Re: [cobalt-users] RaQ550 - Mirror Drive Resync- Reboot loop

[John D Gorena <Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The roll back was the only thing that worked for us.  Just start the process
just after a reboot.  You do not want it to reboot when you are in the middle of
the steps.

John



Jeff Edwards wrote:
> 
> RE: Raq550 Resync/Reboot Issue
> Hardware: Raq550, 1.0Ghz CPU, Dual 40gb, 1gb RAM (Dual 512mb Cobalt
> Original), Mirror Drives
> Patches: Up to date.
> 
> I have searched the archives on this issue and found numerous entries but I
> though this issue was resolved by SUN long ago, But I have a server that has
> lost it's mind and quickly causing me to do so also.
> 
> At 2AM the other morning, this server went into a Resync/Reboot loop as
> described in previous threads on this list. The reboots originally occurred
> at approx 45-50% Drive Sync.  I've tried a lot of tricks to troubleshoot
> this and here is what I've found:
> 
> If I su to root and do a "kill -9 12" at some point during the early Resync,
> the status of the resync will jump to ~88% and continue to completion. After
> completion, the server will operate normally until either I manually reboot
> or until the 4am routine daily maintenance, at which point it returns to the
> Resync/Reboot loop until I run the kill command again, which buys me time
> until the next 4AM window.
> 
> For some odd reason, this also caused my primary email box to become corrupt
> both of the last two days shortly after 5am (maybe because my outlook "Which
> runs 24x7" is checking mail during a reboot??)
> 
> I've read about skipping resync of certain partitions until others complete
> and then going back, but I have idea how to manually manipulate the
> Raid1syncd utilities.
> 
> I'm hesitant to Roll back the Kernel as described in messages from the June
> 2003 threads as SUN as released a couple of additional Kernel updated since
> that period of time.
> 
> Any help, Suggestions, links, or tricks that will help me to resolve this
> issue will be GREATLY appreciated!
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Jeff Edwards
> http://www.Raq4less.com
> 
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