Solaris

Hi Experts,

I am facing problem while creating a concatenated volume. I would like to decribe the process I did:

1- I created state data base with slice1,slice2,slice3,slice4,slice5,slice6 with command:

#metadb -a -f slice1 slice2 ........ slice6

From metastas, everything seems to be ok. But when I used these slices to create a concatenated volume by below command:

#metainit d20 1 2 slice1 slice2

The concatenated vol was created, but when I tried to add one more slice (c1t1d1s3) with volume d20, the below error comes:

ERROR : metainit: sun : c1t1d1s3 : overlaps with device in meta device state databse.

Please guide me to recover from this problem.

Thanks in advance!
Deepak

Hi,

I am trying this on Vmware workstation where Solaris 10 is installed. However, it works with the first slices of every disks, but not other slices.

Please let me know if other info required.

Thanks again!!
Deepak

It looks like you did an metainit on s2 ( the whole disk ) which is your problem.

You have to skip s2 when doing the metadb/metainit.

When creating the metats state databases you only install them into one slice per disk, not to ecevry slice or else you will have no slices left for data, it is also advisable to put three metastate databases into each slice because SDS will not run with less than three so run:

Code:

# metadb -a -f -c 3 firsdiskslice7 secondiskslice7, etc.

e.g.

Code:

# metadb -a -f -c 3 firsdiskslice7 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 /dev/disk/c1t0d0s7

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Coirrection (got dragged away by the Mrs!) run:

Code:

# metadb -a -f -c 3 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7 /dev/disk/c1t0d0s7

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Thanks for your interest in my problem.

The slices I am using are from different physical disks. The same error appears when I install state databases other than the slices I will use for striped volume.

From another forum, I found that this problem is only due to same device id for every physical disk in Vmware.

Can any one guide me to change the device id for a Vmware virtual harddisk?

Thanks,
Deepak

Might be worth posting that as a new question so VMWare expert sees it...

Naw_deepak,
first of all correct your guestion. It is impossible create any FS on second slice of Suns internal disk.
As guys said it is advised to create 3replicas per disk,and is also advised that these replicas placed on separate slice.

Please refer to SVM doc first before you manage your disks under it.
So what is last update of your issue regarding SVM?

Good luck