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Date:      Thu, 8 May 2003 09:50:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
To:        Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: aaccli core dumps ... looking for solution...
Message-ID:  <20030508094945.I5537-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
In-Reply-To: <3EB95680.8060009@btc.adaptec.com>

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> If the aaccli died while it had the controller open, then the refcount
> in the driver will remain non-zero and you won't be able to open it
> again until you reboot (it's a long-standing bug that I'll hopefully

Is it bad to verify two disks simultaneously on the same controller like I
did ?  I am just looking for an explanation as to why aaccli died out...

thanks!



> Josh Brooks wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I had some mirrors that had members marked offline, and before I buy new
> > disks and replace them i wanted to try (at least once) to verify them and
> > rejoin them and see how long they last.
> >
> > So, I started aaccli and ran:
> >
> > disk verify /repair=TRUE (2,1,0)
> >
> > and then ran:
> >
> > disk verify /repair=TRUE (3,2,0)
> >
> > so i was running two verifys concurrently - I checked it by running `task
> > list` a few times, and they were both proceeding just fine.  So I went to
> > bed.
> >
> > I wake up this morning, and the machine is fine, but I can no longer use
> > aaccli.  When I run it, it starts, I get the prompt, and I can run things
> > like `controller list`, but when I try to `open aac0` i get:
> >
> > CLI > open aac0
> > Executing: open "aac0"
> >
> > AAC0>
> > Floating exception (core dumped)r:  , State:DNE 100.0%
> >
> >
> > So ... it looks like the ANSI screen drawing screws up a little, as it
> > prints the core dump message on top of the status: done message ...
> >
> > -------
> >
> > So, I am wondering what to do ... I cannot check the state of my disks
> > without being able to open the controller ... but I also cannot reboot
> > this machine right now (since, presumably that would just make this
> > problem go away).
> >
> > Any suggestions ?  I was thinking of running one of these commands:
> >
> >     controller rescan - Rescans the SCSI buses, and updates all underlying
> > structures.
> >     controller reset_scsi_bus - Resets the specified SCSI bus.
> >     controller resume_io - Does rescan operation and then resumes IO after
> > pause_io.
> >
> > But I am afraid to run them on this live, running system - can anyone tell
> > me if any of these commands, in general, are safe to run as an attempt to
> > "slap the controller and make it behave" ?
> >
> > Any comments appreciated...
> >
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