3PAR InForm® OS 2.3.1 CLI Reference (320-200166 Rev B, March 2010)

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InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Command Line Interface Reference
If the system has attempted powerfail recovery three times, and during the recovery attempts
encountered kernal panics because of hardware or software errors, the following message is
displayed. See Notes in the following section for additional information.
If the system has attempted powerfail recovery, and during the recovery encountered kernal
panics because of hardware or software errors, the error could be associated with a specific
volume. The following message is displayed. See Notes in the following section for additional
information.
NOTES
■ If the system has experienced a power failure, issue the showvv, showld, or showpd
commands to determine if any physical disks, logical disks, or virtual volumes are unstarted.
If the system stays in the powerfail state for longer than 15 minutes, the
setsysmgr
command can be issued with caution. See the setsysmgr command for more information.
■ If the system has experienced a power failure, any cached data is saved to the IDE partition
of each node. Upon restoration of power, the saved cached data is reapplied (powerfail
recovery). During powerfail recovery, if kernal panics are encountered because of hardware
or software errors, the powerfail recovery process fails. In such cases, the system attempts
recovery three times. After three attempts, the system waits for user intervention. Issue the
setsysmgr force_idewipe command to force the system to restart and check all logical
cli% showsysmgr
System is recovering from a previous power failure.
Please use the 'showvv', 'showld', 'showpd' CLI commands to
check for not started vvs, lds, pds.
Use force_idewipe to wipe pfail partititon and restart system with all
lds/vvs being checked. This can cause some data to be lost.
cli% showsysmgr
System is recovering from a previous power failure.
Please use the 'showvv', 'showld', 'showpd' CLI commands to
check for not started vvs, lds, pds.
Use force_iderecovery to start pfail recovery.
VVs with the id(s) 1 will lose data.
CAUTION: Issuing the setsysmgr force_idewipe command can result in data
loss.