Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Irritatingly, a reboot of the server has made the foreign state "go away". What's annoying is even removing/reinserting the drive didn't clear this, only a reboot did. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:47 -0700, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > Mark Watts wrote: > > OK, here's what I have: > > > > - Running system with a single-disk RAID-0 (disk 0:0:0) > > - Spare disk of same model/capacity, from another PERC5 (disk 0:0:1) > > > > I want to be able to get into a state where I can raid-level-migrate and > > convert the current virtual disk (0:0:0) into a RAID-1 mirror. > > > > Currently, the fact that disk 0:0:1 contains a foreign config is > > preventing this. > > > > I do, however, have a spare 1950/PERC5 chassis I can put the disk in, > > although I can't see any way in the PERC bios to clear any configuration > > present on the disk - clearing the foreign config on a different PERC > > doesn't seem to do that in quite the way you expect. > > > > Mark > Mark, > > Does the LSI MegaCLI utility work for you? > > MegaCli -CfgForeign -Clear [x] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL > x - index of foreign configurations. Optional. All by default. > > and if you want to completely clear the entire drive: > > MegaCli -PDClear -Start|-Stop|-ShowProg |-ProgDsply > -PhysDrv [E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL > > Something like: > MegaCli -pdclear -start -physdrv '[32:1]' -a0 > > (often the internal drive enclosure is "32", and i presume your drive > will be > in enclosure slot "1") > > --stephen It's giving me slightly conflicting results: # /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -CfgForeign -Scan -a0 There is no foreign configuration on controller 0. # /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -pdInfo -PhysDrv[8:1] -a0 Enclosure Device ID: 8 Slot Number: 1 Device Id: 1 Sequence Number: 11 Media Error Count: 0 Other Error Count: 0 Predictive Failure Count: 0 Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0 Raw Size: 70007MB [0x88bb93a Sectors] Non Coerced Size: 69495MB [0x87bb93a Sectors] Coerced Size: 69376MB [0x878 Sectors] Firmware state: Unconfigured(good) SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50004901ba1 SAS Address(1): 0x0 Connected Port Number: 1 Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST373455SS S5133LQ0XWSY This Drive Is Foreign. I have just done a full clear of the drive history: # /opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli -pdClear -start -PhysDrv[8:1] -a0 And it does appear to have cleared the drive - OMSA and MegaCli gave me a progress bar, but its still showing as Foreign in OMSA and through MegaCli. Can anyone explain the mismatch between the controller state and the disk state? It would certainly appear to be the disk I need to reset, not the controller. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearing a foreign config action is done to the controller, not the pdisk.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/6.2/en/CLI/HTML/storage.htm#wp1078885
omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=1
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On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
> the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
>
> Paul
>
How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
the drive?
Mark.
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I probably should also warn you that the operations I have described are data
destructive (i.e. could result in loss of data/loss of OS functionality). So
use at your own risk.
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To: pmd...@ctgcentral2.com; linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. To
get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk or to
delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command.
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Subject: Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:52 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Dis
Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Mark Watts wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
>> the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
>>
>> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
>>
>> Paul
>>
>
> How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
> the drive?
>
Pull the drive and do it with another system. Also rather than zeroing
the entire drive you can seek to the end and write over the last part of
the drive see the man page for dd, seek and oseek are the values that
will do this for you.
Ryan
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Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Mark Watts wrote: > OK, here's what I have: > > - Running system with a single-disk RAID-0 (disk 0:0:0) > - Spare disk of same model/capacity, from another PERC5 (disk 0:0:1) > > I want to be able to get into a state where I can raid-level-migrate and > convert the current virtual disk (0:0:0) into a RAID-1 mirror. > > Currently, the fact that disk 0:0:1 contains a foreign config is > preventing this. > > I do, however, have a spare 1950/PERC5 chassis I can put the disk in, > although I can't see any way in the PERC bios to clear any configuration > present on the disk - clearing the foreign config on a different PERC > doesn't seem to do that in quite the way you expect. > > Mark Mark, Does the LSI MegaCLI utility work for you? MegaCli -CfgForeign -Clear [x] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL x - index of foreign configurations. Optional. All by default. and if you want to completely clear the entire drive: MegaCli -PDClear -Start|-Stop|-ShowProg |-ProgDsply -PhysDrv [E0:S0,E1:S1,...] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL Something like: MegaCli -pdclear -start -physdrv '[32:1]' -a0 (often the internal drive enclosure is "32", and i presume your drive will be in enclosure slot "1") --stephen ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:27 -0600, patrick_b...@dell.com wrote: > Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. > To get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk > or to delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command. OK, here's what I have: - Running system with a single-disk RAID-0 (disk 0:0:0) - Spare disk of same model/capacity, from another PERC5 (disk 0:0:1) I want to be able to get into a state where I can raid-level-migrate and convert the current virtual disk (0:0:0) into a RAID-1 mirror. Currently, the fact that disk 0:0:1 contains a foreign config is preventing this. I *don't* want to trash the data on disk 0:0:0 which, while backed-up, will be irritating to rebuild. I do, however, have a spare 1950/PERC5 chassis I can put the disk in, although I can't see any way in the PERC bios to clear any configuration present on the disk - clearing the foreign config on a different PERC doesn't seem to do that in quite the way you expect. Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
I probably should also warn you that the operations I have described are data
destructive (i.e. could result in loss of data/loss of OS functionality). So
use at your own risk.
-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:28 AM
To: pmd...@ctgcentral2.com; linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. To
get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk or to
delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:22 AM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:52 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID: 0:0:1
Status: Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
> the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
>
> Paul
>
How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
the drive?
Mark.
--
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RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. To
get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk or to
delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command.
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From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Paul M. Dyer
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:22 AM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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From: "Mark Watts"
To: linux-poweredge@dell.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:52 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID: 0:0:1
Status: Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
- Original Message -
From: "Mark Watts"
To: linux-poweredge@dell.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:03:52 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID: 0:0:1
Status: Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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