Raid admin and leopard?

am I suppose to use the same version of raid admin tools in leopard as in 10.4.10?
I have raid admin tools 1.5.1
are there any known issues (data loss?) with the xserve raid when upgrading the xserve from tiger to leopard?

The Java versions are slightly different (1.5_13 on Leopard vs. 1.5_07 on Tiger), but that shouldn't be enough to prevent RAID admin from working, but that's only the admin app, and it can be run from any device on the network, so the server's OS version isn't relevant.
That said, since RAID Admin is a java app, it's possible to extract the Java component and run the app on other OSes. If you can run RAID Admin on Windows, or Solaris, or any number of other OSes, there's no reason why Leopard would present any problem.
If you're worried about the RAID not working when connected to a Leopard machine, there's nothing to worry about there, either. It works just fine.

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What are the latest versions of RAID Admin and RAID Firmware

As of 10/18/06, what are the latest versions of RAID Admin and RAID Firmware?
Currently I have RAID Admin 1.5.
RAID Admin reports my RAID's firmware is version 1.3.2/1.26a.
Am I safe?
Do I have the latest?
Thanks.
XServe G5

You do not have the latest firmware. The latest firmware is version 1.5.
You should upgrade. Make sure you have a current backup and then select "update firmware" from within RAID admin. It will then ask you for the location of the firmware update -- it should be in /Application/Utilities/Xserve RAID Update.

RAID Admin and Disk Utility show different sizes

Hello all,
I have tried searching through these forums for a resolution to this, but did not really find one. Here is my situation:
I have an XServe Dual G4 in a branch office. It has attached to it an XServe RAID. Last week, when I was down working in the office I added a new drive to the RAID. The lower channel on the RAID had 4 172GB drives in it, and I added a 5th and and told RAID admin to resize the RAID.
The next day, the RAID was finished resizing. RAID admin was reporting that the array was now 690GB. However, after rebooting the server and RAID multiple times, Disk Utility in OS X is still showing that the Volume on the RAID is only 517GB.
So, I have a couple of questions:
1. How is it possible that by adding a 172GB drive to a RAID 5 array that was about 520GB I ended up with an array that is 690 GB? That would imply that there is no parity (since 690 - 520 = 170 and the drive I added in was 172GB).
2. How do I get the server to see the additional space? The server is at the newest version of the OS and the RAID it as the newest version of the firmware.
Please help.
Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I've run into the same issue with a newer PPC XServe. However, after I tried to reformat, I still only show up with the orginal size, and not the new size, even after I restarted the server and XRAID.
Did you have any success with your reformat?

WGM vs Server Admin and Leopard server access

I am able to access my Leopard xserve through my firewall using Server Admin tool, but not when I try with WGM.Message is..."host unknown" ...."host unreachable." What is the difference? Not a problem with ARD either ....mmmmm. Can someone shed some light on the experience? Thanks, J Langloi

By filtering, (if I may), he meant restricting. IE: If you're going to do this, you absolutely need to have the Firewall restrict what external IPs are allowed access, rather than making those ports wide open to anyone and everyone.
But, it's pretty much industry-standard/ standard-practice to disallow connections across a company firewall to internal servers, except via VPN. (And by this I am excluding servers that are intended to be public-facing but are still appropriately firewalled).
In rare cases where VPN is not a readily-available option, it is possible to connect to both Server Admin and Workgroup Manager over ssh, but I don't suggest going that route without absolutely securing ssh in every possible way (has minor typos I wish I could fix but nothing that confuses the vital info): http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7082312

Can I use rebuild parity data in raid admin with these conditions?

4 disks in array, one went bad, replaced disk (same type of disk). Light on slot is red but in raid admin its says in event log that disk 2 is online, but when I select the drive to check info on that drive it says disk not installed. If I use the rebuild parity data function will it only rebuild the data from the 3 disks?
will disk 2 be recognized?
It seems I am getting conflicting info from raid admin and indicator lights on disk slot. I took the drive back out checked connections and rebooted the xraid.
I thought the array would rebuild itself when the new drive was inserted, am I missing something?
Thanks

Sometimes you have to go into the RAID utilities and use "make drive available" option.

RAID works, RAID Admin stopped seeing it...

...but yet I can monitor my remote G4/RAID just fine.
I'm running 10.4.5 on a G5 Xserve/RAID, 10.3.9 on the G4.
I tried shutting the whole mess down, disconnecting and restarting, tried plugging the ethernet cable directly to another G5, etc, but the RAID will not show up at the IP address it was given. Was there something in Tiger that messed up my monitoring capabilities or changed my monitoring IP address? Is it possible someone tinkered with something they shouldn't have, and if so, how do I get it back without halting production in the whole shop?
Or is this just another one of those problems I seem to be the only one to have??
Xserve G5/RAID Mac OS X (10.4.5)

No, it happens. Just happened to me last month. RAID is fine - admin would show me three yellow lights and one red light and then would "gathering information" forever and ever with the spinning wheel.
First off - do you have matching firmware versions in your RAIDs?
I was told in no uncertain terms by Apple that running different versions of RAID admin than firmware version would result in the disconnect. If you have different versions of firmware you might want different versions of RAID admin.
Second - to fix I had to turn the RAID off AND unplug cables for 30 seconds and then restart. Notice Apple doesn't call it "off" they call it "power stand-by mode". To turn it off you need to unplug it or the machine stays in stand-by mode looking for the network signals.
Third - if you're just not finding the RAID could it just be on a different network IP range? There are a couple ways to find it if it's missing where you expect it to be.
1) Start RAID Admin and click "Add System" - if it is in your IP range it'll show up.
2) Run Network Utility. Ping 255.255.255.255 and you will get a response form 127.0.0.1 (that's you) and if another IP address shows up that's another device - probably the RAID if you're connected directly or on a local hub.
Remember - there are 2 ethernet ports with 2 separate NICs and that 169.254.a.b is the default range of the RAID IPs. If it's not where you expect it to be I'd start there. Make sure you are connected to the one you think you set - or use a hub to connect to both simultaneously for double the scanning pleasure. Also you should check that your subnet mask is set to something generous like at least 255.255.0.0 to make sure you're casting a wide net when you search.
HTH,
=Tod
G5/2.0x2, Dual XServes x2, XRAID, beige G3 501Mhz

Raid Admin Not Connecting

I've left my comuputer and Xserve Raid running as advised, and went out of town for a week. It has been totally inactive. Today I opened Raid Admin and nothing happens. It doesn't search, there isn't a log etc. I added system and typed in the address, it searches but does not connect. However I am able to use Raid with FCP, and can open and play QT's that are on it as well as open other files. Should I just re-start the computer? It is connected with ethernet cable. Nothing has changed except the fact that I haven't touched anything in a week.

It doesn't have to be a G4 powerbook, it can be any Mac with RAID admin installed. I think the only reason he mentioned a powerbook was that most have their RAID connected in another location of the building and it is easier to access by walking down the hall with a laptop instead of lugging their desktop into the server room. Your current setup should work. Although you shouldn't have to ping the RAID because if you're on the same subnet, Raid Admin should find it automatically. If you have a router or switch or hub, maybe try to connect that between you and the RAID and see if Admin will pick it up. Then proceed to give it a static IP and you should be all set.

RAID Admin logs problem -- how to avoid 2-day truncation?

Folks:
I have a problem that appears to have started about April 5 when I updated RAID Admin and Xerve RAID firmware to latest versions. Since then, I'm only seeing last two days of entries in the log (ie: what you see in the "Events" tab in RAID Admin). Strangely, entries up to to April 5 are preserved.
Of course I did't notice this until some was already lost. But now I want to fix it. I don't see any setting for "max log length" or similar.
Further more, I could use an explanation of where this log lives -- is it something that RAID Admin retrieves from the RAID box, or is it somehow preserved on the computer running RAID Admin or what?
Thanks,
Graham

Simply? There is no simple way.
But if you will accept a way that is not so simple, there is a company that sells a product that allows you to run a Java class as a service under NT. I don't remember its name but it has been named several times in the past in answers to this same question. A search of the forums would probably find it.

I can't use Raid Admin connect to Raid

Hi All,
i can't use raid admin connect to my Xraid.
network is ok, networkcable is ok.Raid works find.
when i use raid admin connect to Xraid, it shows me"connection error" and then the app take more than 50% cpu usage.
any ideas?

Hi Chris,
If the controllers are not properly seated in the RAID chassis, they will not be able to communicate with RAID Admin and you will get a connection error. Improperly seated controllers can lead to other problems as well, so I would recommend reseating them.
To do this, power down the RAID by pushing the power button on the back and holding it for about 5 seconds. The RAID will not power off completely, but all the indicator lights on the front of the chassis should go out. Once those lights are out, unplug both power cables. Release one of the controller cards by pushing inward on both clips, then pull the card about half way out. Push it back in gently until both clips click into place. Do the same with the other controller card. Plug both power cords in and push the power button to power the RAID back on.
You should either unmount your RAID from your server, or power the server off before you power off the RAID. You can power your server back on once all the indicator lights on your RAID show green. If you have just unmounted it, it should mount automatically once the RAID controllers are up and running.
Hope this helps.
-Phoenix

RAID Admin Issues - not connecting

I installed my first Xserve yesterday. When I open the RAID admin and attempt to connect, all it says is gathering info... with a status wheel and it doesn't go any further. I can let it sit there all day and it doesn't say anything but that. ANy thoughts?

Hi
Are you sure you're using the correct application? RAID Admin was intended for use with Apple's XServe RAID:
http://www.apple.com/support/xserveraid/
Perhaps you mean RAID Utility? Launching it should show you information regarding the Apple RAID Card:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1346
Tony

RAID Admin Event Log?

I'm seeing some strange behavior with our RAID Admin event log. On Friday, I did a rebuild of our one of our RAIDs and, in the event log, there was an entry added that said "RAID Rebuild Started" or something along those lines.
Today I opened RAID Admin and that event entry was gone. All of the other events around it were still there (removing and reinserting a drive, etc.), but not the actual rebuild message (or the subsequent success message).
Is this normal behavior?

Yes, that is normal behavior. If there were any problems with the rebuild, you would see error messages in the event log, but the message about starting the rebuild does disappear after the rebuild finishes.
-Phoenix

Disk Utility claims Degraded and failed, Raid Admin says its all fine

My company has a server they haven't been able to use. The person who set it up is now gone. I was acquainting myself with the set up. I looked in the Disk Utility of my company's server to see if i could quickly determine the set up of the system and noticed several of the drives said Degraded and Failed
I downloaded Raid Admin to see what I could do about it and it says everything is fine.
Before I tell my company it is OK to begin using the server to house and share major account files I want to be sure there are no problems. They are already using it for time machine back-ups for everyone so I'm loathe to start from scratch right now.

Ok; so there is an Xserve RAID hardware here, though this case does look to be the software RAID that is centrally involved with this and not the hardware RAID.
The next part of the investigation will involve DU, and to determine why your disk(s) here have apparently been configured for software mirroring, and possibly also using what Apple calls "stacked RAID".
You can either add a volume back in for the failed volume and rebuild that and [here is the usual rebuild sequence (HT3305)|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3305], though if you're not planning to use software RAID (anymore), then you may well end up archiving your data and then issuing a diskutil command to delete the software RAID volume (see +man diskutil+ for an introduction, and look specifically for the RAID delete command syntax there) (or if that should fail), reinitializing your disks and importing from your backup.
I'd suggest having an off-line backup of your data first. Command input, operational errors or volume corruptions that might arise while using DU can have, um, serious consequences for disk data. See the +diskutil appleRAID delete+ command, but I'd also personally want to have an off-line backup of all your data first. RAID command errors and low-level RAID errors can be quite nasty around unarchived data.

Xserve RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1 not quite working

I have an Xserve RAID that's currently at firmware 1.3.2/1.26a according to Xserve RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1. However, when I try to upgrade the firmware to 1.5.1 via the RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1, it just doesn't do anything--it accepts the .xfb file and then...nothing. Quitting out of the the Admin Tool and restarting still shows the firmware at 1.3.2/1.26a. Same thing if I shut down and restart the Xserve RAID from the RAID Admin tool. Any tips? There's nothing stored on the RAID system yet (the array hasn't even been created--it's a blank system) and nothing is attached to it either (I've just plugged in the ethernet links to format it first before I start attaching an Xserve G5 to it). Also, even though the lower controller is showing green and I have an ethernet cable plugged into it, I can't get any info out of it nor can I configure it with an IP address. Only the top controller seems to allow some configuration such as IP address.

Okay, I've solved the problem.
Basically, the issue was that the lower controller wasn't seated right despite it showing a green light in RAID Admin. When I went to visually inspect it, I noticed that despite what RAID Admin 1.5.1 claimed, its light wasn't even on, let alone green. And since the lower controller handles slots 8-14 of an Xserve RAID and my slots 8-14 are totally unpopulated (empty) at the moment, it was never noticed. Now that I've reseated the lower controller, everything is visually showing green across the board and the firmware upgrade is proceeding as expected and it has upgraded the firmware from 1.3.2/1.26a to 1.5.1/1.5.1c complete with autorestart of both upper and lower controller modules.
Basic lesson learned: RAID Admin lies. If possible, visually inspect the box itself!
Thanks to all who responded.

How to set up email in RAID Admin?

Using RAID Admin 1.5.1, I need to know how to set up the it up for automatic email notification. Okay I got as far as clicking the Email icon adding my .mac address. Now what do I put under SMTP. It's asking for the "server" and the "from email address". Our company uses a Microsoft Exchange server whether or not that means anything. And what is up with the check box for SMTP Server Authentication?
Thanks for any input. I appreciate it!
jeffrey

Thanks Donald for answering my question. I found the IP Address of our exchange server and I plugged that into the server field. And I plugged my own company email address into the "From Email Address" field. That didn't do it, so I plugged in my network username and password into the authentication fields. I clicked "Send Test Email" again. Still didn't work. But here is the key in case anyone else has problems. At least in my case, I had to click the "OK" button to verify my settings. Once verified, I went back into the email settings and clicked "Send Test Email" again. Voila! A test email ended into my .mac email account right onto my iPhone within 1 minute. I think this is so cool. I can be away from the office (whether I be skiing or golfing) and be notified instantly if one of the components start to fail on our Xserve RAID system. Awesome!!!!!!!

Warning lights on XRAID but RAID Admin won't mount it.

I have 3 Final Cut edit suites sharing 2 x 7TB XserveRAIDs.
I had an audible alarm on one of my RAIDs an amber flashing light by the System Identifier Button.
Edit 2 started up fine and my editor was happily working away. I then went Edit 2 to mount the RAID storage - made up of 2 x 7TB XserveRAIDs each split into 2 partitions providing a total of 4 volumes creating my volume based SAN. As I tried to mount the RAIDs using SANmp I had real issues. Eventually got the volumes mounted but then had the greyed out screen of doom when I tried loading up a Final Cut Pro project and had to do a forced shut down.
Edit 2 was still working but I then had similar problems in Edit 1 - not able to mount partitions and unable to load projects.
I tried looking up the RAIDs on the RAID Admin Tool but I'm only seeing 1 RAID when I should be seeing 2. The AID that is mounted is not giving me any errors which makes me think I've lost communication with the RAID with the problem.
Should I just shut the whole system down and hope it starts talking to me again when I fire it up again?
I just want to get on an edit my show.
Thanks.

William: Thanks for your reply, but you seem to be wide of the target here.
RAID Admin can connect to the RAID,
but doesn't see drives?
No. I can run RAID Admin on the Xserve or on a separate laptop, and either way RAID Admin can't find any RAIDs to show in the list of available RAIDs. So it doesn't even get to the stage where it can see any individual drives, since it doesn't find the RAID unit in the first place.
The red light you're seeing, as well as the
fact that Disk Utility can see all the drives
as individuals,
Clarification: Disk Utility is showing symbols for drives, but of course these are really partitions of the RAID, not the individual physical hard drives in the RAID.
indicates that either stuff is set in JBOD mode
... well I'd love to report what mode it's in, but RAID Admin won't show me . However, judging by the fact that there's no part of the file system that's obviously missing, (and also by our original intent when this was set up) I'm 99.9% sure it's in some redundant mode, and 99.8% sure that is simply in default RAID-5 mode.
or something is seriously wrong...
... depending on the meaning of "seriously"!
I'd guess the RAID set (and any data that
was on it) is gone.
... though as I noted in original post, it's in everyday use, including by me, and I've not detected any missing data, aside from a handful of files (out of total approx 2 million files) that return read errors.
Graham
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