How to build a opensolaris derived zfs storage server. Supported raid controllers this download supports intel raid controllers using sas software stack rms3cc080. Currently, the solaris operating system is shipped with a plugin for the mpt driver. Raid devices are virtual devices created from two or more real block devices. I have seen some of the environments are configured with software raid and lvm volume groups are built using raid devices.
Once that is done tell solaris what to use for the root device the next time you boot. Download raid cmdtool2 for dos, freebsd, linux, solaris. Sbadmin for solaris system recovery guide storix software. Many things are new in solaris 11, autoinstall is one of them. Solarisspecific solaris keeps the ca certs in etccertsca. How to add a ca cert to solaris oracle solaris blog. You can reduce the problem with a battery pack but it can happen that you have a damaged. A redundant array of inexpensive disks raid allows high levels of storage reliability.
Raid 0 nonredundant disk array concatenation and striping raid 1 mirrored disk array. You need to have same size partition on both disks i. Software maintenance update for existing end users of your products, excluding any other standalone products, subject to these conditions. If a problem occurs during a write, you have partly updated data. We have lvm also in linux to configure mirrored volumes but software raid recovery is much easier in disk failures compare to linux lvm. This guide explains how to set up software raid1 on an already running lvm system debian etch. Follow the below steps to configure linux lvm on software raid 5 partition. This tutorial covers the configuration of the following. Jul 02, 20 software raid is one of the greatest feature in linux to protect the data from disk failure. This would give me 2gb of cache from the controller 1gb per 3 raid 1 groupings and then use zfs to create the striping groups. With regards mohan this email and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain confidential and. To check the status of the raid mirror, type the following command. Apparentally lvm if we can call that on solaris its already setup. I work with linux redhat and suse but on the company i work i was required to create a file system on a solaris system.
From the enhanced storage tool within the solaris management console, open the volumes node, then choose action. It came with 2 disks but only one disk is being used at present. In this tutorial, i will show how to create raid 015 volume with solaris volume manager. We are running the console remotely, so to run smc on our workstation we have to run. Setting up a local ai server easy with solaris 11 oracle.
To create a stripe volume, use one of the following methods. See how to create a raid0 stripe volume or how to create a raid0 concatenation volume. Disk mirroring using solaris disk manager raid 1 volumes. This section contains instructions on how to create raid volumes using the solaris os commands. Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name, using the raidctl command.
Only the single slice can be included in the raid0 volume. Hi all, how do i configure software raid 0, 1,5 levels in sun sparc solaris 8. Raid1 volume in solaris can be treated using two methods. Zfs is scalable, and includes extensive protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, integration of the concepts of filesystem and volume management, snapshots and copyonwrite clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, raidz. First we must get the partition table from the first disk to the second. As a first step we have to configure software raid 5. Working with solaris volume manager unix and linux. Ips also checks software versions in nonglobal zones for consistency with the global zone, simplifying software administration of oracle solaris zones. Software raid is used exclusively in large systems mainframes, solaris risc, itanium, san systems found in enterprise computing. Software raid in solaris 10 ars technica openforum. Its is a tool for creating, managing, and monitoring raid devices using the md driver. Sparc t4 1solaris 11add 2 new hdds in raid 0 configuration software is ready for deployment and customer has a new t41 sparc, but somehow it also became my task also to setup the server.
I try make software raid on x86 server with solaris 10. On redhat i use commands like vgcreate, lvcreate, vgdisplay, etc. If you compare to traditional raid 56, look at the following. You can use whole disks devsdb, devsdc or individual partitions devsdb1, devsdc1 as a. In previous article, i described the task list of configuration software raid on solaris. Well, with solaris volume manager you can now use this concept of metadevices and create more complex volumes such as stripes, raid 5 and mirrors. It requires minimum 3 devices and we are using devsda9, devsda10 and devsda11 to create software raid 5 here. State database replicas or metadbs before you can create any volumes, you need a place where the configuration information for your volumes are kept. To create the mirror, use one of the following methods. Ofcoruse, the first step is connection to the server with serial console cable, assume the new server. In my attached file, there is demonstration by image. May 27, 2010 raid devices are virtual devices created from two or more real block devices. Smbs using nas devices for backup and restore purposes will find many softwareraid based options. Hashed links to the ca certs are in etcopensslcerts for fast lookup and access usually by openssl.
Now for step 4 attach the primary disk devices to the raid device. The solaris volume managersvm software uses metadevices, which are product specific definition of logical storage volumes to. Use the solaris volume manager gui or the metainit command to create a mirror from unused slices. But the real question is whether you should use a hardware raid solution or a software raid solution. See how to create a raid 0 stripe volume or how to create a raid 0 concatenation volume. Use the solaris volume manager gui or the metainit command to create a mirror from an existing file system. I have managed to get the server is up and running solaris was preinstalled, and software works on it. As you already know the software raid in solaris is made at the partition level so for example, partition 1 from first disk is mirrored or stripe with partition 1 on the second disk.
Setting up raid 5 software on solaris 10 in sunfire v250, having 6 hard disk. From the enhanced storage tool within the solaris management console, open the volumes node. It is used to improve disk io performance and reliability of your server or workstation. Since these controllers dont do jbod my plan was to break the drives into 2 pairs, 6 on each controller and create the raid 1 pairs on the hardware raid controllers. Below is the command to create raid level 5, it is similar to above commands.
How to set up software raid1 on a running lvm system incl. Raid 1 volume in solaris can be treated using two methods. Hi all, how do i configure software raid0, 1,5 levels in sun sparc solaris 8. This software is licensed for use only in conjunction with intel. Sparc t41solaris 11add 2 new hdds in raid 0 configuration. Solved using both hardware and software raid together. A raid can be deployed using both software and hardware. Smbs using nas devices for backup and restore purposes will find many software raid based options. I make mirroring all data partitions it normally working. In solaris 9 the solaris volume manager is your tool for software raid. Create a new raid0 volume on the slice from the previous step by using one of the following methods. Synology diskstation ds, buffalo terastation, are examples. Creation of a hardware mirrored volume in solaris servers.
Creating a disk stripe with the solaris os commands. After a creating a raid volume using raidctl, use format1m to configure and label the volume before attempting to use it in the solaris operating system. When you create a disk stripe on two or more drives, the data on all of the drives will be lost. Check prerequisites for creating solaris volume manager components and background information for creating raid0 volumes. Raid 0 and raid 1 place the lowest overhead on software raid, but adding the parity calculations present in other raid levels is likely to create a bigger impact on performance. Jun, 2016 software raid is used exclusively in large systems mainframes, solaris risc, itanium, san systems found in enterprise computing. Unless you know for certain that zfs cant work for you, you should be using zfs for any solaris 10 or later system. Raid 5 is the most used raid level and is a combination of striping and parity. Zfs is a combined file system and logical volume manager designed by sun microsystems. If, like me, youve known jumpstart for the last 2 centuries or so, youll have to start from scratch. The solaris volume manager provides the ability to create devices from disk slices that provide optional data striping raid 0, mirroring raid 1, parity disks raid 5 and software partitions softparts for enhanced performance, flexibility and availability. It can be used as a replacement for the raidtools, or as a supplement. We need to setup software raid before the company that supports the fiber nms, will support it.
We have a new solaris 10 server sun fire v240, that we needed for a fiber equipment nms. You can create the solaris volume manager software volumes from slices disk partitions to create more storage capacity as a single volume, you can use the solaris volume manager software to make the system treat a. Jul 07, 2009 a redundant array of inexpensive disks raid allows high levels of storage reliability. Configure a hardware raid volume for the solaris os sun.
And just like the other topic, im not sure what meaningful means, except to not disagree with anything the op has posted. Create volume and follow the onscreen instructions. In some instances, the solaris volume manager software can also improve io performance. Software raid is one of the greatest feature in linux to protect the data from disk failure. The solaris volume manager software converts io requests directed at a volume into io requests to the underlying member disks. Next step is to actually create the raid using these two disks. There are 2 hdds in the system now in hdd0 and hdd4 slots, and now we would like to add another two in raid 0 configuration striped for better performance. Basic operations for oracle solaris 11 administration. We dont have a solaris support contract other than the hardware warranty. The dependency on a software driver is due to the design of raidctl. In solaris 9, a whole raid 0 contains 2 disk must be configure, then, raid 1 mirroring slice by slice inside.
Zfs is scalable, and includes extensive protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, integration of the concepts of filesystem and volume management, snapshots and copyonwrite clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, raid z, native. Another cheat sheet, called the oracle solaris 11 cheat sheet for image packaging system, summarizes common commands used with ips, including several examples that are included here. Creating raid0 stripe volumes solaris volume manager. The utility is built on a common library that enables the insertion of plugin modules for different drivers. On a side note, if youre using software raid its about a million times easier to setup a zfs pool, if you have solaris 10 1106 or later installed. My only idea so far would be to create a vm which has the storage adapter as passthrough, puts some software raid on top of the disks and then presents the resulting volumes back to the esxi host which then creates a datastore from which other vms get their storage presented. From the enhanced storage tool within the solaris management console, open the volumes node, then choose actioncreate volume and follow the instructions on screen. An quick howto for mirroring your system disk to the 2. Chapter 10 raid 1 mirror volumes tasks solaris volume. This allows multiple devices typically disk drives or partitions to be combined into a single device to hold for example a single filesystem. The solaris management console smc comes with the solaris 9 distribution, and allows you to configure your software raid, among other things.
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