You may be correct, which is why he's bringing a spare array to the office.
We cannot get Commandview to work for some dumb reason. Hellava April
fool's day for me... :(
On Apr 1, 2015 9:37 PM, "mr_lalley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wes,
>
> IMHO, the problem is your VA array. Is there any way you can query the
> serial port (and paste the output here)? Better yet, do you have
> CommandView?
>
> Without more information from the VA, I think your flying blind.
>
> -Craig
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Wes S <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 01/04/2015 7:25 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: system abort
>
> Unfortunately the drive in question didn't show a fault and thus we have no
> idea which drive to replace. And the bad sector message moved from ldev 54
> to 56.
>
> Current status: so we tried to do an install using boot alt path and still
> get the crash message, except now it doesn't show message "start aggregate
> recovery of mpexl set" and goes directly to "userlog aggregate recovery"
> then aggregate recovery of private volume then crash message. Our hardware
> guy and myself both of us with 20+ years on this platform have never seen
> this happen. What is causing this to crash? All devices show as being
> mounted, all paths are there, we are stumped. He will attempt to hook a
> different VA and bridge to see if that gets us past the crash.
>
> Keep the ideas coming please. Is a test server but ppl are waiting...but I
> need sleep...
>
> Wes
> On Apr 1, 2015 5:03 PM, "Jack Connor" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > If you got a bad sector message, Wes, doing the install is a waste of
> time
> > if you didn't replace the failed drive.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Wes S
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 5:40 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] system abort
> >
> > I appreciate the help, been on this for 4 hours already and have not
> > received any viable solution. I just started the install command from
> alt
> > boot path and rebuild it. Is test and just taking longer by waiting.
> >
> > Thanks for the help folks. LL MPE!
> > On Apr 1, 2015 4:07 PM, "Wes S" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Yep, SCSI from processor to bridge, fiber from bridge to brocade
> > > switch, fiber from switch to VA.
> > >
> > > We brought system up in single disk mode and looking at sysgen. All
> > > ldevs are there.
> > > On Apr 1, 2015 4:02 PM, "Jim Maher" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> You should have a SCSI bridge. It’s a small box that converts SCSI to
> > >> fiber.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *From:* Wes S [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > >> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:59 PM
> > >> *To:* Jim Maher
> > >> *Cc:* [log in to unmask]
> > >> *Subject:* RE: [HP3000-L] system abort
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> A6188A - 7100
> > >>
> > >> On Apr 1, 2015 3:56 PM, "Jim Maher" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> You said you are using a va array on a 969. What model? Also are you
> > >> using a SCSI/fc bridge?
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > >> Behalf Of Wes S
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 1:51 PM
> > >> To: [log in to unmask]
> > >> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] system abort
> > >>
> > >> VA is in ready state. We have power cycled all the hardware, had to
> > >> bring it up in a particular order. Tried booting 5 or 6 times now and
> > >> crashes when it gets to aggregate recovery of private volume set.
> > >> On Apr 1, 2015 3:48 PM, "Ryan C. Melander" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > VA's can be finicky, I would reboot VA. Before reloading anything.
> > >> > Is the VA in a ready state? Anything showing in the VA logs?
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > -------- Original message --------
> > >> > From: Wes S <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > Date: 04/01/2015 1:44 PM (GMT-08:00)
> > >> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > >> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] system abort
> > >> >
> > >> > Mapper shows all devices are there. We did that a while ago...:)
> > >> > On Apr 1, 2015 3:42 PM, "Mark Ranft" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > The first thing I would do is BO PRI and instead of START
> > >> > > NORECOVERY. I would run ODE MAPPER. (Note: This is MAPPER2 on
> > >> newer system).
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Hint: At ISL> prompt type 'RUN ODE MAPPER'
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Verify you can see all the disks you think you should see.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Mark Ranft
> > >> > > Pro 3K
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
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