Unable to encapsulate root disk

[lepsal]

I am unable to encapsulate a root disk unser Volume Manager 5.0,REV=05.11.2006.17.55. I get the following error: VxVM ERROR V-5-2-338 The encapsulation operation failed with the following error: VxVM vxencap ERROR V-5-2-213 It is not possible to encapsulate disk_0, for the following reason: I have install Storage Foundation on a newly installed Solaris 10 system. The version of Solaris 10 is 5/09 s10s_u7wos_08. I also installed the recommended patch cluster form May of '09 before installing Storage Foundation. I've followed the directions from the Volume Manager Admin Guide. Here is the output of prtvtoc: * /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 partition map * * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 424 sectors/track * 24 tracks/cylinder * 10176 sectors/cylinder * 14089 cylinders * 14087 accessible cylinders * * Flags: * 1: unmountable * 10: read-only * * Unallocated space: * First Sector Last * Sector Count Sector * 143328960 20352 143349311 * * First Sector Last * Partition Tag Flags Sector Count Sector Mount Directory 0 2 00 51185280 92092800 143278079 / 1 3 01 0 51185280 51185279 2 5 00 0 143349312 143349311 7 0 00 143278080 50880 143328959 Here's the output from format's partition menu. Current partition table (original): Total disk cylinders available: 14087 + 2 (reserved cylinders) Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 5030 - 14079 43.91GB (9050/0/0) 92092800 1 swap wu 0 - 5029 24.41GB (5030/0/0) 51185280 2 backup wm 0 - 14086 68.35GB (14087/0/0) 143349312 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 14080 - 14084 24.84MB (5/0/0) 50880 I saw another post that indicated that installing an older version, then encapsulating, then installing the newer version worked. Unfortunately, an older version of the software is not available to me. Thanks, Dano

[lepsal]

Oops, looks like the error message needs to have the angle brackets removed before quoting. VxVM ERROR V-5-2-338 The encapsulation operation failed with the following error: VxVM vxencap ERROR V-5-2-213 It is not possible to encapsulate disk_0, for the following reason: VxVM vxslicer ERROR V-5-1-5964 Unsupported disk layout. Encapsulation requires atleast 0 sectors of unused space either at the beginning or end of the disk drive.

[lepsal]

*Bump* topic.

[sunshine_2]

check this out!!

Document ID: 303814
http://support.veritas.com/docs/303814

[lepsal]

Sorry that document specified a different error numer. I did check the vfstab and it is the one created from a clean install of the system, so no extraneous characters or duplicate lines. Good try, though.

[lepsal · Accepted solution]

Well I was able to get a support id and call this problem in and it turns out that the problem was with the name of the boot disk as seen by the Volume Manager, disk_0. The tech had me change the naming scheme back to "osn" and then try the encapsulation and it worked.