I have a machine with two BEs and I am trying to create a third. Each BE
contains just two partitions: root and swap.
My existing BEs:
tread# lustatus
Boot Environment Is Active Active Can Copy
Name Complete Now On Reboot Delete Status
-------------------------- -------- ------ --------- ------ ----------
nv54 yes no no yes -
nv58 yes yes yes no -
The BE I am trying to clone:
tread# lufslist -n nv58
boot environment name: nv58
This boot environment is currently active.
This boot environment will be active on next system boot.
Filesystem fstype device size Mounted on Mount Options
----------------------- -------- ------------ ------------------- --------------
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s1 swap 4295835648 - -
/dev/dsk/c1t2d0s3 ufs 8590049280 / -
Now I try to create the new BE:
tread# lucreate -n current -m /:/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0:ufs
[...]
Searching /dev for possible boot environment filesystem devices
Template entry /:/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0:ufs skipped.
luconfig: ERROR: Template filesystem definition failed for /, all devices are
not applicable..
ERROR: Configuration of boot environment failed.
The partition lucreate is complaining about:
tread# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s0
[...]
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 2 00 34 16777216 16777249
8 11 00 71670954 16384 71687337
The / filesystem for this BE:
tread# prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t2d0s3
[...]
* First Sector Last
* Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory
0 0 00 2292 16777440 16779731
1 3 00 16779732 8388720 25168451
2 5 00 0 71680008 71680007
3 2 00 25168452 16777440 41945891 /
8 1 01 0 2292 2291
As far as I can see, the target partition is almost exactly the same as the
source partition. It's a few hundred KB smaller, but the source partition
is only half full anyawy.
The error message is just plain useless. Obviously at some point in the
stack, lucreate knew exactly what was "not applicable" about this
partition. Why is the specific failure not passed on to the user? The
lucreate man page doesn't even seem to describe what criteria it uses for
determining whether a partition is 'applicable', so I don't even know where
to start looking.
Searches of docs.sun.com, opensolaris.org, and google don't turn up any
hits for this specific error message (other than from other confused
victims) so the error appears to be undocumented as well as vague.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm happy to RTFM if
somebody could just point me at the FM.
Thanks,
Nils
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