I'm nervous to trust the hotswap features and camcontrol to set things up properly, but I guess I could try it. When I first set the system up before I put data on the array I tried the hotswap functionality and drives wouldn't always re-attach when reinserted, even if I fiddled with camcontrol, but I can't remember exactly what I did then.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Garrett Moore <garrettmo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The data on the disks is not irreplaceable so if I lose the array it > isn't > > the end of the world but I would prefer not to lose it as it would be a > pain > > to get all of the data again. > > > > Freddie's explanation is reasonable, but any ideas why it didn't happen > when > > I replaced my first dead drive (da5)? That replacement was completely > > painless. > > > > The system is in a Supermicro case with a hotswap backplane: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/743/SC743TQ-865.cfm > > The backplane ports are connected to a Supermicro AOC-USASLP-L8I LSI > 1068E > > 8-PORT RAID 0/1/10 Uio SATA/SAS Controller. > > > > By the way, Freddie, in your instructions in the 'reboot' step I assume > that > > is when I will be switching the physical drives, correct? > > Correct. export, power off, swap drives, power on, import. > > If it's a hot-swap backplane, though, have you tried doing it without > the reboot? > > zpool offline tank da3 > camcontrol <something to turn off> da3 > <swap drives> > camcontrol rescan (or something like that) > zpool replace tank da3 > > Read the camcontrol man page to see what the commands are to "turn > off" the drive, and to rescan the controller for the new drive. It's > possible the device number may change. > > -- > Freddie Cash > fjwc...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"