From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 22 17:43:27 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@nevdull.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63364964 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:43:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kwoody@citywest.ca) Received: from backend.citywest.ca (backend.citywest.ca [69.176.191.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09A9B9A1 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:43:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kwoody@citywest.ca) Received: (qmail 4730 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2015 17:43:19 -0000 Received: from 9conn42.rupert.net (HELO [192.168.1.141]) (kwoody@citywest.ca@209.145.96.42) by backend.citywest.ca with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP (2b651216-1906-11e5-9e43-00215edca3d4); Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:43:19 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: hot swap: removing hard drives From: Keith X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (12F70) In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 10:43:19 -0700 Cc: freebsd-questions Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <9AE88DDC-2005-4A42-9C8F-16E154201510@citywest.ca> References: <52126574-1F3E-4B55-A187-8C39023FFF1B@citywest.ca> To: Chris Stankevitz X-MagicMail-OS: Unknown X-MagicMail-UUID: 2b651216-1906-11e5-9e43-00215edca3d4 X-MagicMail-Authenticated: kwoody@citywest.ca X-MagicMail-SourceIP: 209.145.96.42 X-MagicMail-EnvelopeFrom: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 17:43:27 -0000 I dont use camcontrol, i use the mfiutil for the perc 5 controller.=20 When i pulled a healthy drive from one of our old dells i would use mfiutil t= o fail the good drive before removing it. But that was just in the lab for t= esting as i have no need to remove a healthy drive from a system.=20 Have not used camcontrol for a while now. Sorry dont know the answer to that= .=20 Keith > On Jun 22, 2015, at 09:23, Chris Stankevitz wr= ote: >=20 >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Keith wrote: >> We have some old dell 1950 and 2950s with fbsd 6.x 9..x and a 10 machine.= >=20 > Thanks Keith. What I'm trying to understand is what camcontrol > command (if any) I must issue before hot-swap removing a healthy drive > with no mounted filesystems. >=20 > Chris