SUMMARY: 280R hangs during boot with VxVM installed

From: NKS (sunadmin_at_norsar.no)
Date: 05/30/05

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    Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:14:07 +0200 (CEST)
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    Original post:

    > Fellow Managers,
    >
    > Sun280R, Solaris 9, latest rec. patches. 118558-05. Veritas 4.0 MP1.
    > Encapsulated root disk. Two internal OS disks. Sun Ultra SCSI dual
    > LVD controller. Nexsan Ataboy2 SCSI RAID-disk (LUNs 4 & 5) attached,
    > one on each SCSI channel. /kernel/drv/sd.conf updated.
    >
    > Server hangs during boot after VxVM inst. and disk encapsulation,
    > both singe and multiuser...
    >
    > Last boot-message on display:
    >
    > NOTICE: VXVM vxdmp V-5-0-34 added disk array DISKS, datatype = Disk

    Solution:

    Downgrade to Solaris 8, latest recommended patches. Kernel version
    Generic_117350-24

    Thanks to Mark Ebaugh for pointing me in the right direction:

    > I have had a similar issue that is caused by a remote storage device
    > that do not understand persistent reserve and release, and current
    > versions of Veritas for Solaris rely on this optional feature of the
    > SCSI spec. I have a very different set up than you are using, but the
    > symptoms are very similar.
    > Unfortunately the fix in my case is waiting on a firmware release from
    > the storage vendor.

    Best regards,

    Nils
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