Thanks for your replay.

I dont have any disk group and SAN. I am using Intel P3-1GHz,512 and two Hard disks (40gb and 20gb). In 40gb i have installed Solaris 10(2005) and Storage Foundation's Veritas Volume Manager 5.0. 20gb hard disk is empty. How can i bring 20gb into cds format.?

post the required outputs .
include /etc/vfstab , df -h, vxdisk -o alldgs list , vxdg list, vxprint -ht ,
format .. specify clearly what you're looking out for

Is the disk which cannot be added an IDE disk?

Thanks again..

I dont have any diskgroups and volumes. Just i need to bring a disk under veritas control using #vxdisksetup command. I would like to make a CDS diskgroup. Out puts of tried commands are..

#vxconfigd -k

Jul 5 07:29:59 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-148 enabled path 102/0x40 belonging to the dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:29:59 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-147 enabled dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:29:59 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-112 disabled path 102/0x40 belonging to the dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:29:59 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-111 disabled dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:29:59 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp 0 dmp_tur_temp_pgr: open failed: error = 6 dev=0xb3/0x42

# vxdisksetup -i c0t0d0
Vxvm vxdisksetup error V-5-2-3628 the dmpnode c0t0d0s2 is disabled can not proceed with vxdisk setup.

#vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c0t0d0s2 auto - - error
c1t1d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid

I have operating system in c1t1d0 disk.
c0t0d0 is empty disk.


I have tried to disable/enable DMP.

#vxdmpadm enable ctlr=c0

mic_attr: Could not do stat on path /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2
ddl_get_dynamic_attr: Could not do stat on path /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-148 enabled path 102/0x40 belonging to the dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-147 enabled dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-0 enabled controller /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@0 connected to disk array OTHER_DISKS
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-112 disabled path 102/0x40 belonging to the dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-111 disabled dmpnode 179/0x40
Jul 5 07:34:01 younus vxdmp: NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp 0 dmp_tur_temp_pgr: open failed: error = 6 dev=0xb3/0x42

#vxdmpadm listctlr ctlr=c0
CTLR-NAME ENCLR-TYPE STATE ENCLR-NAME
=====================================================
c0 OTHER_DISKS DISABLED OTHER_DISKS

#vxdmpadm listctlr ctlr=c1
CTLR-NAME ENCLR-TYPE STATE ENCLR-NAME
=====================================================
c1 OTHER_DISKS ENABLED OTHER_DISKS

I dont want to use DMP right now. Is it possible to have CDS disk group. If you need any commands output, I will give.


Thanks in advance....

Thanx..

Yes, I am using IDE disks. I am able to add disk into simple and sliced formats.
But i can't able to add that disk into CDS format.
Doesn't IDE support CDS format?