idisk: write of requested data failed(6)

[Tim Medford]

We have an older rx3600 itanium server running HPUX 11.23.  I have created an IgniteUX tape from it, and trying to reboot from the tape onto a new rx3600 server that we just bought but it is failing.  The new server came with 11.31 loaded on a P400 smart array and a Storageworks Ultirum 1760 drive.

The Ignite process seems to work initially, but then eventually throws these errors:

idisk: write of requested data failed(6)

idisk: failed destroying old alternate GPT

ERROR: idisk command failed

WHat I'm wondering is if the 11.23 o/s is too old, or the version of Ignite that I'm using and it doesn't have current enough drivers to recognize the new hardware?  Here is the current patch level from swlist:

BUNDLE B.2008.09.02 Patch Bundle

BUNDLE11i B.11.23.0409.3 Required Patch Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23), September 2004
FEATURE11i B.11.23.0803.070a Feature Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, March 2008
HPUX11i-OE-Ent B.11.23.0609 HP-UX Enterprise Operating Environment Component
HPUXBaseAux B.11.23.0609 HP-UX Base OS Auxiliary
HPUXBaseOS B.11.23 HP-UX Base OS
HWEnable11i B.11.23.0712.070 Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2007
IGNITE C.7.1.93 HP-UX Installation Utilities (Ignite-UX)
Ignite-UX-11-23 C.7.1.93 HP-UX Installation Utilities for Installing 11.23 Systems
QPKAPPS B.11.23.0912.082 Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009
QPKBASE B.11.23.0912.082 Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009

Any ideas?

[Torsten.]

Maybe the RAID driver is missing?

[Tim Medford]

Possibly.  The existing 11.23 server also has a P400 array, so it seems like it ought to be there.  The Ignite restore also threw some messages about unknown processor model, etc...

I think I will start by upgrading the existing version of Ignite-UX on the 11.23 box and then create a new recovery tape.  If that doesn't get it, I will attempt to upgrade 11.23 to the latest hardware enablement patch bundle and then create another tape.

Do you guy know, does Ignite includs all the latest drivers itself, or does it just use what you have installed in the o/s?