I'm maintaining a small network of Solaris/Linux clients with a NFS/NIS server running Solaris 10. The server is a SPARC Enterprise M4000 sharing NFS filesystem that the clients are mounting. The hard drives on the server are on a Sun Storage J4200 array of 12 disks. I don't have details on what is the configuration of the array (how the disks are used, some RAID etc).
Now problem is the server broke (XSCF unit failure) and I need to access the files on the J4200 storage array. Is there any way I can do this? What would be the needed steps? Or are the files lost, as I don't have details on the array configuration?
(...the files have been backed up to a simple Linux based backup client...but as we had a major malfuntion, the backup client also has failed)
If the XSCF board has gone down you should be able to replace that. You'll need to power everything down to do it though.
The data on the storage array should be fine provided you don't reformat or try to write to it in any way before you reconnect it to the Sun box or replacement Sun box.
The array(s) configuration will be stored on the J4200 disks.
What version of Solaris (I assume it was running Solaris) was it running?
Unfortunately, I don't have a replacement XSCF right now. I had one spare a couple of months ago, but had to allocate it elsewhere. So that's not a quick option to access the files. I don't have info, on which version of Solaris10 was running on the server.
What I'm trying now, is to install the SAS controller (PCI-E) card to another Solaris machine. Idea is to try and access the disk array from this machine. This machine being a Netra T5220 running Solaris 10 (SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_147147-26 64-bit).
Command "format" gives output :
Those "sas" disks are the array disks.
Is it now a simple task of mounting one of them to check the content, like c3t16d0 for instance?
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The partition printout for c3t16d0 looks like this :
The prtvtoc printout :
And fstyp for partition 0 shows it's ZFS :
I'm having hopes the data on the disks is accessible and all is not lost. Never worked with ZFS mounts though. During Solaris10 installation, I've installed UFS on the T5220 I'm using.
I'm assuming this is due to having installed Solaris10 with UFS option? I would need to have ZFS filesystem created? Would it make sense to do a clean Solaris 10 re-install and select ZFS filesystem?
With a sun storage array j4200 with a failed drive.
It's got 11 other drive right now running seagate's
ST314655SSUN146G
I'm about to replace that one drive with seagate's ST3146356SS drive.
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Hello All:
I am trying to configure a J4200 disk array. I am a newbie.
1. I have installed CAM (Common Array Manager).
2. Upgraded the firmware.
3. Registered the array.
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