HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3 Command Line Interface Reference

If the system has attempted powerfail recovery, and during the recovery encountered kernal panics
because of hardware or software errors, the error could be associated with a specific volume. The
following message is displayed. See “NOTES” (page 478) in the following section for additional
information.
cli% showsysmgr
System is recovering from a previous power failure.
Please use the 'showvv', 'showld', 'showpd' CLI commands to
check for not started vvs, lds, pds.
Use force_iderecovery to start pfail recovery.
VVs with the id(s) 1 will lose data.
NOTES
• If the system has experienced a power failure, issue the showvv, showld, or showpd
commands to determine if any physical disks, logical disks, or virtual volumes are unstarted.
If the system stays in the powerfail state for longer than 15 minutes, the setsysmgr command
can be issued with caution. See the “setsysmgr” (page 325) command for more information.
CAUTION: Issuing the setsysmgr force_idewipe command can result in data loss.
• If the system has experienced a power failure, any cached data is saved to the IDE partition
of each node. Upon restoration of power, the saved cached data is reapplied (powerfail
recovery). During powerfail recovery, if kernal panics are encountered because of hardware
or software errors, the powerfail recovery process fails. In such cases, the system attempts
recovery three times. After three attempts, the system waits for user intervention. Issue the
setsysmgr force_idewipe command to force the system to restart and check all logical
disks and virtual volumes upon restarting. See “setsysmgr” (page 325) for more information.
• During powerfail recovery, a kernal panic because of hardware or software errors might
indicate a damaged volume. In such cases, after the system restarts, it waits for user
intervention. Issue the setsysmgr force_iderecovery command to force the system to
start another powerfail recovery. Any saved data for virtual volumes with IDs displayed in the
showsysmgr command output can be lost. Those virtual volumes are checked when the system
restarts. See “setsysmgr” (page 325) for more information.
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