No, because the type of the disk is not necessary defined (actually it is not unless you have a very similar disk), and I don't think auto-configure will work because it requires SCSI support which is not available for a vdisk built on top of a volume.
alex. Ian Matchett wrote: > Would > > format > disk > type > > work as well? > > IanM > > Octave Orgeron wrote: >> Hi Alex, >> >> Thanks! That worked perfectly! I had tried using dd, but forgot to use the >> "count=1". Now I see the correct label size. Thanks again! >> >> Octave >> >> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >> Octave J. Orgeron >> Solaris Systems Engineer >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/sysadmin/ >> http://unixconsole.blogspot.com >> unixconsole at yahoo.com >> *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Alexandre Chartre <Alexandre.Chartre at Sun.COM> >> To: Octave Orgeron <unixconsole at yahoo.com> >> Cc: ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:57:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [ldoms-discuss] LDM 1.0.3 and Solaris 10 Update 4 >> >> >> You are (or SVM is) probably reusing old data stored at the beginning of >> the volume, and here this happens to be a valid disk label for a 100MB disk. >> So try to remove that disk label: >> >> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rdsk/c0d2s2 count=1 >> >> Or same command from the control domain with of=your SVM volume >> >> alex. >> >> >> Octave Orgeron wrote: >> >>> I have a system running with update 4 and the 127127-11 KU patch. I've >>> created both SVM and ZFS volumes and turned them into vdsdevs with no >>> options. So they should be presented as whole disks. However, this is what >>> I'm seeing in the guest domain: >>> >>> # format >>> Searching for disks...done >>> >>> >>> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: >>> 0. c0d0 <DGC-RAID5-0219 cyl 32766 alt 2 hd 64 sec 10> >>> /virtual-devices at 100/channel-devices at 200/disk at 0 >>> 1. c0d1 <DGC-RAID5-0219 cyl 32766 alt 2 hd 64 sec 10> >>> /virtual-devices at 100/channel-devices at 200/disk at 1 >>> 2. c0d2 <SUN-DiskImage-100MB cyl 339 alt 2 hd 1 sec 600> >>> /virtual-devices at 100/channel-devices at 200/disk at 2 >>> 3. c0d3 <SUN-DiskImage-20GB cyl 4367 alt 2 hd 1 sec 9600> >>> /virtual-devices at 100/channel-devices at 200/disk at 3 >>> Specify disk (enter its number): ^D >>> >>> The c0d2 is a 6GB SVM soft partition, so the label is totally wrong. I've >>> tried this with different sized SVM volumes, no go. However, c0d3, which is >>> a ZFS 20G volume has the correct label. Is there an issue with SVM volumes >>> and VDS? I also noticed that if I don't use a SVM soft parition, it doesn't >>> work at all.. I end up seeing one of the underline disks in the meta >>> device, not the volume. Any ideas? Are there any recommended patches other >>> than the 127127-11 for u4? >>> >>> Thanks again! >>> >>> Octave >>> -- >>> This message was posted from opensolaris.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ldoms-discuss mailing list >>> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ldoms-discuss mailing list >> ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss >> > > -- > <http://www.sun.com/solaris> * Ian Matchett * > > *Sun Microsystems, Inc.* > US > Phone x22043/1 781 442 2043 > Mobile 413 237 6599 > Email Ian.Matchett at Sun.COM >
