> So my question: "Why this tool is not part of the binary distribution ?"
SmartOS is not designed to run using networked block storage. It is designed to use local disk. This is a decision made by Joyent which reflects the collective experience of its engineers. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:45 AM, Skale Franz < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi list, > this is my first post but i think the majority of you will find my > contribution helpful. > I will cut the story down to the minimum. > Everyone who's using a multipathed (MPXIO) setup (ISCSI) will run into a > problem when a disk will partly fail. (grown defects) > A disk with grown defects will degrade a zpool but will stay connected for > the system. > Usually you will try to use cfgadm to disconnect the disk, but will end up > frustrated because the tool will only output operation not supported. > I don't want to reboot only because of a failed disk i thought ! > mpathadm list lu will try to access the disk but the ioctl will fail with > error 22. > So i tried various solutions to offline the disk but non of them worked as > expected. > I then found a hint on the oracle website claiming there's a tool that is > able to offline a disk. > Cool i thought, but where it is ? > The utility "luxadm" is not part of smartos but will be build when when > compiling from source. > I then copied it to my nodes and gave it a try. > And whoops, it worked. > Cmdline: luxadm -e offline /dev/rdsk/c0t5000C500xxxxxxxs2 > DMESG: > Oct 12 13:29:08 host01 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] > /scsi_vhci/disk@g600xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (sd13) offline > Oct 13 06:40:59 host01 drive offline > > Now, mpathadm worked again and there are no vhci resets when changing the > path due to a multipath event. > So my question: "Why this tool is not part of the binary distribution ?" > It's essential for mulitpathed setups though. > > Best regards > > Franz > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22267710-cec26c41> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
