Error Message

vxvm-convert: creating localset

disksetup.VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-531 Device disk_2: destroy failed:

Disk device is offline

VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-15395 Device disk_2 is already in use by SVM.

If you want to initialize this device for VxVM use, please clear SVM metadata by running 'metastat' and 'metaclear' commands.

dginit.VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-6479 Device disk_2 is already in use by a foreign Volume Manager.VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-607

Diskgroup rootdg not found

dginit2 make.VxVM vxmake ERROR V-5-1-607 Diskgroup rootdg not found

volinit.VxVM vxvol ERROR V-5-1-607 Diskgroup rootdg not found

vfstabedits. vxvm-convert: Conversion complete.

The conversion scripts does the conversion but does not clear out the “md” config info off the actual disk(s).

The log files all indicate that a metaclear should be run, and we don’t run that anywhere in our conversion but we do run the metastat.

Official fix to be provided in SF5.1SP1RP2 and tracked by incident #2230716 tentatively expected in May 2011.

Work around:

Start the conversion process

# preconvert

# showconvert

# doconvert >>>when it asks to stop vxdctl, issue the vxdctl stop and re-run the doconvert

# vxdctl stop

# doconvert

When asked if you want to reboot or not answer “no”

When script exits check for the mounted “md” filesystems and unmount them. In this case /mnt and d10 were used.

# umount /mnt

Now issue the metaclear to remove all traces of md devices.

 # metaclear –a

And now issue:

# init 6

to reboot and the conversion completes correctly.

Applies To

Solaris 9 Solaris 10 SF 5.0MP3 SF 5.1