SF V210 CDROM drive auto eject!

UNIX Solaris
1

Hi,

When I insert a cd to CDROM drive in SF V210 Solaris 10 it took seconds then eject it auto!

How can I solve this issue?

Thanks

Regards :slight_smile:

2

Are you able to probe it at the OBP first(assuming its none production)?
Or are you able to check the OBP version and update if necessary?
Did you try any other cd/dvd other than the one you're using?

3

Dear incredible,

Thanks for reply, Unfortunately it's production server!

Are you able to probe it at the OBP first(assuming its none production)?

I did't before and yes I'm able to probe it.

Or are you able to check the OBP version and update if necessary?

No, I can't.

Did you try any other cd/dvd other than the one you're using?

Yes, I tried to use 3 CD's and DVD's and same issue, I used these CD's and DVD's on another SF V210 and it worked!

also when I type cfgadm -a in a shell I received CDROM configured and connected!

Thanks for help sir.

Regards

4

Can you post the output of prtconf -V and compare from this V210 server and the others which are working?

As a temporary workaround to access the cd/dvd on the problem server, you might want to mount into onto another machine and perform a NFS mount to your problem V210 server, if its going to be urgent to you.

Or in a worst case scenario, the dvd drive could have gone faulty and would need replacement.Definitely, downtime is required for this.

5

Hi,

Output's are:

bash-3.00# prtconf -V
OBP 4.8.2 2003/03/27 13:22 <---- Which has corrupted CD drive.

bash-3.00# prtconf -V
OBP 4.17.1 2005/04/11 14:25

As a temporary workaround to access the cd/dvd on the problem server, you might want to mount into onto another machine and perform a NFS mount to your problem V210 server, if its going to be urgent to you.

That what I did but when I start coping or installing for remote CD I received error that some files can't be read!
So I'm trying to fix this CD drive :frowning:

Thanks a lot sir.

Regards

6

You could have mounted it as read only?:o
Please check that.
And obviously, you can see that the OBP is of an older grade.
Please update that with 121683-06 (OBP 4.22.x)
And do take note that the server will be rebooted automatically after the firmware upgrade.

7

Hi,

You could have mounted it as read only?

It read and copy all folders and files except some files can't be read! :confused:

I'll arrange a downtime this week and I will install the patch :slight_smile:

Thanks a lot for help.

Regards

8

No problem HishamN, just take note for your NFS..

Server Side
##### Share to all clients #####
shell> chmod 707 /[sharing directory]
shell> share -F nfs -o rw /[sharing directory]
shell> /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd -a 16
shell> /usr/lib/nfs/mountd

##### Share to specified hosts #####
shell> vi /etc/hosts
192.168.1.2 HOST01
192.168.1.3 HOST02
shell> vi /etc/dfs/dfstab
share -F nfs -o rw=HOST01:HOST02 /[sharing directory]

shell> vi /etc/dfs/dfstab
share -F nfs -o rw=HOST01:HOST02 /[sharing directory]

shell> mv /etc/rc3.d/K28nfs.server /etc/rc3.d/S28nfs.server
shell> /etc/init.d/nfs.server start
shell> /etc/init.d/nfs.server stop

Client Side
##### Manual-mount #####
shell> vi /etc/hosts
192.168.0.1 SERVERHOST
shell> mkdir /usr/data
shell> mount -F nfs SERVERHOST:/[sharing directory] /usr/data

##### Auto-mount #####
shell> vi /etc/hosts
192.168.0.1 SERVERHOST
shell> vi /etc/vfstab
SERVERHOST:/[sharing directory] - /usr/data nfs - yes rw,bg,soft
shell> mount all

:slight_smile:

9

Hi,

I installed the patch and still have same problem, so I replace it with CDROM from another server and it worked!

So I will order a new one :).

Thanks incredible very very much.

Best wishes.