Simplified instructions for breaking & rebuilding raid devices (after the disk has been replaced physically) … assuming c0t0d0 was your busted disk. ###COPY YOUR DRIVE CONFIGURATION (TOC) from slice 2 prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2 | fmthard -s – /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 ###REBUILD YOUR RAID DATABASES IN SLICE 7 # metadb -a -f -c 3 c1t0d0s7 ###DETACH THE SUBMIRROR # [...]
Thankfully, Netapp doesn’t require us to stick with one speed on our snapmirrors forever and ever. We have the ability to use more/less bandwidth as appropriate, which is nice … particularly when we’re initializing snapmirror volumes that require a TON of data to be sent across the WAN. The command is simple: snapmirror throttle <bw [...]
Okay, I just wasted a ton of time on this … and it’s stupid! Our developers needed the CF8 server to begin development on a new project. No problem! Install the server on a 30-day trial and let it run until I can get caught up and purchase the license. Done and done. Everyone’s happy. [...]
So todays’ battle was installing linux (this particular install was Oracle Unbreakable) onto an IBM blade, that just didn’t want to load the X installer when running the installation in graphical mode. For those reading who are saying “just install in text mode” .. yes, I get it .. but that’s not the point. I [...]