RAID Manager

Just wanted to see what everyone's opinion was on my setup. I bought the Sonnet Tempo E4P SATAII PCI-Express card to attach two external Western Digital My Book Studio 1TB drives. I run windows vista 64 and wanted to try to RAID these drives together in a RAID 0 configuration. In Vista I can stripe the volumes together, but not sure which type of RAID this would be. I wanted to see if there was perhaps a software RAID manager anyone could recommend to run this RAID in Vista 64 on my Mac Pro. Sonnet does not have any software to do this. Anyone have any experience with this setup?
Thanks,
Toby

WD does not include the RE2 in the MyBook. Sonnet does not support using WD SE's.
Use what you have for PC backup or storage. Get a couple REs and case.
Depends on what you need to accomplish, budget, but if you work with SD or HD video I guess you need 3 drives to break 220MB/sec?
Also, you have to go through the MyBook interface bridge, but confess I've never bought one so I don't know the particulars.
The best case for your drives:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA2EN2/
Cheaper but adequate:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MESATATBEK/
WD 750GB RE2 $220
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD7500AYYS/
1TB RE2 $280
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD10FYPS/
Also, is the 1TB MyBook - isn't it just two 500GB drives already in an internal RAID of its own? or just a single drive? In which case it would not be designed at all for RAIDs.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=2

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Thanks for the info.
I know that Sun doesn't support A1000 any more, and that it is old-school (plus isn't supported on Solaris 10). However, just 'cos it ain't supported, don't mean it doesn't work!!!!
I had the same A1000 hooked onto the same W1100Z, running Windows Server 2003 and it had no problems seeing it (as a JBOD rather than a RAID, but that's not really a problem once you set up the A1000 to manage itself).
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Raid manager and format utility inconsistency

Hi,
I have two A1000 module attached to Sun Fire 280 R with X6541A through both channels. Here is raidutil info for (c3t4d0 and c4t8d0)
# raidutil -c c3t4d0 -i
LUNs found on c3t4d0.
LUN 0 RAID 3 381620 MB
Vendor ID Symbios
ProductID StorEDGE A1000
Product Revision 0301
Boot Level 03.01.02.33
Boot Level Date 06/16/99
Firmware Level 03.01.02.35
Firmware Date 08/12/99
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ProductID StorEDGE A1000
Product Revision 0205
Boot Level 03.01.04.00
Boot Level Date 04/05/01
Firmware Level 03.01.04.68
Firmware Date 06/22/01
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# lad
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c4t8d0 1T03843281 LUNS: 0
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1. c1t1d0 <SUN36G cyl 24620 alt 2 hd 27 sec 107>
/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w2100002037cd9c32,0
2. c3t4d0 <Symbios-StorEDGEA1000-0205 cyl 43084 alt 2 hd 128 sec 64>
/pseudo/rdnexus@3/rdriver@4,0
Select 2 -->partition-->print
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1 swap wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 43083 168.30GB (43084/0/0) 352944128
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Wei

Yeah, you probably want to go through rebuilding the device paths. This amounts to removing everything in /dev/osa/dev/dsk, /dev/osa/dev/rdsk, and /devices/pseudo/rdnexus. Then performing
a reconfiguration boot.
If you're uncomfortable with this, open a service call, or look for
the string hot_add, under Infodocs and Symptoms and Resolutions in the Sunsolve search engine.
Another string is "Syncing lad and format".
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RAID Management Software for TS130 (Windows Server 2008 R2)

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Hi beau_goldkey,
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Dears
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kindly give me solutions on [email protected]
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we r facing a problem in SOl- 8 Raid Manager 6.22 on Hw raid A3500FC controller. WE had share a central storedge between two hosts. from one hosts we are able to import the disk group as well as it also showing in raid manager GUI., but from another host i am not able to see some LUNs , and also one of the raid controller it shows dead, but i can import the same disk group which is laying on that controller. and also i am able to import other diskgroup, so problem is i am getting one controller as dead in raid GUI, and also some LUNs are not appearing in Raid GUI.
If any body help me to sort out this problem, i will be very much thank full for this.
kindly give me solutions on [email protected]
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hi,
i installed the RAID manager on my server Enterprise 220R, but during the installation it gave me this error:
drvconfig: driver failed to attach: rdriver
drvconfig: driver failed to attach: rdriver
RDAC daemons initiated
WARNING: set_drivers: No arrays were found that are controlled by either the sd or the ssd driver
i have SrorEDGE A1000 connected to the server
PS:at the back panel of the A1000 the "controller active" LED is on..so it whould work, no?!!!
any advice??
Thanks.

Hello,
the A1000 isn't supported under Solaris 10 (by Sun, under service contract, ...), but works.
Rainer Orth and Fredrik Lundholm posted instructions on comp.unix.solaris. This an except from the post
Fredrik Lundholm < ... > wrote:
RDAC stands for Redundant Disk Array Controller Support, and is only
needed for path failover on RSM2000/A3000/A3500/A3500FC. Since A1000
only has a single controller it is not needed. rm6 talks to the A1000
through Lun 0.I had complained loudly during Solaris 10 Platinum Beta when I first
learned about removal of RM6/A1000 support in S10 FCS *without any
appropriate prior notice (i.e.: EOL notices) in S9 Release Notes*.
Unfortunately, this didn't help to bring the support back, but my support
engineer quickly determined that RM6 runs just fine with an A1000.
I later learned that the claimed reason for support removal was that the
A1000 itself had been EOLed before S10 went FCS.
Perhaps in some cases RM6 is looking for the RDAC paths in order to
determine where the modules are? So while the driver isn't technically
required it can still cause issues by its absence?The rdriver won't load in S10:
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 819705 kern.notice] /kernel/drv/sparcv9/rdriver: undefined symbol
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 826211 kern.notice] 'dev_get_dev_info'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 472681 kern.notice] WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'rdriver'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia genunix: [ID 370176 kern.warning] WARNING: forceload of drv/rdriver failed
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 819705 kern.notice] /kernel/drv/sparcv9/rdriver: undefined symbol
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 826211 kern.notice] 'dev_get_dev_info'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 472681 kern.notice] WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'rdriver'
But since rdriver and rdnexus are only needed for RDAC (which doesn't do anything useful with the single-controller A1000), I just rem_drv'ed both and disabled RDAC support in /etc/osa/rmparams,
as I had already done in S8:
--- rmparams.rm6221 Mon Nov 21 13:29:22 2005
+++ rmparams Tue Nov 22 00:23:58 2005
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
# RDAC driver/Resolution Daemon Failover parameters
-Rdac_SupportDisabled=FALSE
-Rdac_SinglePathSupportDisabled=FALSE
+# Disabled, useless on A1000 without redundant controllers
+Rdac_SupportDisabled=TRUE
+Rdac_SinglePathSupportDisabled=TRUE
Rdac_HotAddDisabled=PARTIAL
Rdac_HotAddIDs:4:5:
Rdac_NativeScsiDrivers:sd:
This way, an A1000 works just fine when connected to an E3000 with 4 x 167 MHz UltraSPARC I CPUs running Solaris Express Build 33, including arraymon and the RM6 GUI and CLI interfaces :-)
I'm actually using it for some ZFS testing, which works amazingly well, considering the old and slow hardware.
Hope this helps.
Rainer
Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
The instructions worked for me. I did remove the two forceloads (rdriver, rdnexus) in /etc/system as well.
Sideeffect: These changes removed the long delay (about 5-10 minutes) during boot Solaris 9/Solaris 10 too.
Michael

Raid Manager for Solaris 9

I have an A1000 and have been all over the Sun and sunsolve sites looking for raid manager 6.2 or higher, but the download link redirects me to a new storage hardware page. Does anyone have any idea where I can get this software for Solaris 9

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Please need help with RAID Manager (+)

Good day
Could someone give me advice is it possible to organize RAID-5 under Solaris 5.7?
I use SUN SPARC Enterprise 250 with four USCSI HDDs (Seagate 18Gb/10k).
One of the hardware requirments for RAID Manager is:
RAID modules with two A3x00 controllers.
I suppose if I use SCSI - A3x00 controllers are already there? Or I missed something and this should be shipped separately? Is there any way to check are there any A3x00 controllers in my system?
Thanks a lot and happy holidays!
Regards,
Roman

Hi Roman,
The Raid Manager software is specifically for managing some of Sun's external storage arrays, namely the A1000, A3000 & A3500. Raid Manager will be of no use for the internal disks in the Ultra Enterprise 250. What you should be looking at is DiskSuite which is software based RAID that is supplied with Solaris 8. You will find great documentation for Disksuite installation and usage on http://docs.sun.com
Regards,
Ben Humphreys
Sun Australia - Solution Centre

Commandline for RAID manager

I have a Solaris 8 System that has a Sun A1000 attached to it. Every thing I read says to use the RAID manager to mange it. Because it was already installed before I came on the scene, I don't know any specifics.
This is a remote system therefore using the RAID manager 6 GUI isn't an option. Is there a commandline (or equivelent software)?

Hello Leon,
please review the <b>Sun StorEdge RAID Manager 6.22 User's Guide</b> for a description of the commandline interface.
<b>Sun StorEdge RAID Manager 6.22 User's Guide</b>
<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText"><b>Quote:</b></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
This manual provides the information necessary to set up, monitor, tune, and repair
your RAID Modules using the Sun StorEdge[tm] RAID Manager software. The manual
is divided into seven chapters and an appendix.
</td></tr></table>
Attached is a script published on BigAdmin.
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Download raid manager solaris 10

hi all,
where i can download or find patches for Raid manager ( SUNWosafw, SUNWosar, SUNWosau, SUNWosamn) ?
thnx

Here's the webpage you want to go to:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/releases.jsp
-- Alan

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#!/bin/sh
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LoadModule php5_module /usr/share/lrm/apacheForOs10/modules/libphp5.so
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<VirtualHost *:8845>
ServerName localhost:8845
DocumentRoot "/usr/share/lrm/root"
ServerAdmin [email protected]
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CustomLog "/usr/share/lrm/apacheForOs10/logs/error_log" common
LogLevel warn
TraceEnable off
UserDir disabled
</VirtualHost>
<Directory "/usr/share/lrm/root">
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    MultiviewsMatch Any
    AllowOverride None
    Require all granted
</Directory>
AliasMatch /MSU/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /MSu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /Msu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /msu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
EOF`
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if sw_vers -productVersion|grep 10.9 >/dev/null
then
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LoadModule php5_module /usr/share/lrm/apacheForOs9/modules/libphp5.so
Listen 8845
<VirtualHost *:8845>
ServerName localhost:8845
DocumentRoot "/usr/share/lrm/root"
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ErrorLog "/usr/share/lrm/apacheForOs10/logs/error_log"
CustomLog "/usr/share/lrm/apacheForOs10/logs/error_log" common
LogLevel warn
TraceEnable off
UserDir disabled
</VirtualHost>
<Directory "/usr/share/lrm/root">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
AliasMatch /MSU/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /MSu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /Msu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
AliasMatch /msu/(.*) "/usr/share/lrm/root/$1"
EOF`
else
echo "Unsupported Mac OS system version";
exit 5;
fi
fi
if [ -d /usr/share/lrm ]
then
echo "Will update Mac OS apache Server configuration";
else
echo "failed to locate LaCie Raid Manager directory";
exit 6;
fi
if [ -f ~/lrm.conf ]
then
sudo cp ~/lrm.conf /etc/apache2/other
else
echo “Error: Missing LRM config file”;
exit 1;
fi
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo “failed to copy lm config file”;
exit 2;
else
rm $(pwd)/lrm.conf;
fi
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then
sudo mv /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.lacie.WebService.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.lacie.WebService.backup;
else
echo “Error: Missing LRM config file for apache”;
exit 3;
fi
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
echo “failed to backup WebService file”;
exit 4;
fi
sudo httpd -k stop;
sudo apachectl start;
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Solaris version that RAID Manager 6.22.1 supported

I am currently running Solaris 9 operating environment, I would like to know if RAID Manager 6.22.1 supports Solaris 9.
When I search in SUN website, one page mentioned that RM 6.22.1 supports Solaris 9(http://www.sun.com/storage/disk-drives/raid.html) while the other page is different (http://www.sun.com/storage/software/raid_manager.html).
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Yes it work fine.
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Iain

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