Re: How to detect a defected disk?

Hi Bence,

i think a fsck on a mounted volume is not a good idea. What i have done is a 'cp /dev/diskxxx /dev/null' to force a read on the whole disk.
I am afraid you have be root to do this.

Kind regards,

Toni
In article <332EB1BA.44CC_at_ubs.ch>, Bence Toth <Bence.Toth_at_ubs.ch> wrote:

> Hello,
> We have many disks per system (more than 20). When a disk falls out I
 should find the defected
> disk. When I run fsck or dmesg (Solaris report utility), they just hang.
>
> Could you describe a method (on UNIX or Oracle level) that I (as
 non-root, dba) can use to
> identify the defected disk as quick as possible? We have SOLARIS 2.5, but
 I would thank for a
> general solution useable on other platforms, as well.
>
> TIA
>
> Bence Toth
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Union Bank of Switzerland / Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft
> email: bence.toth_at_ubs.ch
 

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