Is it possible? I'm trying to add a Seagate ST336706LC in order
to replace a failed Sun-original ST336605 in a SE3310, but even
though it detects the disk, and I can reformat it and similar
I just wont show up when I try to create a new RAID5 volume...

. view. 0. 2. 34732.160MB. NONE.FRMT DRV.SEAGATE ST336605LSUN36G .
. view. 0. 3. 35003.160MB. NONE. NEW DRV.SEAGATE ST336706LC .

Can it be done or am I just wasting my time?

- Peter


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Peter Eriksson <peter@ifm.liu.se> wrote:
> Is it possible? I'm trying to add a Seagate ST336706LC in order
> to replace a failed Sun-original ST336605 in a SE3310, but even
> though it detects the disk, and I can reformat it and similar
> I just wont show up when I try to create a new RAID5 volume...

> . view. 0. 2. 34732.160MB. NONE.FRMT DRV.SEAGATE ST336605LSUN36G .
> . view. 0. 3. 35003.160MB. NONE. NEW DRV.SEAGATE ST336706LC .

> Can it be done or am I just wasting my time?

I doubt it will work right. Sun firmware changes the disk
geometry so it's consistent across drive brands for things like
mirroring or other RAID. If you were doing this RAID on the host with
volume manager or other software you can get around it, but in that box,
it's all done internally. Even if you can get it to accept it, running
disks with third party firmware in that box is probably not a good idea.

Peter Eriksson <peter@ifm.liu.se> writes:

>Is it possible? I'm trying to add a Seagate ST336706LC in order
>to replace a failed Sun-original ST336605 in a SE3310, but even
>though it detects the disk, and I can reformat it and similar
>I just wont show up when I try to create a new RAID5 volume...

> . view. 0. 2. 34732.160MB. NONE.FRMT DRV.SEAGATE ST336605LSUN36G .
> . view. 0. 3. 35003.160MB. NONE. NEW DRV.SEAGATE ST336706LC .

>Can it be done or am I just wasting my time?

I just succeeded in doing it. The reason why I couldn't select the new drive
was that I had a global spare defined that was one of the original disks - and
thus it was too small! If I deleted that global spare I could select it just
as the other drives. (I've now switched the disks so that the slightly larger
one is the global spare :-)

- Peter
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Computer Systems Manager/BOFH Cell/GSM: +46 705 18 2786
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