Gents, My Google-fu is exhausted. I am trying to use disks from an 8.1.3 system in a 7.3.7 filer. I am aware of the disk label problem and I have tried the half-dozen step process (documented in several places) for re-labeling the drives. I'm not able to wipe the label from the drives due to the following: *> label wipe 0a.17Error: label wipe not permitted as the disk has a bad RAID version. *>label makespare 0a.17*********************************************************Label editing is highly dangerous and should be attemptedONLY by NetApp Customer Support Engineers.Misuse can cause ALL data to be permanently lost.*********************************************************'Label save': Error while trying to save Label 1 on disk 0a.17: error 15.
I get this in both diag mode and when booted into maintenance mode. Any ideas? RM
Connect disk to 8.1 system, make spare and zero it. Then you can move it to previous versions. There is no other known workaround.
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of R M Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 2:51 PM To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer
Gents,
My Google-fu is exhausted. I am trying to use disks from an 8.1.3 system in a 7.3.7 filer. I am aware of the disk label problem and I have tried the half-dozen step process (documented in several places) for re-labeling the drives. I'm not able to wipe the label from the drives due to the following:
*> label wipe 0a.17 Error: label wipe not permitted as the disk has a bad RAID version.
*>label makespare 0a.17 ********************************************************* Label editing is highly dangerous and should be attempted ONLY by NetApp Customer Support Engineers. Misuse can cause ALL data to be permanently lost. ********************************************************* 'Label save': Error while trying to save Label 1 on disk 0a.17: error 15.
I get this in both diag mode and when booted into maintenance mode. Any ideas?
RM
I've had this before, spent ages messing with it then I dropped the discs into a spare chassis running 7.3 and ran a full system wipe on it and all was well iirc.
Obviously only useful info if you have a spare head.... FAS250/270 is perfect for the job if you're talking DS14 discs....
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of R M Sent: 27 March 2014 10:51 To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer
Gents,
My Google-fu is exhausted. I am trying to use disks from an 8.1.3 system in a 7.3.7 filer. I am aware of the disk label problem and I have tried the half-dozen step process (documented in several places) for re-labeling the drives. I'm not able to wipe the label from the drives due to the following:
*> label wipe 0a.17 Error: label wipe not permitted as the disk has a bad RAID version.
*>label makespare 0a.17 ********************************************************* Label editing is highly dangerous and should be attempted ONLY by NetApp Customer Support Engineers. Misuse can cause ALL data to be permanently lost. ********************************************************* 'Label save': Error while trying to save Label 1 on disk 0a.17: error 15.
I get this in both diag mode and when booted into maintenance mode. Any ideas?
RM
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OP here... We're good now. It turns out that not even option 4/4a will wipe these drives. I replaced them with six blank drives from the cabinet and I've marked the troublemakers "DOT 8.1 only". I have another filer I can use them with. This reminds me of the time I connected some old SATA drives from an HP MSA2000 to new box and couldn't boot the ESXi installation ISO until I moved all the drives over to a Windows box and cleaned them with DISKPART. The installer would see the foreign partition and freeze.
Thanks for all your help,RM
From: Ian.Thompson2@phoenix.co.uk To: rm@richardmay.net; toasters@teaparty.net Subject: RE: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:07:30 +0000
I’ve had this before, spent ages messing with it then I dropped the discs into a spare chassis running 7.3 and ran a full system wipe on it and all was well iirc.
Obviously only useful info if you have a spare head…. FAS250/270 is perfect for the job if you’re talking DS14 discs….
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of R M
Sent: 27 March 2014 10:51
To: toasters@teaparty.net
Subject: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer
Gents,
My Google-fu is exhausted. I am trying to use disks from an 8.1.3 system in a 7.3.7 filer. I am aware of the disk label problem and I have tried the half-dozen step process (documented in several places) for re-labeling the drives. I'm not able to wipe the label from the drives due to the following:
*> label wipe 0a.17
Error: label wipe not permitted as the disk has a bad RAID version.
*>label makespare 0a.17
*********************************************************
Label editing is highly dangerous and should be attempted
ONLY by NetApp Customer Support Engineers.
Misuse can cause ALL data to be permanently lost.
*********************************************************
'Label save': Error while trying to save Label 1 on disk 0a.17: error 15.
I get this in both diag mode and when booted into maintenance mode. Any ideas?
RM
Hi
If you remove any aggregate on the disks, zero them and remove ownership on the 8.1.x filer then you should be able to use them on a 7.3.x filer.
Has worked for me in the past.
And indeed very annoying/frustrating that there is no way around this.
cheers Kenneth ________________________________
From: rm@richardmay.net To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: RE: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:36:12 -0400
OP here... We're good now. It turns out that not even option 4/4a will wipe these drives. I replaced them with six blank drives from the cabinet and I've marked the troublemakers "DOT 8.1 only". I have another filer I can use them with.
This reminds me of the time I connected some old SATA drives from an HP MSA2000 to new box and couldn't boot the ESXi installation ISO until I moved all the drives over to a Windows box and cleaned them with DISKPART. The installer would see the foreign partition and freeze.
Thanks for all your help, RM
From: Ian.Thompson2@phoenix.co.uk To: rm@richardmay.net; toasters@teaparty.net Subject: RE: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:07:30 +0000
I’ve had this before, spent ages messing with it then I dropped the discs into a spare chassis running 7.3 and ran a full system wipe on it and all was well iirc.
Obviously only useful info if you have a spare head…. FAS250/270 is perfect for the job if you’re talking DS14 discs….
From: toasters-bounces@teaparty.net [mailto:toasters-bounces@teaparty.net] On Behalf Of R M Sent: 27 March 2014 10:51 To: toasters@teaparty.net Subject: DOT 8.1 disk in a DOT 7.3 filer
Gents,
My Google-fu is exhausted. I am trying to use disks from an 8.1.3 system in a 7.3.7 filer. I am aware of the disk label problem and I have tried the half-dozen step process (documented in several places) for re-labeling the drives. I'm not able to wipe the label from the drives due to the following:
*> label wipe 0a.17
Error: label wipe not permitted as the disk has a bad RAID version.
*>label makespare 0a.17
Label editing is highly dangerous and should be attempted
ONLY by NetApp Customer Support Engineers.
Misuse can cause ALL data to be permanently lost.
'Label save': Error while trying to save Label 1 on disk 0a.17: error 15.
I get this in both diag mode and when booted into maintenance mode. Any ideas?
RM
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If you remove any aggregate on the disks, zero them and remove ownership on the 8.1.x filer then you should be able to use them on a 7.3.x filer.
I'd try that except this older filer is headed out the door and the other filer is staying on 8.1 (and is also headed out the door).
And indeed very annoying/frustrating that there is no way around this.
(sigh) NetApp. There's always something new to raise the eyebrow. Apparently the disk relabeling does actually work between certain DOT releases. I guess 8.1.3 to 7.3.7 is too much. RM
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