VxVM ERROR V-5-3-12153: unable to initialize new emc luns. vxdisksetup init fails.
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Description
Error Message
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i /dev/sddb
parted: invalid token: Yes
parted: invalid token: q
Cause
Lets check two LUNs - sddb is having issue and sdaw is good.
# fdisk -l /dev/sddb
Disk /dev/sddb: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30720 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk /dev/sddb doesn't contain a valid partition table <------ Invalid partition table
# fdisk -l /dev/sdaw
Disk /dev/sdaw (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 128 sectors, 32766 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1920 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System <--------- valid partition table
/dev/sdaw3 u 0 32766 31455360 5 Whole disk
/dev/sdaw8 u 0 32766 31455360 f Unknown
Resolution
Try to label disk as SUN Label under OS using fdisk command and then verify whether we get valid partitoin output and then initialize the disk.
If the above doen't work, then please advise to open a new case with SAN team about the LUN partition status and check with OS vendor about the invalid partiton table information shown with the fdisk output. Earlier issues like this, got resolved after creating new LUNs with valid partition by SAN team.
Applies To
RHEL 5
SF 5.0MP3
Issue/Introduction
