From: NKS (sunadmin@norsar.no)
Date: Mon May 30 2005 - 02:14:07 EDT
Original post:
> Fellow Managers,
>
> Sun280R, Solaris 9, latest rec. patches. 118558-05. Veritas 4.0 MP1.
> Encapsulated root disk. Two internal OS disks. Sun Ultra SCSI dual
> LVD controller. Nexsan Ataboy2 SCSI RAID-disk (LUNs 4 & 5) attached,
> one on each SCSI channel. /kernel/drv/sd.conf updated.
>
> Server hangs during boot after VxVM inst. and disk encapsulation,
> both singe and multiuser...
>
> Last boot-message on display:
>
> NOTICE: VXVM vxdmp V-5-0-34 added disk array DISKS, datatype = Disk
Solution:
Downgrade to Solaris 8, latest recommended patches. Kernel version
Generic_117350-24
Thanks to Mark Ebaugh for pointing me in the right direction:
> I have had a similar issue that is caused by a remote storage device
> that do not understand persistent reserve and release, and current
> versions of Veritas for Solaris rely on this optional feature of the
> SCSI spec. I have a very different set up than you are using, but the
> symptoms are very similar.
> Unfortunately the fix in my case is waiting on a firmware release from
> the storage vendor.
Best regards,
Nils
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