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How to add a second disk in same controler (Storage Foundation 5.0 - Solaris 10)ng a

Updated: 21 May 2010 | 2 comments
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Hello, I'm trying to add a second disk in Vx 5.0 in Solaris 10 (Sparc) and no luck :-(

I'm using a disk array (Sanstorage 2540) with two vdisks created (LUN 1 and LUN5)

I was able to see the first one in VEA and by using "vxdisk list", but not the second one.

 

However, when I go to "format" both are there (I have two internal disks as well):

 

bash-3.00# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
       1. c1t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
       2. c2t1d1 <SUN-LCSM100_F-0617 cyl 25598 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64>
          /pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w200400a0b8391023,1
       3. c2t1d5 <SUN-LCSM100_F-0617 cyl 33278 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64>
          /pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w200400a0b8391023,5
Specify disk (enter its number):

 And the devices directory shows the c?t?d? files:

 

bash-3.00# pwd
/dev/rdsk
bash-3.00# !ls
ls c2t1d5??
c2t1d5s0  c2t1d5s1  c2t1d5s2  c2t1d5s3  c2t1d5s4  c2t1d5s5  c2t1d5s6  c2t1d5s7
bash-3.00#

I tried all the steps for both as:

vxdiskadm -> 21

vxdisk list

I also rebooted to reconfigure: 

boot -r

 

No luck, any clue??

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

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2008
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Hi, does the new disk have a correct solaris label? I had a similar situation a few days ago. You can try to kill (restart)the vxconfigd with : "vxconfigd -k". But be careful ;-) If you have a running VCS , please freeze all servicegroups, because you can get some problems with monitoring or I/O. Greets Björn

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2008
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Hi Bjorn, Yes, that worked! I didn't think about the relationship between the "wrong label" and the fact that Veritas wouldn't be able to manage. I did the "labeling" through format and now works! Thanks!