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msleite's avatar
msleite
Level 3
10 years ago

failed to create a Veritas dg

Hi, I'm creating a DG with 6 LUNs. The LUNs have 1 TB each. The disks are as below: When you configure a disk error message appears: emc_clariion0_264 auto           ...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    10 years ago

    If disk is bigger that 1TB,  use 'format -e' with the /dev/vx/rdmp name to set the size of partition 0 to 0tb and partition 2 to entire disk, then label the disk.

  • msleite's avatar
    msleite
    10 years ago
    OK Marianne,
     
    did the formatting as EFI and the problem was solved, see:
     

    EFI FORMAT

    root@ # vxdisk -e list emc_clariion0_265
    DEVICE       TYPE           DISK        GROUP        STATUS               OS_NATIVE_NAME   ATTR
    emc_clariion0_265 auto           -            -           nolabel              c5t5006016F3EE00243d241s2 lun RAID_6
    root@ #
    root@ # format -e c5t5006016F3EE00243d241s2
    selecting c5t5006016F3EE00243d241s2
    [disk formatted]


    FORMAT MENU:
            disk       - select a disk
            type       - select (define) a disk type
            partition  - select (define) a partition table
            current    - describe the current disk
            format     - format and analyze the disk
            repair     - repair a defective sector
            label      - write label to the disk
            analyze    - surface analysis
            defect     - defect list management
            backup     - search for backup labels
            verify     - read and display labels
            save       - save new disk/partition definitions
            inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
            scsi       - independent SCSI mode selects
            cache      - enable, disable or query SCSI disk cache
            volname    - set 8-character volume name
            !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
            quit
    format> l
    [0] SMI Label
    [1] EFI Label
    Specify Label type[0]: 1
    Warning: This disk has an SMI label. Changing to EFI label will erase all
    current partitions.
    Continue? y
    format> q
    root@ #
    root@ # vxdctl enable
    root@#
    root@# vxdisk -e list emc_clariion0_265
    DEVICE       TYPE           DISK        GROUP        STATUS               OS_NATIVE_NAME   ATTR
    emc_clariion0_265 auto:none      -            -           online invalid       c5t5006016F3EE00243d241 lun RAID_6
    root@ #
    root@ # vxdisksetup -i emc_clariion0_265 format=cdsdisk
    root@ #
    root@ # vxdisk -e list emc_clariion0_265
    DEVICE       TYPE           DISK        GROUP        STATUS               OS_NATIVE_NAME   ATTR
    emc_clariion0_265 auto:cdsdisk   -            -           online               c5t5006016F3EE00243d241 lun RAID_6
    root@ #

    Thanks to you and the others for more help.

     

     

msleite's avatar
msleite
Level 3
10 years ago

Hi Sandeepkumar,

 

did the formatting and put the label, but when checking the disc continues without label. I wonder if the problem is in size?
 

root@ # vxdisk list emc_clariion0_264
Device:    emc_clariion0_264
devicetag: emc_clariion0_264
type:      auto
flags:     nolabel private autoconfig
pubpaths:  block=/dev/vx/dmp/emc_clariion0_264 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/emc_clariion0_264
guid:      -
udid:      DGC%5FVRAID%5FCKM00123600618%5F6006016025303100932DF87904C4E411
site:      -
errno:     Device path not valid
Multipathing information:
numpaths:   8
c7t5006016E3EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=secondary
c7t500601673EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=primary
c5t5006016F3EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=secondary
c5t500601663EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=primary
c6t500601663EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=primary
c6t5006016F3EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=secondary
c8t5006016E3EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=secondary
c8t500601673EE00243d228s2       state=enabled   type=primary
root@ #
root@ # format c7t5006016E3EE00243d228s2
selecting c7t5006016E3EE00243d228s2
[disk formatted]


FORMAT MENU:
        disk       - select a disk
        type       - select (define) a disk type
        partition  - select (define) a partition table
        current    - describe the current disk
        format     - format and analyze the disk
        repair     - repair a defective sector
        label      - write label to the disk
        analyze    - surface analysis
        defect     - defect list management
        backup     - search for backup labels
        verify     - read and display labels
        save       - save new disk/partition definitions
        inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
        volname    - set 8-character volume name
        !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
        quit
format> l
Ready to label disk, continue? y

format> q
root@ # vxdisk list | grep  emc_clariion0_264
emc_clariion0_264 auto            -            -            nolabel
root@ #