Re: [Veritas-vx] Solaris-SFS / MPxIO / VxVM failover issue

2010-09-16 Thread Joshua Fielden
dmp_fast_recovery is a mechanism by which we bypass the sd/scsi stack and send path inquiry/status CDBs directly from the HBA in order to bypass long SCSI queues and recover paths faster. With a TPD (third-party driver) such as MPxIO, bypassing the stack means we bypass the TPD completely, and

Re: [Veritas-vx] Relayout volume from 2 to 4 columns

2010-01-06 Thread Joshua Fielden
Striping across Enterprise LUNs allows you to use more SCSI queues/transaction, and follow the template of setting the number of read/write threads to the number of stripe cols, and have it work efficiently, amongst other arguments for the config. Not everyone needs this configuration, but

Re: [Veritas-vx] Relayout volume from 2 to 4 columns

2010-01-06 Thread Joshua Fielden
So, assume your queue depth is 10, and you need a 1TB volume. You can present a 1TB LUN, and your whole SCSI queue for that volume is 10. If you present 2 500GB LUNs, your combined SCSI queue is 20 - one SCSI mailbox per LUN. If you present 10 100GB LUNs, you get a combined queue of 100. If

Re: [Veritas-vx] changing vxdmp iopolicy on live volumes

2008-11-21 Thread Joshua Fielden
Using vxdmpadm disable ctlr=cX to disable one path administratively (or other individual disable syntax as-needed) is the best-practice for doing SAN work. Iopolicy can be set on the fly -- are you sure you have the correct ASL/APM packages for NetAPP storage for your version? Having the

Re: [Veritas-vx] VxVM Serial Split Brain

2008-07-24 Thread Joshua Fielden
From an internal technote, so no link, sorry: Background: The Serial Split Brain condition arises because VERITAS Volume Manager (tm) increments the serial ID in the disk media record of each imported disk in all the disk group configurations on those disks. A new serial (SSB) ID has been

Re: [Veritas-vx] Solaris 10 x86 Storage Foundation MP1

2008-07-08 Thread Joshua Fielden
5.0MP1 has not been released for x64 Solaris. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Glanzmann Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:52 AM To: veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-vx] Solaris 10 x86 Storage Foundation MP1 Hello,

Re: [Veritas-vx] Upgrading Veritas 5.0

2008-07-08 Thread Joshua Fielden
RPs are cumulative, so only installing the latest RP would cut down some time, but not a lot. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Kaiser Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 2:59 PM To: Chuck Sedlacko; veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject:

Re: [Veritas-vx] VFS snapshots as a way to undo changes?

2008-02-26 Thread Joshua Fielden
? On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 03:13:36PM -0700, Joshua Fielden wrote: You can mount snapshots r/w. Does that require a particular version? $ mount -F vxfs -o rw,snapof=/mnt /dev/vx/dsk/testdg/test2 /mnt2 vxfs mount: conflicting suboptions: ro and rw. vxfs mount: Usage: [blah...] $ mount -F vxfs -o snapof

Re: [Veritas-vx] You can be lucky

2008-02-26 Thread Joshua Fielden
Also, for the future: usedisk Profile Keyword usedisk disk_name ... By default, the JumpStart program uses all of the operational disks on the system when you specify partitioning default. The usedisk profile keyword designates one or more disks that you want the JumpStart program to use. You

Re: [Veritas-vx] [Veritas-ha] problem setting up I/O fencing

2007-07-31 Thread Joshua Fielden
Are they less than 21MB in size? -Original Message- From: Zhisong Jason Jin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 07:44 AM US Mountain Standard Time To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-vx Subject:Re: [Veritas-ha] problem setting up I/O fencing Hi, gurus: I'm

Re: [Veritas-vx] [Veritas-ha] problem setting up I/O fencing

2007-07-31 Thread Joshua Fielden
the LUNs to 21MB. jf -- All above statements are my own, and come with no endorsement or warranty, etc. -Original Message- From: Ceri Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 11:22 AM US Mountain Standard Time To: Joshua Fielden Cc: Zhisong Jason Jin; [EMAIL