Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Sun System Handbook - ISO 3.4 June 2011 Internal/Partner Edition
   Home | Current Systems | Former STK Products | EOL Systems | Components | General Info | Search | Feedback

Asset ID: 1-71-1002130.1
Update Date:2009-12-30
Keywords:

Solution Type  Technical Instruction Sure

Solution  1002130.1 :   Sun StorEdge[TM] 33x0/351x: How to reset "disk Reserved space" on a disk drive  


Related Items
  • Sun Storage 3510 FC Array
  •  
  • Sun Storage 3310 Array
  •  
  • Sun Storage 3511 SATA Array
  •  
  • Sun Storage 3320 SCSI Array
  •  
Related Categories
  • GCS>Sun Microsystems>Storage - Disk>Modular Disk - 3xxx Arrays
  •  

PreviouslyPublishedAs
203031


Description
This article addresses how to reset "disk Reserved space" (private region) on a SCSI/FC/SATA disk in a Sun StorEdge[TM] 33xx0/351x array.

Symptoms:

  • Require drive re-initialization

Purpose/Scope:

WARNING, this is a destructive process, DATA WILL BE LOST. You should backup critical data prior to implementing this procedure.

This will restore the drive to initial "NEW DRV" status. This process can be utilized as a last resort troubleshooting technique where you suspect private region corruption.

It can also be used in situations that require a complete array rebuild (re-deployment).

In this case (array rebuild), you may also want to review:

<Document: 1003584.1> Sun StorEdge[TM] 3000 Series Arrays: How to Reset the Minnow to Factory Default Settings or Saved Settings to the Disks.

<Document: 1012254.1> Sun StorEdge[TM] 3000: Saving and Restoring NVRAM and Logical Drive Configuration

WARNING, this is a destructive process, DATA WILL BE LOST. You should backup critical data prior to implementing this procedure.



Steps to Follow
All target disk(s) drives you wish to reset, must be reconfigured/removed from logical drive (LD) participation. Therefore, if any of the target disk(s) belong to an LD you must unmap the LD or LD/partitions, delete the LD (data on LD will be lost), and then delete the reserved space.


All steps in the following procedure MUST be followed.

WARNING: It is highly recommended that a FULL backup of the LD or LD's be taken prior to implementing this procedure.

Example:

To Reset reserved space for all disk(s) associated with LD0, config is a follows:

sccli> show logical

LD LD-ID Size Assigned Type Disks Spare Failed Status
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
ld0 5EDB603A 136.23GB Primary RAID5 3 0 0 Good
ld1 5684253F 136.23GB Secondary RAID5 3 0 0 Good
ld2 75C36E34 68.12GB Primary RAID1 2 0 0 Good
ld3 0891DEB2 68.12GB Secondary RAID1 2 0 0 Good

sccli> show partitions

LD/LV ID-Partition Size
-------------------------------
ld0-00 5EDB603A-00 136.23GB

sccli> show map

Ch Tgt LUN ld/lv ID-Partition Assigned Filter Map
--------------------------------------------------------------
0 40 0 ld0 5EDB603A-01 Primary
4 44 0 ld0 5EDB603A-01 Primary

sccli> show disk

Ch Id Size Speed LD Status IDs Rev
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 0 68.37GB 200MB ld0 ONLINE FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BPMK
2 1 68.37GB 200MB ld0 ONLINE FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNN7
2 2 68.37GB 200MB ld0 ONLINE FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNKV

- Unmap ch0/tgt40/lun0 and ch4/tgt44/lun0 via sccli or array cli

sccli> unmap partition 0.40.0
sccli> unmap partition 4.44.0

- Delete logical drive (LD) via sccli or array cli

sccli> delete logical-drive ld0

- Verify disk are now available/unused, LD column reports NONE

sccli> show disk

Ch Id Size Speed LD Status IDs Rev
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 0 68.37GB 200MB NONE FRMT FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BPMK
2 1 68.37GB 200MB NONE FRMT FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNN7
2 2 68.37GB 200MB NONE FRMT FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNKV

- From array cli main menu, select "view and edit scsi Drives" ---> select target disk "ID 0" ---> select "disk Reserved space - 256 mb" ---> select "yes" when prompted to "Remove Disk Reserved Space ?". Repeat this step for each drive originally associated with ld0, target id's 0, 1, 2.

- Verify disk(s) now report "Status" of "NEW" (sccli) or "NEW DRV" (array cli)

sccli> show disk

Ch Id Size Speed LD Status IDs Rev
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 0 68.12GB 200MB NONE NEW FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BPMK
2 1 68.37GB 200MB NONE NEW FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNN7
2 2 68.37GB 200MB NONE NEW FUJITSU MAP3735F SUN72G 1501
S/N 000427Q0BNKV

- The drives are now ready to be configured into an LD



Product
Sun StorageTek 3510 FC Array
Sun StorageTek 3310 SCSI Array
Sun StorageTek 3511 SATA Array
Sun StorageTek 3510 2U FC Array
Sun StorageTek 3320 SCSI Array

Internal Comments
This document contains normalized content and is managed by the the Domain Lead(s) of the respective domains. To notify content owners of a knowledge gap contained in this document, and/or prior to updating this document, please contact the domain engineers that are managing this document via the “Document Feedback” alias(es) listed below:

storage-os-disk-low-domain@sun.com

The Knowledge Work Queue for this article is KNO-STO-VOLUME_DISK.

The only known reason to utilize this process is to recover from private region corruption, which can be difficult to diagnose and is considered very rare. Because of the destructive nature of this process, great care is advised to ensure, 1.) you understand the process and 2.) ensure data integrity is maintained (if required).


Minnow, 3310, 3510, 3511, 3320, sccli, "disk Reserved space", "private region", audited, normailized
Previously Published As
80634

Change History
Date: 2009-12-21
User: sue.copeland@sun.com
Action: Currency check & update
Date: 2007-09-28
User Name: 100761
Action: Update Cancelled
Comment: *** Restored Published Content *** by mistake
Version: 0

Date: 2007-09-28
User Name: 100761
Action: Update Started
Comment: test
Version: 0





Attachments
This solution has no attachment
  Copyright © 2011 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 Feedback