Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] cryptic device naming?

2010-11-08 Thread Mark
The other variable here is the controller settings. The LSI card can use persistent mappings forthe disks, so it's OS presented device is constant, regardless of what slot it is physically in. This drove me nuts trying to figure out what was going on the first time I encountered it. I now us

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] cryptic device naming?

2010-11-18 Thread Mark
LSI web site Same tool for all FC and SAS adapters. Mark. On 16/11/2010 11:49 p.m., Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: - Original Message - The other variable here is the controller settings. The LSI card can use persistent mappings forthe disks, so it's OS presented device is con

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] cryptic device naming?

2010-11-19 Thread Mark
lsiutil version 1.63 should work with the SAS2 series, but is a bit harder to find. I have a copy at work and will PM for you to try. Mark. On 19/11/2010 8:47 a.m., Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: Tried that - told me "no card found". Seems it doesn't support the LSI SAS2 card

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS improvements.

2010-11-23 Thread Mark
don't work well with ZFS. Mark. On 24/11/2010 7:08 a.m., Jesus Cea wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 23/11/10 18:55, Maurilio Longo wrote: mauri...@rsync:~$ ls -lR /nas/test/snv_143/ | wc -l 175184 At 2Kb, mean, per file, we have 360Mb, more or less, but here we go

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Text Installer creates rpool1

2010-12-01 Thread Mark
I tried the OI Build147 text installer for the first time, and ended up with rpool1 instead of the expected rpool. Is this normal ? The disks had an existing pool, but I selected use whole disk and overwrite. I have done this many times with OpenSolaris versions and never encountered it befor

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Text Installer creates rpool1

2010-12-03 Thread Mark
On 02/12/2010 2:11 a.m., Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: I tried the OI Build147 text installer for the first time, and ended up with rpool1 instead of the expected rpool. As mentioned by Jeppe, destroying the old rpool will be a workaround for this. I guess what happens is that OI boots up, sees

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Proposal: OpenIndiana Stable Branch

2011-01-24 Thread Mark
+1 to a minimal server version. (late reply - two weeks of computer free holiday) For web based management, it would make more sense to work on Webmin modules to add the missing bits like zfs. A postfix default mailer would also get my vote. As my focus is on nfs/cifs storage systems, I cu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Proposal: OpenIndiana Stable Branch

2011-01-25 Thread Mark
onsiderable difference in setup around networking and zfs ACL's especially with sharing filesystems with both nfs and smb. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Build 147 ZFS / NFS / iSCSI system reboot

2011-02-16 Thread Mark
Hi Steve, some more info on the shelves would help. SCSI, FC , SAS, brands etc. Mark. On 17/02/2011 3:19 p.m., Steve Jacobson wrote: All, We have some systems that we're prototyping that use an OpenIndiana (b147) server with two disk shelves running Ubuntu linux 10.10 and iSCSI. Wh

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Build 147 ZFS / NFS / iSCSI system reboot

2011-02-17 Thread Mark
On 18/02/2011 10:19 a.m., Steve Jacobson wrote: Sure - the shelves are SuperMicro systems running Ubuntu 10.10. There are 36 Seagate Constellation ES 2TB drives connected to 5 LSI ELP controllers. The drives are arranged in four groups of eight drives in RAID6 and one group of four drive

[OpenIndiana-discuss] It just trashed itself!!

2011-02-25 Thread Mark
opefully this isn't a regular event, but I may keep a pre-built OS disk ready just in case. If anyone has suggestions on what to look for in the wreckage, it would be helpful. Mark. [Sparing a thought for Christchurch Earthquake victims. Thankf

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] It just trashed itself!!

2011-02-25 Thread Mark
On 26/02/2011 7:09 a.m., David Brodbeck wrote: On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Lou Piccianowrote: Mark, It may not help at all - but what kind of network interface hardware are you using? igb is the Broadcom driver. No, igb is Intel. In this case the 82576EB chipset for the gigabit

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris Express server name broadcast

2011-03-06 Thread Mark
assume the master browser role, and maintain a browse list. Much like a bunch of Windows 95's in a workgroup. The use of static hosts entries may help resolve names more quickly, but not populate brower lists. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss ma

[OpenIndiana-discuss] How old is openindiana ?

2011-03-09 Thread Mark
0 0 mirror-0ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t8d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t9d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.o

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [illumos-Developer] SES support for Super Micro chassises?

2011-03-10 Thread Mark
some of what you get, but even whit this, Fault Management doesn't do anything interesting with it. This server also has an IPMI card, so ipmitopo also lists this info (see end of post) Mark. Node Type: 1 nvlist version: 0 scsi-inquiry-vendor = LSILOGIC scsi-inqui

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NFS hang during copy

2011-03-21 Thread Mark
Hi Roy, I have up to 30 nfs v3 mounts from each of four Centos 5.5 boxes to two OI148 targets and haven't seen that sort of issue. Mark. On 21/03/2011 7:04 a.m., Chris Ridd wrote: On 20 Mar 2011, at 14:49, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: Hi all I'm fighting a problem with an OpenI

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana hosting advocating?

2011-03-24 Thread Mark
fs and cifs file systems from an OS rebuild, in under 60 minutes, then my opinion might change. Until then, it is still the best ZFS platform I have available. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] New illumos based OpenIndiana test repo

2011-03-29 Thread Mark
On 29/03/2011 4:06 a.m., Alasdair Lumsden wrote: Hi All, This is an internal test and development repo for a forthcoming release; it's not a release in and of itself, so please don't update your day to day workstations to this. Only install this if you're interested in developing OpenIndiana+Il

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] reboot/shutdown commands (Was: Re: OI boot problem)

2011-03-29 Thread Mark
On 29/03/2011 4:44 a.m., Volker A. Brandt wrote: Jonathan Adams writes: If you're using a server then expect to know some of the commands for running the server. If you're using the desktop there is a nice graphical "Shutdown" routine. If you're in front of the hardware and you want to power dow

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pool messup

2011-04-11 Thread Mark
ional system also use expanders ? Mark. On 12/04/2011 7:33 a.m., Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: This is an entry level proliant, very standard gear. I cannot believe that you would be the first one using them with ZFS (those sell really well) Is the Jbod configured? I mean, are all the the drives corr

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pool messup

2011-04-12 Thread Mark
change the origional setting. What model are the disks ? Did the origional system also use expanders ? Mark. On 12/04/2011 7:33 a.m., Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: This is an entry level proliant, very standard gear. I cannot believe that you would be the first one using them with ZFS (those sell r

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Device placement havoc (Was: pool messup)

2011-04-16 Thread Mark
tringFUJITSU model stringMBA3147RC Mark. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperati

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] aclmode -> no zfs in heterogeneous networks anymore?

2011-04-26 Thread Mark
sn't any other option for me yet. I have experimented with NFS4 on Centos, which can see acls, but that didn't help at all. For me, it was a matter of choosing the ability to scrub the zpool or have problematic acl's and acl's lost out. Mark. ___

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Choice of disks: Will 4kB Blocksize Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 64MB 2TB work OK in OI148??

2011-05-07 Thread Mark
d. Solaris doesn't tolerate this well, and linix isn't too fussed with raid sets of them either. I managed to lock up a server last week with sata bus errors on a triple esata setup with wd20ears disks (raidz LTO5 alternative) with bacula. Mark B. On 2011-05-06 08:34, Hans J. A

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i& 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane that supports SES-2. I am finding conflicting

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS issues and the choice of platform

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
ing, including fault managemnt extension. Mark. On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:59:19PM +0200, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: Hi all I have a few servers running openindiana 148, and it's been running rather well for some time. Lately, however, we've seen some hichups that may be related

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 28/05/2011 3:25 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i& 9211-4i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NTPD and PPM issues?

2011-05-30 Thread Mark
increase to 10x the allowable drift, but this cannot be set in OI or linux. My "fix" there was to turn off ntp, and run a cron job every 15 mins to set the clock with ntpdate. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndian

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana-discuss Digest, Vol 10, Issue 60

2011-05-30 Thread Mark
On 30/05/2011 9:28 p.m., Hans J. Albertsson wrote: Of course: just me being sloppy: I am looking for a card that runs off the fastest possible i/f on the X7BSi MB PCI-Express, absolutely. Just be aware that a bad esata connection can bring down the server. I crashed my oi bacula server a few

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] LSI 9211 and multipath

2011-06-14 Thread Mark
o' type=string items=1 dev=none value='3LQ3C4489846NZ8H' name='target-port' type=string items=1 value='w5000c5000a85d445' Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Configure static IP with nwam

2011-06-18 Thread Mark
On 19/06/2011 11:54 a.m., Serge Fonville wrote: Hi, I recently installed a oi_148 system. By default every interface is configured with DHCP and NWAM I read I can configure NWAM with static IPs and that it would be 'better' that way somehow. Unfortunately I can not find any resource what I ne

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-18 Thread Mark
Storage Server Clone" running on Supermicro hardware and some customised definitions in the management software to match the new hardware. That setup fully supported drive locator and failure indications, so the generic hardware can do it with the right software. Mark. _

[OpenIndiana-discuss] multipath on by default ?

2011-06-21 Thread Mark
ing that to IT mode tomorrow. Has anyone "been there, done that" with this combo ? Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-22 Thread Mark
nd failure indications, so the generic hardware can do it with the right software. Mark. Can you shed more lights on it? Thanks. look here. http://stored-on-zfs.blogspot.com ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindian

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Buggy mptsas or multipath or something ...

2011-06-22 Thread Mark
is multipath the wrong path ? When the installer takes a $ each way. And I don't even have two controllers installed, but there "may" be more than one path, if you are the right device that is. I conclude the mptsas driver will probably require more work as vendor uptake on the many new

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-23 Thread Mark
On 23/06/2011 1:25 a.m., Robin Axelsson wrote: On 2011-06-22 11:05, Mark wrote: On 22/06/2011 1:38 a.m., Fred Liu wrote: As an aside, I have built a fully functional "7210 Unified Storage Server Clone" running on Supermicro hardware and some customised definitions in the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Buggy mptsas or multipath or something ...

2011-06-23 Thread Mark
ring the activation. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-23 Thread Mark
Storage Module Disk Ready-to–Remove LED Does Not Work Using cfgadm (6946124) http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E19452-01/835-0799/v2pn.gkdej.html#scrolltoc I plan to write something to make this easier (but only only with this hardware). Mark.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-23 Thread Mark
On 23/06/2011 7:55 a.m., Gary wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Robin Axelsson wrote: That's a very nice web interface! How did you get that on OpenIndiana? Unless I'm mistaken, you can download the VirtualBox image of the simulator here: http://www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/dlgpage.j

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-24 Thread Mark
,4023@3/pci15d9,a680@0/sd@24, 0 FRU: hc://:product-id=LSILOGIC-SASX36-A.1:server-id=:chassis-id=50030480005a337f:serial=6 XW15V2S:part=ST32000542AS-ST32000542AS:revision=CC34/ses-enclosure=1/bay=6/disk=0 Location: 006 Mark.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about drive LEDs

2011-06-24 Thread Mark
On 24/06/2011 11:09 p.m., Fred Liu wrote: > Mark, > > Can you post the content of your blog in this list? > > Many thanks. > >>> >>> look here. >>> >>> http://stored-on-zfs.blogspot.com >>> In brief, I cloned a bootable SATA disk f

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Kernel Panic installing openindiana on a HP BL460c G1

2011-06-27 Thread Mark
on of an existing, broken filesystem. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ntpd not keeping time in sync

2011-07-09 Thread Mark
7;t exist, and the "virtual" replacements don't offer much precision. The host server's cmos clock isn't referenced. This phenomenon is well documented by VMWare, and outcome varies from one OS to the next, depending on how they derive time. Mark.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ntpd not keeping time in sync

2011-07-09 Thread Mark
quot; at vm bootup, just to make life more interesting, but one running, it's up to the OS's method to maintain time. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ntpd not keeping time in sync

2011-07-13 Thread Mark
The 500ppm ntp range limit is easy to exceed with virtual hardware, since it isn't "real time" orientated. Mark. but that's just the hacker in me ... On 13 July 2011 02:56, Christopher Chan wrote: On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 09:54 AM, Christopher Chan wrote: On Wednesda

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool in sorry state

2011-07-13 Thread Mark
I also have a few running mpt and sas disks that are very stable. For Sata disks, very few give good stability, and the model I found to be the best is now different - gone to 4k internal sectors. Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndian

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool in sorry state

2011-07-14 Thread Mark
On 14/07/2011 8:44 a.m., Gregory Youngblood wrote: On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Mark wrote: On 14/07/2011 2:44 a.m., Christopher Chan wrote: On Wednesday, July 13, 2011 09:28 PM, Eric Pierce wrote: Is the 9211-8i a different driver than mpt_sas? No it is not. LSI 2008 chip - mpt_sas

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ntpd not keeping time in sync

2011-07-14 Thread Mark
On 14/07/2011 11:54 a.m., Gary wrote: On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Mark wrote: The 500ppm ntp range limit is easy to exceed with virtual hardware, since it isn't "real time" orientated. The original poster, Chris Chan, is running it on bare metal hardware. Regardless, I&#x

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] can't get into system after hostname change

2011-07-14 Thread Mark
to single user mode ? Then update /etc/hosts with it's new ip. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hardware fault, drive or controller?

2011-07-15 Thread Mark
get to check/replace the cables as well if it is sata. Sata tends to run better in native sata mode too. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] exporting rpool with system running

2011-08-02 Thread Mark
re welcome. Just install the disks and boot. I have found it to be very portable. I have done an rpool Sata boot disk from VM Workstation raw disk 32 bit, to older AMD64 dual cpu, to modern Intel 5420 dual cpu and back again. It just booted without issues. Nic does change, but that's easy t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] exporting rpool with system running

2011-08-05 Thread Mark
the mirror disk intact, so that does need to be added back. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindia

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Question about WD drives with Super Micro systems

2011-08-06 Thread Mark
000641's just refuse to run with expanders, but work diecty connected to the sas controller. It's funny how all this reminds me of fibre channel behaviour in it's early days. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Question about WD drives with Super Micro systems

2011-08-07 Thread Mark
under load. I suppose for WD, there had to be a defining boundary between Desktop and Enterprise, and Hardware Raid and Expanders are firmly pushed to the enterprise side. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] BAD WD drives - defective by design?

2011-08-30 Thread Mark
he model designation the same. The 24 x Seagate 6Gb 2Tb SATA disks I had that wouldn't work with expanders are now a solid FC target box via multiple Marvel 8 port PCI-X cards direct to each disk. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 6 GB SATA drives on SAS HBAs

2011-08-31 Thread Mark
desktop, just don't negotiate well on 3G topology, and similar issues around 3G disks on 6G topology. Also some expander code versions are better than others. I've also RMA'ed Supermicro backplanes with issues as well. So you can

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar FC target

2011-09-28 Thread Mark
Both these setups are single fc path and 4Gb Fibre. I'm planning to start changing things with the client HBA firmware, since the three hosts attached have different models of hba. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-dis

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Best way to map SAS drives to physical positions

2011-10-06 Thread Mark
ocate option which is missing from the repository version. I plan to compile the latest version and test it on a few storage combinations to see if the magic happens. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Mixing zfs raids and mirrors

2011-10-18 Thread Mark
a is evenly spread across the available space. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Where can I find a full Walk thru setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-13 Thread Mark
ault/nfs. Hard to tell what guides hold water for modern solaris and offshoots. If you can wait a few days, I can give you working configs for nfs4 on Centos to OI, since I have a few running that config at work. I seem to recall that only a few settings are

[OpenIndiana-discuss] setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-15 Thread Mark
same file system as I do. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zfs replace controller

2011-11-16 Thread Mark
reak. I don't usually export the boot device, only any other zpools. I have moved between supported sata and sas controllers as well. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] setting up nfs4 from scratch

2011-11-16 Thread Mark
On 17/11/2011 3:40 a.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Mark writes: [...] Thanks for the very complete instructions. No problem Harry, glad to help. On my linux distro [debian wheezy] I see this in /etc/idmapd.conf # set your own domain here, if id differs from FQDN minus hostname

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller

2011-11-18 Thread Mark
just correct and deliver the data, and then write it back which in most cases triggers a disk bad sector replacement and the problem is sorted quickly. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] /dev/bmc on SuperMicro boards

2011-11-18 Thread Mark
27;t load module: No such device or address Has anyone had luck getting the BMC driver to work with SM boards? I have run the bmc from the last nvs release on OpenSolaris on a Supermicro and it works fine. I used the SIMSO+ on a X7DWN. I haven't tried the newer onboard Re

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller

2011-11-18 Thread Mark
.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16414.aspx I see there is now a p11 out, so it may need an upgrade and try again. I see that the latest sg3_utils now has a locate cmd, so it may be time to compile a newer one again and try it. Mark. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wr

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?

2011-12-02 Thread Mark
benefit, although it does have the benefit of being non-volatile. I seem to recall mention that the dedicated zil is only used if it's needed. I have great performance from a FC target using 3 x SAT2-MV8 and 20 x 2Tb sata disks without an ssd zil. Mark.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Will an 82575EB based Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 ethernet work OK in b151a?

2011-12-15 Thread Mark
I have used both the 2 & 4 port non-uio 1Gbit and two port 10G non-uio Supermicro cards with no changes, since early OI releases up to 151. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mail

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 source code leaked?

2011-12-20 Thread Mark
On 20/12/2011 6:29 a.m., Gregory Youngblood wrote: This seems potentially bad all the way around to me. Hopefully this turns out to be a real, officially blessed release and not a leak. It doesn't look to be official, since it does contain some closed source code but is mostly CDDL and even

[OpenIndiana-discuss] How will this change affect any future source from Oracle ?

2012-01-07 Thread Mark
This looks to be a major change to how ON/net is being built. http://blogs.oracle.com/ali/entry/much_ado_about_nothing_stub Will this be a show stopper when integrating any future source released by Oracle ? Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing

[OpenIndiana-discuss] PS2 keyboard problems

2012-01-07 Thread Mark
finally have found time to make a working build environment, so it may be time to dig deeper. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] PS2 keyboard problems

2012-01-09 Thread Mark
perfectly up until the OS boots, and from then on it ceases to work. This is the case on my current TYAN S2915, Supermicro X7DWN+ and the same issue has been encountered on other motherboards as well. The keyboard used makes no difference. Mark. -Original Message- From: Mark

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 11/11 Opensource part1 and part2

2012-02-02 Thread Mark
upport. definitely off this planet. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Some SNMP settings

2012-03-17 Thread Mark
:/usr/sbin:/sbin export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib diskused=`zpool list -H -o capacity ${1} | sed -e 's/%//g' ` #echo $diskused if [ $diskused -ge 84 ] then echo "WARNING" exit 1 fi if [ $diskused -gt 90 ] then echo "CRITICAL" exit 1 fi if [ $diskused -lt 84 ] then ech

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

2012-04-07 Thread Mark
On 8/04/2012 3:26 p.m., Sergei wrote: Rich acm.jhu.edu> writes: ...what FW modifications did they make? - Rich They definitely made some as you can't flash Dell drive with Seagate/WD firmware. Or get support from Seagate/WD for Dell-branded drive. That is specific to the firmware prote

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] disconnected drives, how to avoid in the future?

2012-04-12 Thread Mark
although it does not always avoid a big impact as some drives can fail during the re-silver process. Running a full read/write using format is usually enough to fix the bad block permanently. If not, then it's RMA'd. Mark. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Karl Rossing wro

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] no external connectivity on link

2012-05-02 Thread Mark
And don't forget to configure or disable the firewall. That's what my last issue with lack of connectivity turned out to be. It may be on and blocking by default. On 2/05/2012 6:13 p.m., Richard Elling wrote: On May 1, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: hello list I have attempted to enable

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hitachi 4 TB disks + HP Microserver + OI 151 + ZFS

2012-05-02 Thread Mark
shift of 12 may produce the desired outcome. I have used 4k disks (wd20ears) in 3 and 4 disk raidz pools, but they are used for archiving, so just have data dumped to them. Few issues on Sata ports, but dodgy on SAS. Mark On 1/05/2012 8:23 a.m., Peter Wood wrote: I'm building a stor

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hitachi 4 TB disks + HP Microserver + OI 151 + ZFS

2012-05-02 Thread Mark
On 3/05/2012 7:07 a.m., Gordon Ross wrote: On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Richard Elling wrote: On May 2, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Mark wrote: There are two issues. The first is correct partition alignment, the second ashift value. In "theory", I haven't tested this yet, manual

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] SPARC and Illumos

2012-09-05 Thread Mark
days. Later later ... I just bought a V890 for NZD 72.00 !! but that is for another task. Glad I didn't have to ship it !! But I do have a V440 waiting patiently for an OI install. (4 x CPU, 8Gb mem 4 x 72Gb Hdd) It can be made available for remote testing. Mark. tnx.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sata Port Multiplier

2013-05-14 Thread Mark
I did try turning on debugging, but as a beginner at driver debugging I'm not sure I achived the desired result and got no useful info from it. Anyone have experience with Sata Port Multipliers and can share a few pointers ? Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Status of compilers in use for OI

2013-07-13 Thread Mark
On 13/07/2013 9:13 a.m., Jim Klimov wrote: On 2013-07-12 21:52, Bryan N Iotti wrote: Thank you all for helping make this clearer. So, in order to compile something using the same tools that are used to build /stable, I would use pkg:/developer/sunstudio12u1 while for hipster I'd use GCC 4.6.3?

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs] problem on my zpool

2013-10-23 Thread Mark
One suggestion for the future for better reliability. Avoid using WDC WD20EARS, they aren't great, and hopeless on SAS controllers. Avoid mixing disk brands or models in a zpool. The different behaviour can trigger issues. On 23/10/2013 7:46 p.m., Clement BRIZARD wrote: I cleared the "degra

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No boot from iso on HP xw8600

2014-07-20 Thread Mark
It could be that once booted, it didn't find the dvd drive again. On 20/07/2014 5:35 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: Server and Desktop ISO, attempting to boot an HP xw8600 A 2x Xeon (5470) with 32 GB ram and 2 1tb hdd. I've attempted booting an HP xw8600 from both server and desktop (freshly

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-21 Thread Mark
e, which is what you have successfully done. I have in the past resorted to IDE drives, or booting from USB drives, which can be even more problematic to try to resolve the problem. So well done, you have made it a few rungs up the experience ladder. Mark. __

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-23 Thread Mark
On 23/07/2014 5:38 a.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Mark writes: On 21/07/2014 7:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: Hardware: HP xw8600 2x Xeon (5470) 3.3 Ghz - 32 GB ram (goal was to get past whatever prevents oi iso from working when hdw is in default settings.) I've al

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target

2014-09-04 Thread Mark
logic for an Emulex HBA. Can anyone offer suggestions on identifying possible causes ? Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target

2014-09-05 Thread Mark
200Mb/sec read and under 30 for write. I do have access to an 8Gb one I could try next. The luns will eventually be for Commvault storage, with a 64k block size. Trying different zfs block sizes hasn't made a significant difference to the Windows throughput. Mark. On 4/09/2014 9:3

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target

2014-09-05 Thread Mark
No switch, just a direct cable at present, so point to point. On 6/09/2014 5:55 a.m., Liam Slusser wrote: Mark - No I didn't change any of the HBA bios or QLT parameters. Are you going into a fibre channel switch? thanks, liam On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Mark wrote: Thanks

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target

2014-09-08 Thread Mark
I've added a switch, but that made things worse. I now see frequent link loss under any load similar to issues discussed here about a year ago. I'm going to flag fibre targets as a dead end, and explore smb or maybe iscsi on 10G ethernet instead. Thanks for the input. Mark. On

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clients

2014-09-18 Thread Mark
mapid sharectl set -p nfsmapid_domain=mydomain.local nfs Then set the appropriate nfs permissions on the zfs file system. (I'll need to find the details on this bit if you need it) Mark. On 17/09/2014 1:39 a.m., Gregory Youngblood wrote: I don't know if things have changed but a

[OpenIndiana-discuss] First cluster after 20 years

2020-02-01 Thread Mark Kosmowski
I'm putting together a home lab / cluster for computational chemistry as a private individual. I'm thinking OpenIndiana on the head node (for a desktop) and OmniOS on the compute nodes. Are there any downsides to this that I should be mindful of? Thanks! _

[OpenIndiana-discuss] X apps in lx zone?

2020-02-04 Thread Mark Kosmowski
Is it possible to run X applications from within an lx zone? If so, would it work for the global zone to run the X server and the lx zone to provide plasma/KDE? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] sound juicer doesn't propose mp3 as output?

2011-05-09 Thread Mark Humphreys
I hate to say it; but, as a last ditch effort, you could also install the CSW repository under /opt from either Blastwave or OpenCSW. "Hate to say" because the CSW repository can have a fair bit of duplication of existing packages; that, are dependencies to what you may be installing. Also, these

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Moving an OI install to a new hard drive?

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Humphreys
Hi Dan, Generally speaking, new systems should have new installations done on them to deploy a customized driver set specific to the target system. However, if you're looking at using the same 'rpool' on new hardware, I will trust that you have sorted-through potential hardware / driver issues.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Moving an OI install to a new hard drive?

2011-05-16 Thread Mark Humphreys
Indeed. On VMware, you should install the "VMware Tools" for Solaris after installing the operating system. You will get better performance using the drivers written by the people who built the virtual hardware. As for the VMware Converter, I used it on Windows once; and, I believe there's a ver

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Gnome to become a Linux only project

2011-05-19 Thread Mark Humphreys
If there's serious interest in getting KDE on OpenIndiana, maybe consider reaching-out to the Korona project. They essentially did live-DVD's, that piggy-backed the last public and development OpenSolaris releases. http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Solaris/OpenSolaris/Korona However, mysel

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] oracle gives openoffuce to apache

2011-06-02 Thread Mark Humphreys
TDP does make the source code available. It should just be a matter of determining dependencies, if any, and compiling. After that, how much work does it take to make an IPS package? :) -- .\\ark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos / OpenIndiana podcast

2011-06-22 Thread Mark Humphreys
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Benediktus Anindito wrote: > i didn't understand German :| > The interviews are actually in English. Look at the times notated on the webcast, and listen within that vicinity. 3:29 Garrett D'Amore 17:16 Alasdair Lumsden Regards , -- .\\ark __

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Mark Humphreys
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: > <...> > Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't seem to help other than making the whole screen go > blank. > <...> This ain't Linux. So, that won't do anything unless you also build the virtual console terminals, which don't exist in any OpenSolaris deri

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