Re: Disk Partitions on WAE-512

johng231 · ‎01-20-2011

Hi,

I have outputs from 2 WAE-512s, 1st one is showing all the partitions and the second doesn't match the 1st one. Which command do I run on the 2nd WAE to recreate all the partitions? Is there a performance issue with the 2nd one because I don't see objc1 which I think is the CIFS caching partition.

1st

unted file systems:
MOUNT POINT      TYPE       DEVICE                SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/swstore         internal   /dev/md1             991MB     635MB     356MB 64%
/state           internal   /dev/md2            5951MB     197MB    5754MB   3%
/local/local1    SYSFS      /dev/md4           11903MB     977MB   10926MB   8%
/sw              internal   /dev/md0             991MB     678MB     313MB 68%
.../local1/spool PRINTSPOOL /dev/data1/spool     991MB      32MB     959MB   3%
/obj1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/obj    101177MB   16149MB   85028MB 15%
/dre1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/dre     79354MB   76245MB    3109MB 96%
/ackq1           internal   /dev/data1/ackq     1189MB       0MB    1189MB   0%
/plz1            internal   /dev/data1/plz      2379MB       1MB    2378MB   0%

Software RAID devices:
DEVICE NAME TYPE     STATUS                PHYSICAL DEVICES AND STATUS
/dev/md0     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/00[GOOD] disk01/00[GOOD]
/dev/md1     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/01[GOOD] disk01/01[GOOD]
/dev/md2     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/02[GOOD] disk01/02[GOOD]
/dev/md3     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/03[GOOD] disk01/03[GOOD]
/dev/md4     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/04[GOOD] disk01/04[GOOD]
/dev/md5     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/05[GOOD] disk01/05[GOOD]

Disk encryption feature is disabled.

2nd

physical disk information:
disk00: Present    WD-WCAT13896199    (h02 c00 i00 l00 - Int DAS-SATA)
          238472MB(232.9GB)
disk01: Present    WD-WCAT13924888    (h02 c00 i01 l00 - Int DAS-SATA)
          238472MB(232.9GB)

Mounted file systems:
MOUNT POINT      TYPE       DEVICE                SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/sw              internal   /dev/md0             991MB     678MB     313MB 68%
/swstore         internal   /dev/md1             991MB     635MB     356MB 64%
/state           internal   /dev/md2            5951MB     197MB    5754MB   3%
/local/local1    SYSFS      /dev/md5           11903MB     971MB   10932MB   8%
/disk00-04       CONTENT    /dev/md4          208213MB   97652MB 110561MB 46%
.../local1/spool PRINTSPOOL /dev/md6             991MB      16MB     975MB   1%

Software RAID devices:
DEVICE NAME TYPE     STATUS                PHYSICAL DEVICES AND STATUS
/dev/md0     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/00[GOOD] disk01/00[GOOD]
/dev/md1     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/01[GOOD] disk01/01[GOOD]
/dev/md2     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/02[GOOD] disk01/02[GOOD]
/dev/md3     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/03[GOOD] disk01/03[GOOD]
/dev/md4     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/04[GOOD] disk01/04[GOOD]
/dev/md5     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/05[GOOD] disk01/05[GOOD]
/dev/md6     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/06[GOOD] disk01/06[GOOD]

smnambia · ‎01-20-2011

Are both the wae-512's running the same software version or different WAAS software version?

Regards

-Smita

johng231 · ‎01-20-2011

Both are running version 4.2.1.

How can I tell from the 2nd one, what the CIFS cache utlitization is?

If I decide to run the disk delete partition command, which one do I want to run?

disk ?
delete-data-partitions Delete data partitions (Data on GUEST (if virtual
                          blade is configured), CONTENT and PRINTSPOOL
                          partitions will be lost)
delete-partitions       Delete all disk partitions on a specified disk drive
                          (disk data will be lost)
scan-errors             Scan disk for errors and remap if possible

Michael Korenbaum · ‎01-20-2011

John,

You can use the CLI command

pdi-574-rtp#sh cifs cache disk-use

807104512

Or check the WAE GUI for disk usage

https://:8443/mgr

Lastly, run the disk delete-data-partitions command.

Regards,

Mike

smnambia · ‎01-20-2011

John,

Even one of my wae-512's running WAAS 4.3 was showing the same partitions as your 2nd mounted partition output.

I ran the disk delete-partitions all command and then reloaded the wae and now its showing the /obj1 partitions,basically matching the WAAS 4.1 and above software disk partitions.

Only caveat is when you use the above command you will loose all the disk content.Also it will take some time for the disk to finish rebuilding.So best if you could do this during off-peak or non-production hours.

Regards

-Smita

Michael Korenbaum · ‎01-20-2011

John,

Both are valid partition schemes for WAAS. The 2nd WAE was running 4.0.X code at some point (or is currently running 4.0.x).

There are no known issues with running either partitioning scheme.

However, you could restore the device to factory defaults to make it consistent if you are concerned (you will lose all of your cache/configurations if you do that).

Regards,

Mike Korenbaum

Cisco WAAS PDI Help Desk

http://www.cisco.com/go/pdihelpdesk

a.middlehurst · ‎11-30-2016

Hi,

I know this is an old topic but I've come across some WAE-674's with the same (or similar) issue.

#show disk details

RAID Physical disk information:
disk00: Online               xxxxxxxx         286102 MB
disk01: Online               xxxxxxxx         286102 MB
disk02: Online               xxxxxxxx         286102 MB

RAID Logical drive information:
raid-disk: RAID-5 Okay 572000 MB
Enabled (read-cache) Enabled (write-back)

Mounted file systems:
MOUNT POINT    TYPE       DEVICE                  SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/swstore       internal   /dev/sda2               991MB     589MB     402MB 59%
/state         internal   /dev/sda3              7935MB     212MB    7723MB   2%
/local/local1 SYSFS      /dev/sda7             22318MB   16583MB    5735MB 74%
/sw            internal   /dev/sda1               991MB     714MB     277MB 72%
/disk00-05     CONTENT    /dev/sda6            508947MB 175791MB 333156MB 34%
/local/local1/spool
               PRINTSPOOL /dev/sda8               991MB      16MB     975MB   1%

Disk encryption feature is disabled.

Disk object cache extend is disabled.

The 3x affected WAE's are running 4.4.7 but was previously on 4.4.3. I need to upgrade to 5.2.1 for a project so want to get the estate upto scratch first.

What I'd like is a definitive answer on the best method of 'restoring' the disk partitions to be able to see the /obj1 and /dre1 partitions etc.

Would simply using the 'disk delete-data-partition' and rebooting solve this? or do I need to restore to factory-default as Michael suggested. This would involve a site visit.

Also is it possible to recreate the raid-array remotely? I believed so, but I had to shutdown the logical disk first and reload. The device came up on Solarwinds (ping/snmp) but not on CM nor could I SSH to it.

Regards,

Andy