hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation.

From: Iain Barker <ibarker_at_aastra.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 12:37:18 -0400

Managers,

I had a disk fail on a DS20E server so I installed a replacement and used 'hwmgr scan scsi' followed by 'dsfmgr -e' to swap the make disk name (dsk5) appear as the original (dsk0).

So far, so good. The new replacement drive is working fine as dsk0. But now I can't delete the stale entry for dsk5 in the device table:

# hwmgr show scsi -stale

        SCSI DEVICE DEVICE DRIVER NUM DEVICE FIRST
 HWID: DEVICEID HOSTNAME TYPE SUBTYPE OWNER PATH FILE VALID PATH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   69: 0 disk none 0 2 dsk5

# hwmgr -delete component -id 69
hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation.
# hwmgr delete scsi -did 0
hwmgr: Error (95) Cannot start operation.

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

This has been reported on the list a few times, but the solution given was always to reboot. That's not an option in this case, running on a production server.

thanks,
        Iain
Received on Wed Aug 25 2004 - 16:43:05 NZST