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SF Basic 5.0 add disk problem

SF Basic 5.0 add disk problem
16 Apr 2008 06:28:51 -0500
Hi,
- Veritas Storage Foundation Basic 5.0
- Solaris 10 x64

I have problem adding a disk (c2d0):

# format 
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9726 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
       1. c2d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9726 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 1
selecting c2d0

...cut...

...partition type
      Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
      =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
          1       Active    Solaris2          1  9728    9728    100

partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 9726 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  1 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 9725       74.50GB    (9726/0/0) 156248190
  3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  6 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
  8       boot    wu       0 -    0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)        16065
  9 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0

format> label
Ready to label disk, continue? y

# vxdctl enable

# vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
c1t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid
c2t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid

# vxdiskadm
1      Add or initialize one or more disks
...cut
Select disk devices to add: [<pattern-list>,all,list,q,?] c2
  Here is the disk selected.  Output format: [Device_Name]

  c2t0d0

Continue operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

Which disk group [<group>,none,list,q,?] (default: none) TESTDG
Create a new group named TESTDG? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
Create the disk group as a CDS disk group? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
Use a default disk name for the disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
Add disk as a spare disk for TESTDG? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
Exclude disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Add site tag to disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
  A new disk group will be created named TESTDG and the selected disks
  will be added to the disk group with disk names that you will specify
  interactively.

  c2t0d0

Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

  This disk device does not appear to be valid.  The disk may not be
  formatted (format(1M)), may have a corrupted VTOC, the device file
  for the disk may be missing or invalid, or the device may be turned-off
  or detached from the system.  This disk will be ignored.
  Output format: [Device_Name,Disk_Access_Name]

  [c2t0d0,c2t0d0s2]

???...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS: I’m able to successfully newfs and mount it as a UFS file system. 

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Re: SF Basic 5.0 add disk problem
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:44:58 +100
You formatted the disk with an EFI label (more than the usual 8 
partitions). Now, reading het doco, you will find that you do not need 
an EFI label (only for disks bigger than 1 TB) and you will also see 
that they are not supported in Veritas Volume Manager.


Format without EFI label and try again

Krusty wrote:
> Hi,
> - Veritas Storage Foundation Basic 5.0
> - Solaris 10 x64
> 
> I have problem adding a disk (c2d0):
> 
> # format 
> Searching for disks...done
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>        0. c1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9726 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>           /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@0/cmdk@0,0
>        1. c2d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9726 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>           /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@1/cmdk@0,0
> Specify disk (enter its number): 1
> selecting c2d0
> 
> ...cut...
> 
> ...partition type
>       Partition   Status    Type          Start   End   Length    %
>       =========   ======    ============  =====   ===   ======   ===
>           1       Active    Solaris2          1  9728    9728    100
> 
> partition> p
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 9726 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
> 
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
>   0 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   1 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   2     backup    wu       0 - 9725       74.50GB    (9726/0/0) 156248190
>   3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   6 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
>   8       boot    wu       0 -    0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)        16065
>   9 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)            0
> 
> format> label
> Ready to label disk, continue? y
> 
> # vxdctl enable
> 
> # vxdisk list
> DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
> c1t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid
> c2t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid
> 
> # vxdiskadm
> 1      Add or initialize one or more disks
> ...cut
> Select disk devices to add: [<pattern-list>,all,list,q,?] c2
>   Here is the disk selected.  Output format: [Device_Name]
> 
>   c2t0d0
> 
> Continue operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
> 
> Which disk group [<group>,none,list,q,?] (default: none) TESTDG
> Create a new group named TESTDG? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
> Create the disk group as a CDS disk group? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
> Use a default disk name for the disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
> Add disk as a spare disk for TESTDG? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
> Exclude disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
> 
> Add site tag to disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n
>   A new disk group will be created named TESTDG and the selected disks
>   will be added to the disk group with disk names that you will specify
>   interactively.
> 
>   c2t0d0
> 
> Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
> 
>   This disk device does not appear to be valid.  The disk may not be
>   formatted (format(1M)), may have a corrupted VTOC, the device file
>   for the disk may be missing or invalid, or the device may be turned-off
>   or detached from the system.  This disk will be ignored.
>   Output format: [Device_Name,Disk_Access_Name]
> 
>   [c2t0d0,c2t0d0s2]
> 
> ???...
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> PS: I’m able to successfully newfs and mount it as a UFS file system. 
> 
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