set failover copy=this_controller...ARRGH

From: LBRO <lbro_at_dscc.dk>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:35:57 +0100

     Hi, HSZ specialists
     
     I am trying to make a dual-redundant configuration out of two HSZ40
     controllers in a SW300 cabinet.
     
     Actually, I have two cabinets where I move the controller from one to
     the other.
     
     
     What I have done is to connect the hosts like below:
     
     
                 Y-cable Y-cable
     
     ---------- terminator terminator ----------
     | | / \ | |
     | HOST A |/----------- ----- ---------\| HOST B |
     | | \ / \ / | |
     ---------- | | | | ----------
                          TRILINK TRILINK
                              | |
                           -------- --------
                           | hsz40| | hsz40 |
                           -------- ---------
     
     The hosts are powered off.
     
     The upper controller has SCSI ID=6
     The lower controller has SCSI ID=7
     
     I try to run the following command:
     
> SET FAILOVER COPY=THIS_CONTROLLER
     
     
     But then it complaints saying something like:
     
     Cannot rundown units D6, D7. It is just as if the controllers cannot
     agree on who's in charge. I have checked the cache and all that, they
     are identical.
     
     
     
     
     
     Am I doing this all wrong or what ? Am I supposed to somehow 'zap' the
     information in the second controller ?
     
     
     The SCSI ID's of the controllers, should they be the same or
     different? I suppose that they should be the same. Can I run cfmenu on
     one controller and 'delete' everything without ruining the contents of
     the disks? would that help?
     
     
     
     
     Yours, Lars Bro
     
     
     
     PS: How do I make a fully redundant configuration with two buses and
     two controllers ? The configuration above uses only one bus. I know it
     can be done with HSZ50's.
Received on Wed Jul 22 1998 - 04:22:24 NZST

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