110

[Gops_1]

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

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

Hi,

check with

# armdsp -a
and
# armrbld -p

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




Consider to close your duplicated thread.

[skris]

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

Cheers!
Shiva

[Gops_1]

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

[Gops_1]

/ # 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

[skris]

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

[skris]

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

[Gops_1]

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

[skris]

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

[Gops_1]

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

[skris]

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

[Gops_1]

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

[skris]

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

[Gops_1]

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

[BisiKesh]

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