BismillahirRehmanirRahim

Hi Admins,

May i know ? is it possible to use hotswapable SCSI HardDisk for
transfering Data from one Server to another.

Infact our Sys Admin went to leave, so i have to do all this.

we have one SunFire V890 Server , i want to transfer around 10GB Data
from this Server to another SunFire V890 Server.

I dont want to use Network link as they are in different locations and
link is capable of that.

There is no removeable media for that.

So i wanted to know ., is it possible to insert a new standalone SCSI
Disk into the SunFire V890 Server, then mount it and copy data to it.
and then installed this Disk into the Other SunFire V890 for data
Transfer.

these are production Servers so i want your experienced advise.

hope to hear soon from you.

Your Junior
Salman

What OS version both servers use?
If Solaris10 Update2 and higher, you can use ZFS import and export.
No mounting, no nothing.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zw8V8g5eT0 and see what am i
talking about.

If not, this is possible, i've used this technique several times.

BismillahirRehmanirRahim

Hi pavelj,

The OS is Sun Solaris 9.

i just wanted to know if there will be any risk or compatibility
issue. ?

what precautions i should take care of. ?

Your Junior Admin
Salman

BismillahirRehmanirRahim

Hi All,

Just wanted to update you all about the status of this problem.

Alhumdolillaah, i able to transfer data using FC-AL Internal Disks in
Sunfire V890.

I used luxadm command for hot plugging. it went OK but it throw
following errors at Server Console on hot plugg insert and remove of
FC-ACL Hard Drives.

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prod-01 console login: Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: WARNING:

/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e011de1e91,0 (ssd5):
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 Error for Command:
read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Requested Block:
173628912 Error Block: 173628912
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Vendor:
FUJITSU Serial Number: 0613C07T91
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Sense Key: Unit Attention
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: ASC: 0x29 (<vendor unique code 0x29>),
ASCQ: 0x3, FRU: 0x0

Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/
ssd@w500000e011de1e91,0 (ssd5):
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 Error for Command:
read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Requested Block:
173628912 Error Block: 173628912
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Vendor:
FUJITSU Serial Number: 0613C07T91
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Sense Key: Unit Attention
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: ASC: 0x29 (<vendor unique code 0x29>),
ASCQ: 0x3, FRU: 0x0

Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/
ssd@w21000000878e2465,0 (ssd2):
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 Error for Command:
read(10) Error Level: Retryable
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Requested Block:
194695216 Error Block: 194695216
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Vendor:
HITACHI Serial Number: 0606TWVS6M
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: Sense Key: Unit Attention
Aug 6 06:23:14 prod-01 scsi: ASC: 0x29 (power on, reset, or bus
reset occurred), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0

Aug 6 06:23:15 prod-01 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/
ssd@w500000e011de1ec1,0 (ssd8):
Aug 6 06:23:15 prod-01 Error for Command:
write(10) Error Level: Retryable
Aug 6 06:23:15 prod-01 scsi: Requested Block:
171821184 Error Block: 171821184
Aug 6 06:23:15 prod-01 scsi: Vendor:
FUJITSU Serial Number: 0613C07T94
..
..
..
..

Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/
ssd@w21000000878e2e3f,0 (ssd0):
Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 Error for Command:
write(10) Error Level: Retryable
Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 scsi: Requested Block:
30777664 Error Block: 30777664
Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 scsi: Vendor:
HITACHI Serial Number: 0606TWVULT
Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 scsi: Sense Key: Unit Attention
Aug 6 06:23:18 prod-01 scsi: ASC: 0x29 (power on, reset, or bus
reset occurred), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Aug 6 06:23:50 prod-01 picld[61]: Device DISK10 inserted
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Any idea why its like that ?

Your Junior Admin
Salman