HP P400 controller driver missing after upgrade to 1.9
- Thread starter frantek
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I assume its the cciss?
here is the version used in 1.8:
here is the version used in 1.9:
here is the version used in 1.8:
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uname -a
Linux 2.6.32-4-pve #1 SMP Mon May 9 12:59:57 CEST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
modinfo cciss
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-4-pve/kernel/drivers/block/cciss.ko
license: GPL
version: 3.6.20
description: Driver for HP Smart Array Controllers
author: Hewlett-Packard Company
srcversion: 5B359C6CF5B85B1697BC811here is the version used in 1.9:
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uname -a
Linux 2.6.32-6-pve #1 SMP Tue Sep 13 10:44:10 CEST 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
modinfo cciss
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-6-pve/kernel/drivers/block/cciss.ko
license: GPL
version: 3.6.28
description: Driver for HP Smart Array Controllers
author: Hewlett-Packard Company
srcversion: B583D085636E1550EEF144Bwhy don´t you wanna use hpsa? see http://cciss.sourceforge.net/. in any case I suggest you just install the new kernel and try to boot. if this fails just boot the old one.
and
Code:
wget http://download.proxmox.com/debian/dists/lenny/pve/binary-amd64/pve-kernel-2.6.32-6-pve_2.6.32-43_amd64.deb
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dpkg -i pve-kernel-2.6.32-6-pve_2.6.32-43_amd64.debHi tom,
Unfortunately I can't upgrade this machine soon. It's in production environment, and there is no possibility for system downtime longer than 1 hour:/
So that's why I'm asking how to cause system to load cciss instead hpsa...
Maybe this can be done via GRUB loader ?
I know I can do this via module blacklist, but after upgrade and reboot there will be no possibility to boot
I will try upgrade, but not sooner than 14 days - first I need to test Proxmox 1.9 on testing machine (which unfortunately is not HP).
I don't want hpsa because page says: "If you've been using cciss already on these controllers, it is not recommended that you attempt to upgrade your running system to switch from cciss to hpsa unless you have a very good reason to do so and know what you are doing."
Regards,
Michu
Unfortunately I can't upgrade this machine soon. It's in production environment, and there is no possibility for system downtime longer than 1 hour:/
So that's why I'm asking how to cause system to load cciss instead hpsa...
Maybe this can be done via GRUB loader ?
I know I can do this via module blacklist, but after upgrade and reboot there will be no possibility to boot
I will try upgrade, but not sooner than 14 days - first I need to test Proxmox 1.9 on testing machine (which unfortunately is not HP).
I don't want hpsa because page says: "If you've been using cciss already on these controllers, it is not recommended that you attempt to upgrade your running system to switch from cciss to hpsa unless you have a very good reason to do so and know what you are doing."
Regards,
Michu
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Hey there guys.
got in same (almost same) situation
here is my fstab:
the part before
went good after upgrade but the system stopped @ the line before causing an fsck error complaining about unable to find drive. and truly, i looked the /dev/cciss - there is no more such directory, instead, i now have /dev/sda and /dev/sdb
so i just edited the line to
and boot process completed fine, BUT (lots of things would be fine without those but(t)s )
now i've got this error:
this makes the PITA to monitor my drives!
for an example i've got this in my crontab:
so i had every night a short report of my controller disks state.
can i do something like that after the upgrade? i'll be honest and say that i didnt look for solution in google yet, asking just if You have some quick answer out of Your experience
just upgraded thought. ..
got in same (almost same) situation
here is my fstab:
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/dev/pve/root / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/pve/data /var/lib/vz ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /usr/backup ext3 defaults 0 2
UUID=531c357d-8639-4945-8346-48a47e9c2c70 /boot ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/pve/swap none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
Code:
/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 /usr/backup ext3 defaults 0 2so i just edited the line to
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/dev/sda1 /usr/backup ext3 defaults 0 2now i've got this error:
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# hpacucli ctrl all show config
Error: No controllers detected.this makes the PITA to monitor my drives!
for an example i've got this in my crontab:
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59 23 * * * root /usr/sbin/hpacucli ctrl all show config | mail -s "HP Array Status" roman@***.ee > /dev/null 2>&1can i do something like that after the upgrade? i'll be honest and say that i didnt look for solution in google yet, asking just if You have some quick answer out of Your experience
just upgraded thought. ..
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oh, a quick search on this problem returned an answer:
modprobe sg
and its ok now, i can use hpacucli again
one should add this module to the /etc/modules to activate it on boot.
modprobe sg
and its ok now, i can use hpacucli again
one should add this module to the /etc/modules to activate it on boot.