Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller policies?

2009-03-11 Thread drew einhorn
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>Life is much better now that I'm using -h instead of the manual. >> >>I have a new question about policies >> >>Direct   and DisDskCache makes sense >>Cached and EnDiskCache makes sense >> >>not so sure about >> >>Direct    and EnDskCache

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller policies?

2009-03-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Life is much better now that I'm using -h instead of the manual. > >I have a new question about policies > >Direct and DisDskCache makes sense >Cached and EnDiskCache makes sense > >not so sure about > >Directand EnDskCache >Cached and DisDsk Cache > >Do they make sense? I believe Cached|Di

[CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller policies?

2009-03-11 Thread drew einhorn
Life is much better now that I'm using -h instead of the manual. I have a new question about policies Direct and DisDskCache makes sense Cached and EnDiskCache makes sense not so sure about Directand EnDskCache Cached and DisDsk Cache Do they make sense? -- Drew Einhorn ___

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-11 Thread drew einhorn
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:26 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>+ /home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 168 -a0 >>^MInvalid input at or near token -AdpPRSetDelay >> >>Doesn't like the syntax > > Looks like the manual is outdated, you should have > ran a -h :) > Hmm. I've seen a bunch of bad syntax in

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-11 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>+ /home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 168 -a0 >^MInvalid input at or near token -AdpPRSetDelay > >Doesn't like the syntax Looks like the manual is outdated, you should have ran a -h :) Turns out this is the correct syntax: MegaCli -AdpPR -Dsbl|EnblAuto|EnblMan|Start|Stop|Info|{SetDelay Val}

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread John R Pierce
Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> Drives are not consistent with Disk Group. >> >> Doesn't look like it liked the way I specified the mirrors! >> > > I really can't remember, but for some reason I think in the GUI > you span then mirror, but in the cli you do it one pass. Dump the > two ld's and try

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Drives are not consistent with Disk Group. > >Doesn't look like it liked the way I specified the mirrors! I really can't remember, but for some reason I think in the GUI you span then mirror, but in the cli you do it one pass. Dump the two ld's and try that command over. I really can't remember,

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread drew einhorn
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>I bet you didn't learn the syntax from the manual. >>I'll bet you inherited some scripts from someone else, >>and learned by tweaking working scripts. > > Uhm, I learned from the manual. I am tempted to fire one > up and just figure it out

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I bet you didn't learn the syntax from the manual. >I'll bet you inherited some scripts from someone else, >and learned by tweaking working scripts. Uhm, I learned from the manual. I am tempted to fire one up and just figure it out... ___ CentOS mailin

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread drew einhorn
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I wish I had one of my cards running, but just looking at > the syntax, from my experience running this app, I would say > you need to do: # MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay -Val33 -a0 if you > wanted 33 hours :) What are you trying to change it to

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>/home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 168 -a0 >^MInvalid input at or near token -AdpPRSetDelay > >Doesn't like the syntax > >+ /home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 0 -a0 >^MInvalid input at or near token -AdpPRSetDelay > >Lets try setting it to 0, Doesn't like that either. I wish I had one of m

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread drew einhorn
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>The manual IS sloppy. >>missing - characters in the syntax >> >>Tryijng to figure out -Val syntax >> >>megacli AdpPRSetDelay -Val >>                    -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL >> >> >>+ /home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 0 -a0 >>Invalid input

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>The manual IS sloppy. >missing - characters in the syntax > >Tryijng to figure out -Val syntax > >megacli AdpPRSetDelay -Val >-aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL > > >+ /home/drew/bin/MegaCli -AdpPRSetDelay 0 -a0 >Invalid input at or near token -AdpPRSetDelay > >Tried sticking a - in front of th

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-10 Thread drew einhorn
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>There is a MegaCLI command line interface that runs under the operating >>system.  Normally I prefer command line tools.  But this software is big, >>and complex.  All I have been able to find is a reference manual, >>that has lots of typo

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-09 Thread drew einhorn
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:38 AM, John Doe wrote: > > From: drew einhorn >> When I try to delete it, it refuses and says: >>    This is an OS drive.  The virtual drive cannot be deleted. >> Any ideas on how to get past this problem with the MegaRAID Storage Manager, >> or pointers the better docum

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>There is a MegaCLI command line interface that runs under the operating >system.  Normally I prefer command line tools.  But this software is big, >and complex.  All I have been able to find is a reference manual, >that has lots of typos and is not very well organized for me to learn >what I need

Re: [CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-09 Thread John Doe
From: drew einhorn > When I try to delete it, it refuses and says: >This is an OS drive. The virtual drive cannot be deleted. > Any ideas on how to get past this problem with the MegaRAID Storage Manager, > or pointers the better documentation, and maybe even a tutorial for the > MegaCLI >

[CentOS] LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller

2009-03-09 Thread drew einhorn
I have LSI Logic MegaRAID 8480 Storage controller I am having trouble reconfigure one of the hardware raid devices It is configured with 4 hardware raid logical volumes on /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd. I am in the middle of rebuilding the system,  and at this point I am only using one of