[Veritas-vx] replacing failing disk in a stripe vol

kk downing kk_downings at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 7 08:58:35 CST 2002


Hello,
I have begun seeing the following errors on our SSD
Array:


Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix: WARNING:
/sbus at 2,0/SUNW,soc at d,10000/SUNW,pln at b00000
00,877f7e/ssd at 1,1 (ssd113)

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix:    Error for Command:
read(10)  Error Level: Fatal

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix:    Requested Block:
171536 Error Block: 171549

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix:    Vendor: QUANTUM     
Serial Number: 9 7130D0086

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix:    Sense Key: Media Error

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix:    ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered
read error), ASCQ: 0xc, FRU: 0x0

Mar  6 08:17:40 intra1 unix: WARNING: vxvm:vxio:
Subdisk Misc02-01 block 169376: Uncorrectable read
error

To my way of thinking this says that the kernel
detects an error on for a disk in the storage array
and Veritas is also reporting an I/O error. The layout
for the volume that contains Misc02-01 is:


v  vol01        fsgen        ENABLED  ACTIVE  
12582912 SELECT    vol01-01
pl vol01-01     vol01        ENABLED  ACTIVE  
12584240 STRIPE    6/32     RW
sd Misc01-01    vol01-01     Misc01   0        2097360
 0/0       c0t1d1   ENA
sd Misc03-01    vol01-01     Misc03   0        2097360
 1/0       c0t3d1   ENA
sd Misc05-01    vol01-01     Misc05   0        2097360
 2/0       c0t5d1   ENA
sd Misc02-01    vol01-01     Misc02   0        2097360
 3/0       c1t1d1   ENA
sd Misc04-01    vol01-01     Misc04   0        2097360
 4/0       c1t3d1   ENA
sd Misc06-01    vol01-01     Misc06   0        2097360
 5/0       c1t5d1   ENA

The disk isnt market as disabled by Veritas as you can
see. Now the disk group itself that this volume
belongs to looks like this:


dg Misc         default      default  18000   
873044162.2211.intra1

dm Misc01       c0t1d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc02       c1t1d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc03       c0t3d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc04       c1t3d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc05       c0t5d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc06       c1t5d1s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc07       c0t0d2s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc08       c0t2d2s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc09       c0t4d2s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -
dm Misc10       c0t0d4s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 SPARE
dm Misc11       c0t1d3s2     sliced   2159     8378640
 -

Which means there is a spare in the disk group. If I
remember correctly hot sparing only is goog if the
volume is mirrored. Which I dont believe it is. What
is the correct procedure for replacing this disk?  I
appreciate any and all feedback in this manner. TIA







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