Unable to configure a disk for use with VxVM withough free Solaris partitions

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Article ID: 100003541

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Description

Error Message

# vxdisksetup -i c1t1d0 
prtvtoc: /dev/vx/rdmp/c1t1d0s2: No such file or directory

Cause

No free paritions are available for the disk as shown below:

# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2
                * /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2 partition map
                *
                * Dimensions:
                *     512 bytes/sector
                *     848 sectors/track
                *      24 tracks/cylinder
                *   20352 sectors/cylinder
                *   14089 cylinders
                *   14087 accessible cylinders
                *
                * Flags:
                *   1: unmountable
                *  10: read-only
                *
                *                          First     Sector    Last
                * Partition  Tag  Flags    Sector     Count    Sector  Mount Directory
                      0      2    00   65594496  81937152 147531647
                       1      3    01      40704  65553792  65594495
                       2      5    01          0 286698624 286698623
                       3     14    01      40704 286657920 286698623
                       4     15    01          0     40704     40703

 

Resolution

      1.        Run format  and zero out partitions 0, 1, 3 and 4.

2.        Label the disk.
 
3.        Run “vxdctl enable”.
 
4.        Initialize the disk again:
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup –I c1t1d0 format=sliced
 
 

Applies To

Storage Foundation 5.1 for Solaris 10

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to initialize a disk for use with  VxVM, the error occurred: # vxdisksetup -i c1t1d0  
prtvtoc: /dev/vx/rdmp/c1t1d0s2: No such file or directory

 
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