I wasn't aware of any problems using a mixed OS storage node
configuration. Could be, but I've not noticed any problems before. The
only problem we're having that I'm aware of is this darn SCSI issue. I
also have a 7.0 release, but I'm guessing that may not be the prudent
choice over something like 6.1.3. so maybe I'll install 6.1.3 and see
where that takes us.
We have considered using other SCSI cards but we bought all these
Adaptec cards and all our other hardware, including RAID, etc. uses
Adaptec cards on linux servers with no problems.
George
Byron Servies wrote:
>
> On Jan 13, 2004, at 8:16 AM, George Sinclair wrote:
>
> > We've been running NetWorker 6.1.1.Build.238 for quite some time now on
> > both our primary server and single storage node. There have been a lot
> > of suggestions from a lot of people on possible sources of our SCSI
> > timeout (resets) that we've been seeing on our Storagetek library,
> > running on the storage node. Anyway, it seems that perhaps one thing we
> > really should do regardless is to upgrade our NetWorker software to the
> > most recent "stable" release.
>
> > Sometime back, I'd heard numerous complaints on this listing regarding
> > all these patches that people needed to install due to various bugs in
> > some release since 6.1.1, but I don't recall which one that was. With
> > all the headaches we've been having with the SCSI problems, I'd really
> > hate to compound our problems with NetWorker problems, but perhaps
> > installing a later release may fix our problem with the library since
> > it
> > could perhaps be a bug inherent in 6.1.1 We do have a copy of 6.1.3
> > that
> > we never installed.
>
> There were some problems with the portion of NetWorker that handles
> scsi on linux, but I do not remember when they were corrected. While I
> have been reticent to mention it, have you considered using another
> brand of scsi card? Adaptec is the leading supplier, but in the past
> 2-3 years I have had nothing but trouble with their hardware on linux.
> I've been using Advansys cards with success, but I don't need the
> throughput you require.
>
> > What is the most recent "stable" release that folks recommend? We're
> > running Solaris 2.8 on our primary server and RedHat 7.3 on our storage
> > node.
>
> Are you sure a mixed-OS storage node configuration is supported?
> Again, that will not cause your scsi issues, and it should work, but I
> haven't heard of folks doing that before.
>
> Anyway, I would find the last of the 6.x line and try that. But you
> should consider 7.x as well: now that it has been out a while things
> seem to have settled down.
>
> Byron
>
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