FreeBSD and Hot Swap rebuild on SCSI disks.

[Edy Lie]

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the reply. I have tried to search raidutil in /usr/ports but
i could not find any.

Is that in FreeBSD ports or do i need to compile it manually from
somewhere ?

Thank you.
Best Regards,
Edy Lie
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 01:25, Micheal Patterson wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Edy Lie" <email at edylie.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 10:02 AM
> Subject: FreeBSD and Hot Swap rebuild on SCSI disks.
> 
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have setup the following:
> >
> > FreeBSD 4.8 and using Adaptec 2100s for the SCSI RAID 5.
> >
> > Currently there are 5 harddisks which have been setup as RAID 5 and 1
> > harddisk acts as hot spare.
> >
> > Interestingly, is there any tool on FreeBSD which allows to rebuild the
> > array on the fly or is it a must to reboot and goto Adaptec 2100s SMOR
> > to rebuild? If latter is the only option it defects the purpose of HOT
> > SWAP capabilities.
> >
> > Anyone using Adaptec 2100s on FreeBSD please share some informations on
> > how do you manage the array.
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Edy
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> I do believe that this is what you're looking for. It's available directly
> from Adaptec.
> 
> *********************************************************************
> Release Notes for Adaptec 2100S, 3200S and 3400S SCSI RAID Controllers
> as of August 14, 2000
> 
> <snip>
> 
> RAIDUTIL (Command Line Interface):
> 
> * RAIDUTIL, a command line storage management utility,
>   allows you to create and manage your disk arrays from a
>   command prompt on the following platforms:
> 
>     BSDi 4.x
>     FreeBSD 4.x
>     Linux (see Linux section for details)
>     MS-DOS 6.22 or higher
>     Novell NetWare 4.11, 4.2 and 5.x
>     SCO UNIX 3.2v4.2
>     SCO ODT 3.0 and OpenServer 5
>     SCO UnixWare 7.x
>     Windows NT 4.0
>     Windows 2000
> 
> --
> 
> Micheal Patterson
> TSG Network Administration
> 405-917-0600
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