[Info-vax] Alpha SCSI disks won't mount on integrity

[abrsvc]

On Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 10:33:07 AM UTC-5, Rich Jordan wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 9:41:23 AM UTC-6, Robert A. Brooks wrote: 
> > On 12/21/2021 9:28 PM, Rich Jordan wrote: 
> > 
> > > I connected a tabletop shelf of U320 Universal 300GB disks in a cabinet to 
> > > the KZPEA controller in the Alpha, (HP V8.4), initialized them as ODS5 with 
> > > default settings, created several test backups to different disks, shut down 
> > > and moved the disks to our test Integrity box here (same model and SCSI 
> > > controller as will be added to the real system). The Integrity is running 
> > > VSI V8.4-2L1, SCSI controller IDs as LSI Logic 1030 U320, and is an HP 
> > > branded and supported card. 
> > > but doing a normal mount fails. No errors reported. 
> > What's the exact error message -- if the mount fails, there's got 
> > to be a -F- in there somewhere. 
> > 
> > Contact VSI support and verify that adapter is supported by VMS on IA64. 
> > 
> > The output of sys$etc:scsi_info might be interesting. 
> > 
> > -- 
> > -- Rob
> Rob, 
> going to have to wait for more details; dev is using the itanium for some emergency test builds for a year-end problem they just found. I'll try to get error log info later but the reported error looks just like trying to mount a tape that is not loaded: 
> 
> $ MOUNT/SYSTEM ALTI64$DKB500: TALPHASYS 
> %MOUNT-I-OPRQST, medium is offline 
> %MOUNT-I-OPRQST, Please mount volume TALPHASYS in drive _ALTI64$DKB500 
> 
> If I mount the drive foreign, it mounts and can see the volume name. 
> 
> I tried wiping the drive and re-initializing it on the Alpha per Hoff's suggestion above, put some data on it, then moving it back to the RX server. 
> Interestingly the drive mounted, once. Generated two errors. I ran a backup to it from the RX, and that succeeded but generated error counts on the bus and the drive. 
> Dismount and try to remount and we're back to the medium is offline but a foreign mount is still fine, and generates no errors when dumping blocks (didn't try a write). 
> 
> Unfortunately I got booted at that point; had to remove the disks and reboot the RX from the dev system disk and probably won't get access again until next week. 
> 
> I moved the disk shelf back to the Alpha and it and the specific test drive are working completely error free. 
> 
> Both our test RX server and the customer's have that SCSI card to attach a tape drive (our drive is long dead). They're sending me their spare so I can plug it into our test box to confirm the drive and the HBA are functional, just in case that is the problem, but that is also next week. 
> 
> Thanks for responses! 
> 
> Rich

What is the interface card in the Integrity box?