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April 9th, 2010 07:00

Failed Disk: True -or- False?

I got an ECC Alert: Physical disk drive failure - 000287890960.DF-6D D1 msg this morning.  When I issue command "symdisk -sid 0960 list -failed -v" it shows this disk [Serial ID : E6WMLLNC] as "Failed Disk                : True" but when I issue command "symdisk -sid 0960 list -DA 6D -interface D -tid 1 -v" is shows this same disk[Serial ID : E6WMLLNC] as "Failed Disk                : False".

Can someone tell me why "symdisk -sid 0960 list -DA 6D -interface D -tid 1 -v" command does not show me the correct status?  Is this cached somewhere and needs to be refreshed?

TIA ~ Ken

CEINVAP63 Fri 04/09/2010  8:20:32.08 C:\>symdisk -sid 0960 list -failed -v

Symmetrix ID                 : 000xxxxxxxxx
Disks Selected               : 1

  Director                   : DF-6D
  Interface                  : D
  Target ID                  : 1
  Disk Group Number          : 1

  Vendor ID                  : IBM
  Product ID                 : IX35L073F2DY10-0
  Product Revision           : IBM73LD
  Serial ID                  : E6WMLLNC

  Disk Blocks                : 143113019
  Block Size                 : 512
  Actual Disk Blocks         : 143374737
  Total Disk Capacity (MB)   : 69879
  Free Disk Capacity (MB)    : 695
  Actual Disk Capacity (MB)  : 70007
  Hypers                     : 8

  Hot Spare                  : False

  Failed Disk                : True


  Hypers (8):
  {
  #   Vol  Emulation        Dev  Type          Mirror Status         Cap(MB)
  --- ---- ---------------- ---- ------------- ------ -------------- --------
    1  160 FBA              011D Data            2    Write Disabled    17263
    2  161 FBA              013D Data            3    Write Disabled    17263
    3  162 FBA              0174 RAID-5          2    Write Disabled     5766
    4  163 FBA              0184 RAID-5          1    Write Disabled     5766
    5  164 FBA              019C RAID-5          1    Write Disabled     5766
    6  165 FBA              01B4 RAID-5          1    Write Disabled     5766
    7  166 FBA              01C8 RAID-5          2    Write Disabled     5766
    8  167 FBA              01DC RAID-5          2    Write Disabled     5766
  }


CEINVAP63 Fri 04/09/2010  8:20:43.38 C:\>symdisk -sid 0960 list -DA 6D -interface D -tid 1 -v

Symmetrix ID                 : 000xxxxxxxxx
Disks Selected               : 1

  Director                   : DF-6D
  Interface                  : D
  Target ID                  : 1
  Disk Group Number          : 1

  Vendor ID                  : IBM
  Product ID                 : IX35L073F2DY10-0
  Product Revision           : IBM73LD
  Serial ID                  : E6WMLLNC

  Disk Blocks                : 143113019
  Block Size                 : 512
  Actual Disk Blocks         : 143374737
  Total Disk Capacity (MB)   : 69879
  Free Disk Capacity (MB)    : 695
  Actual Disk Capacity (MB)  : 70007
  Hypers                     : 8

  Hot Spare                  : False

  Failed Disk                : False


  Hypers (8):
  {
  #   Vol  Emulation        Dev  Type          Mirror Status         Cap(MB)
  --- ---- ---------------- ---- ------------- ------ -------------- --------
    1  160 FBA              011D Data            2    Ready             17263
    2  161 FBA              013D Data            3    Ready             17263
    3  162 FBA              0174 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    4  163 FBA              0184 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    5  164 FBA              019C RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    6  165 FBA              01B4 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    7  166 FBA              01C8 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    8  167 FBA              01DC RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
  }


CEINVAP63 Fri 04/09/2010  8:20:50.61 C:\>

Message was edited by: KCSCP Changed Symmetrix Serial Numbers.

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April 9th, 2010 08:00

Yes...

CEINVAP63 Fri 04/09/2010  9:03:24.69 C:\>symdev -sid 0960 list -service_state notnormal

Symmetrix ID: 000xxxxxxxxx

        Device Name          Directors                   Device
--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------
                                                                           Cap
Sym  Physical               SA DA :IT  Config        Attribute    Sts   (MB)
--------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------------

011D Not Visible            ***:* 06D:D1  RDF2+Mir      N/Grp'd  (m) WD       -
013D Not Visible            ***:* 15B:C1  RDF2+Mir      N/Grp'd  (m) WD       -
0174 Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RDF2+R-5      N/Grp'd  (m) WD       -
0184 Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RAID-5        N/Grp'd  (m) RW       -
019C Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RAID-5        N/Grp'd  (m) RW       -
01B4 Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RAID-5        N/Grp'd  (m) RW       -
01C8 Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RDF2+R-5      N/Grp'd  (m) WD       -
01DC Not Visible            ***:* 11A:D1  RDF2+R-5      N/Grp'd  (m) WD       -


CEINVAP63 Fri 04/09/2010  9:03:59.67 C:\>

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April 9th, 2010 08:00

interesting, does this return the hypers on that disk ?

symdev list -sid 0960 list -service_state notnormal

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April 13th, 2010 06:00

The disk was replaced yesterday afternoon but was still showing the same Serial ID.  After doing a SYMCFG DISCOVER, it now shows correctly with new Vendor ID, Product ID & Serial ID.  I suppose had I issued the SYMCFG DISCOVER before it was replaced it would have correctly listed it as Failed Disk: True.

CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:26:28.78 C:\>symdisk -sid 0960 list -DA 6D -interface D -tid 1 -v

Symmetrix ID                 : 000xxxxxxxxx
Disks Selected               : 1

  Director                   : DF-6D
  Interface                  : D
  Target ID                  : 1
  Disk Group Number          : 1

  Vendor ID                  : IBM
  Product ID                 : IX35L073F2DY10-0
  Product Revision           : IBM73LD
  Serial ID                  : E6WMLLNC

  Disk Blocks                : 143113019
  Block Size                 : 512
  Actual Disk Blocks         : 143374737
  Total Disk Capacity (MB)   : 69879
  Free Disk Capacity (MB)    : 695
  Actual Disk Capacity (MB)  : 70007
  Hypers                     : 8

  Hot Spare                  : False

  Failed Disk                : False


  Hypers (8):
  {
  #   Vol  Emulation        Dev  Type          Mirror Status         Cap(MB)
  --- ---- ---------------- ---- ------------- ------ -------------- --------
    1  160 FBA              011D Data            2    Ready             17263
    2  161 FBA              013D Data            3    Ready             17263
    3  162 FBA              0174 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    4  163 FBA              0184 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    5  164 FBA              019C RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    6  165 FBA              01B4 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    7  166 FBA              01C8 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    8  167 FBA              01DC RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
  }


CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:29:04.13 C:\>symdev -sid 0960 list -service_state notnormal

Symmetrix ID: 000xxxxxxxxx

Could not select any Symmetrix devices to list.

CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:31:59.59 C:\>symdisk -sid 0960 list -failed

Symmetrix ID                 : 000xxxxxxxxx

No devices were found


CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:39:41.91 C:\>symcfg discover

This operation may take up to a few minutes. Please be patient...

CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:40:19.50 C:\>symdisk -sid 0960 list -DA 6D -interface D -tid 1 -v

Symmetrix ID                 : 000xxxxxxxxx
Disks Selected               : 1

  Director                   : DF-6D
  Interface                  : D
  Target ID                  : 1
  Disk Group Number          : 1

  Vendor ID                  : SEAGATE
  Product ID                 : SX373207FC
  Product Revision           : C73LDDF
  Serial ID                  : 3KT3DSCE

  Disk Blocks                : 143113019
  Block Size                 : 512
  Actual Disk Blocks         : 143374737
  Total Disk Capacity (MB)   : 69879
  Free Disk Capacity (MB)    : 695
  Actual Disk Capacity (MB)  : 70007
  Hypers                     : 8

  Hot Spare                  : False

  Failed Disk                : False


  Hypers (8):
  {
  #   Vol  Emulation        Dev  Type          Mirror Status         Cap(MB)
  --- ---- ---------------- ---- ------------- ------ -------------- --------
    1  160 FBA              011D Data            2    Ready             17263
    2  161 FBA              013D Data            3    Ready             17263
    3  162 FBA              0174 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    4  163 FBA              0184 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    5  164 FBA              019C RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    6  165 FBA              01B4 RAID-5          1    Ready              5766
    7  166 FBA              01C8 RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
    8  167 FBA              01DC RAID-5          2    Ready              5766
  }


CEINVAP63 Tue 04/13/2010  7:40:27.56 C:\>

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April 19th, 2010 09:00

I just needed to do a SYMCFG DISCOVER to see the correct status.

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