Re: Solaris RAID failover problems

From: McBofh (james.N0SPAm.mcpherson_at_optusnet.com.au)
Date: 06/19/04 

Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 09:59:43 +1000
To: Brian Mengel <mengel@microserve.net>

Brian Mengel wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm presently trying to configure a Sunfire V120 with 2 36GB
> drives. My intent is to mirror the drives completely, allowing for
> failover to the secondary drive in the event of a primary drive
> failure. The system has been patched with all of the relevant and
> current patches.
...
> Drive not ready
> Can't read disk label.
> Can't open disk label package
> Boot device: rootmirror File and args:
> SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic 64-bit
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Copyright 1983-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
> Use is subject to license terms.
> WARNING: md: d10: (Unavailable) needs maintenance
> WARNING: forceload of misc/md_trans failed
> WARNING: forceload of misc/md_raid failed
> WARNING: forceload of misc/md_hotspares failed
> WARNING: forceload of misc/md_sp failed
> configuring IPv4 interfaces: eri0.
> Hostname: cnr
> metainit: cnr: stale databases

Well if you _have_ patched your system, you haven't patched your
kernel because 112233-* is not listed in the release string.

That's a recipe for disaster. Grab the 9_Recommended patch cluster
and install it, ensure that you check docs.sun.com for correct
mirroring procedures, and see how you go then.

It is quite possible that the websites you mentioned have not been
updated for current versions of Solaris9 and svm.

mcbofh

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