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'''SCSI_ERROR_POLL''' is a [[System Parameters|system parameter]] that determines if OpenVMS is to error poll SCSI devices. | '''SCSI_ERROR_POLL''' is a [[System Parameters|system parameter]] that determines if OpenVMS is to error poll SCSI devices. | ||
| − | + | If an error occurs while a particular initiator is accessing a SCSI device, that error is latched for all other initiators and is not unlatched and reported to the other initiators until the next time they access the device. Therefore, if the other initiators do not access the device in a timely manner, the reporting of the error can be greatly delayed, which can cause confusion. The purpose of SCSI_ERROR_POLL is to cause OpenVMS to send a SCSI Test Unit Ready command every hour to each SCSI disk, in an attempt to force latched errors to become unlatched and to be reported immediately. SCSI_ERROR_POLL has a default value of 1. It can, however, be set to 0 by the user in order to stop the error polling activity. The parameter affects SCSI disks connected by Fibre Channel as well as parallel SCSI. If the disk has multiple paths, then the error polling is performed on all non-served paths to the disk. Tapes and other non-disk devices are not subject to this error polling, regardless of the parameter setting. SCSI_ERROR_POLL is a DYNAMIC parameter. [[SCSI_NOAUTO]] is a DYNAMIC parameter. | |
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 30 June 2019
SCSI_ERROR_POLL is a system parameter that determines if OpenVMS is to error poll SCSI devices.
If an error occurs while a particular initiator is accessing a SCSI device, that error is latched for all other initiators and is not unlatched and reported to the other initiators until the next time they access the device. Therefore, if the other initiators do not access the device in a timely manner, the reporting of the error can be greatly delayed, which can cause confusion. The purpose of SCSI_ERROR_POLL is to cause OpenVMS to send a SCSI Test Unit Ready command every hour to each SCSI disk, in an attempt to force latched errors to become unlatched and to be reported immediately. SCSI_ERROR_POLL has a default value of 1. It can, however, be set to 0 by the user in order to stop the error polling activity. The parameter affects SCSI disks connected by Fibre Channel as well as parallel SCSI. If the disk has multiple paths, then the error polling is performed on all non-served paths to the disk. Tapes and other non-disk devices are not subject to this error polling, regardless of the parameter setting. SCSI_ERROR_POLL is a DYNAMIC parameter. SCSI_NOAUTO is a DYNAMIC parameter.
