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Bill_Ranck's avatar
Bill_Ranck
Level 4
14 years ago

New disk "ERROR" in vxdisk list

I have 2 new SAN disks attached to a host.  One looks normal and Veritas can see it and initialize it.  The other, shows an "ERROR" in vxdisk list.  vxdisk list DEVICE       TYPE            DISK...
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  • g_lee's avatar
    g_lee
    14 years ago

    Bill,

    Are you trying to initialise the disk?

    Can you please try:
    # vxdisksetup -i fabric_79

    see this technote for some background (ie: vxdisksetup may be setting additional attributes): http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH59768

    ... however, this still may not work as you're using an old version - eg: the following technote references Powerpath, but also mentions that 4.1MP2 is required for full EFI support (""Note that the full support of the EFI disks requires VxVM 4.1 MP2 or VxVM 5.0 MP1 RP1. A reconfiguration reboot is necessary if either PowerPath or VxVM was upgraded.")

    http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH54064

    Try the vxdisksetup, if this still does not work, please post the output and will see if I can find anything about EFI on 4.1MP1 in the meantime.

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
14 years ago

In addition to G Lee's post - I think we need to get back to basics and check compatilbility... If my memory serves me right, I think that EFI label is only supported on Solaris 10. I don't see the Solaris level mentioned anywhere...

To use latest disk technology, always ensure that the O/S and SF versions supports that.

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