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Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

Annihilannic — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:46:55 GMT

I tried to use the BusLogic=InhibitTargetInquiry kernel command-line option (described in Documentation/scsi/BusLogic.txt in the kernel source) to work around this, but it appeared to have no effect.

I switched to LSI Logic (like an earlier poster in this thread) and all is fine now.

It took me some time to figure out exactly which kernel drivers I needed to enable for the LSI Logic adapter. Confusingly it is not any of the LSI Logic adapters listed under "SCSI low-level drivers", nor is it even listed under "SCSI device support", but rather "Fusion MPT device support".

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

Annihilannic — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:19:40 GMT

I encountered the same problem when I upgraded from VMware server 1.0.3 to 1.0.4.

I'm using a roll-my-own 2.6.24.4 kernel in a once-was-SuSE 6.0 installation.

I think the problem is related to the messages in the attached which result in false detection of additional targets on the SCSI devic.

These targets take quite a long time to be detected as offline when they are probed later in the boot process.

I have only one virtual hard drive configured.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

jpfletch — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:55:32 GMT

Hi,

I just wondered if you discovered a resolution to your issue. I have what seems like the same issue. A FC7 VM takes a very long time to boot because it probes every possible sd. I wonder if some BusLogic probe options will help?

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

jesserud — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:16:40 GMT

I dunno about anywhere else.. But what I did on windows xp sp2, hosting debian and ubuntu was, i just am not using any scsi devices, neither lsi or bus drivers work for me, do not understand enough about scsi or virtualization to know whats causing this. And you can disable the scsi interface. I looked in my vmx file, and even with no scsi devices used, scsi0.present was set to true. So i set it to false. This solves my version of the problem anyhow, if you are needing to work with scsi specifically, i guess it probably doesnt. There was something else called scsi0.redo, set to "", i just removed that line entirely.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

soundbot — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:07:55 GMT

I had this problem with FC5 when I upgraded from VMware Server 1.0.2 to 1.0.4. I believe I "accidentally" setup this VM with buslogic instead of lsilogic as I've done with all my other FC instances. Another FC5 instance that used lsilogic from the beginning, had no issue with this upgrade.

setting scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" in my .vmx initially caused a kernel panic...probably because the kernel did not have the lsilogic driver loaded.

I opted to do an upgrade to FC5 over my existing installation (only took a few minutes) and the VM booted fine after that.

of course I also had to update all 93 packages that reverted back to previous versions

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

Mapache23 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:27:46 GMT

I downgraded to VMWare Server 1.0.3 and everything was ok again.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

ABank — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:13:10 GMT

Folks

I have the same Issue, but a different environment.

My host runs openSuse 10.2 x_64 and the guest is Fedora5 i386 with a buslogic virtual scsi adapter.

I run cacti on the Fedora VM, all other VMs are either Windows or Suse, and they continue to work without problems.

Fedora scans all possible sd* and finally boots up.

I don't think changing the scsi adapter type from buslogic to lsilogic would work; how do you get the initrd updated ?

Cheers from Vienna, Austria

Albert

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

ZuckaS — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:43:54 GMT

Point taken!

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

Peter_vm — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:39:14 GMT

In fact they do contribute, quite a lot.

If you want better support, buy a support service contract. It is available for VMware Server.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

ZuckaS — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:30:38 GMT

I don't know about you guys, but this looks VMWare look pretty bad in my eyes. You would expect them to read these posts and contribute a little bit.

I don't want to sound like a dick, but seriousely... Comments?

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

llkkss — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:24:19 GMT

Changing to lsilogic does not work on my setup (Fedora 7 guest, Windows XP SP2 host).

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

jakobi6 — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:35:25 GMT

one fix is indeed, like an earlier poster noted: lsilogic line instead of the default buslogic. works for me on gutsy 7.10 beta 64bit, with 32bit gutsy guest. in addition, I changed everything to scsi from ide (cdrom), but I doubt that this was the trick...

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

ZuckaS — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:11:51 GMT

Same here, however everything seems very slooooooooow once the VM boots.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

FranckG — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:06:13 GMT

Update: after restarting everything, it seems that the VMs eventually starts running (looks like it has to go through all sda first). It does take 10+ minutes for the Vm to boot though so it is still a pretty big issue

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

FranckG — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:27:25 GMT

Same issue here - I am stuck and can not run my VM any more

FC7 host, vmware server v1.04 running FC7 VMs

Solution above did not help

I attached a screenshot of the message I get on boot

Thnak you very much in advance for any help

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

niknah — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:36:37 GMT

Same problem here, happens while running "nast", the first thing it does at kernel start up.

It doesn't even end at sdz for me, it continues on to sdaa, sdab..... forever. Not even the fedora 7 rescue cd will boot up, same error.

Now I have a brick, how can I open the disk image to read my data back?

fedora 7, vmware server v1.04, windows xpsp2

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

ZuckaS — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:14:18 GMT

Come on, someone! Same problem with Fedora 7.

There are a few posts here, but I could not find any other info anywhere else.

My system runs on XP host and Fedora 7 is the guest. I just don't know why I upgraded. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Right!

I hope someone from VMWare is reading this.

Re: FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

kwl33181 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:34:17 GMT

Managed to solve this one.

VMX file had the below line commented out.
#scsi0.virtualDev = "buslogic"

I uncommented the line and changed to
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

reboot and errors are gone.

Hope this helps anybody else with similar issues.

FC7 using IDE Drives causing SCSI errors - Server 1.0.4

kwl33181 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:15:36 GMT

After converting my SCSI drives to IDE to solve previous FC7/Vmware issues I upgraded to 1.0.4. Now upon boot my screen and messages log are filling up with bellow SCSI entries. Once errors reach sd 2:0:15:7 the errors stop. Thoughts?

Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Sense not available.
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: rejecting I/O to offline device
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Write Protect is off
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: rejecting I/O to offline device
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Asking for cache data failed
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Assuming drive cache: write through
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: [sdx] Attached SCSI disk
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: sd 2:0:2:6: Attached scsi generic sg24 type 0
Sep 18 16:55:29 dev kernel: scsi2: *** BusLogic BT-958 Initialized Successfully ***