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# 1  
Old 10-28-2014
Solaris can't detect external HDD on HP server
Hello, Unix users Smilie

Has anyone had this problem when you connect an external hard drive to the server and it is simply not visible with any commands?
The server is HP DL380 g8, and OS is:

Code:
root@...:/# cat /etc/release 
                    Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 s10x_u10wos_17b X86
  Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
                            Assembled 23 August 2011
root@...:/#

The goal is: make a backup on the external HDD.
The problem is: the disk is not visible

The disk was formated in NTFS (not visible), ext3 (not visible), raw (deleted the file system - still not visible).
Acctually, the device is connected and it can be seen here, but it is not visible with format, or rmformat commands:

Code:
root@...:/dev/usb# cfgadm
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant     Condition
c0                             scsi-bus     connected    configured   unknown
usb0/1                         usb-hub      connected    configured   ok
usb0/1.1                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb0/1.2                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb0/1.3                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb0/1.4                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb0/1.5                       usb-storage  connected    configured   ok
usb0/1.6                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb0/2                         unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1                         usb-hub      connected    configured   ok
usb1/1.1                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.2                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.3                       usb-hub      connected    configured   ok
usb1/1.3.1                     unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.3.2                     unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.4                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.5                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.6                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.7                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/1.8                       unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb1/2                         unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb2/1                         unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
usb2/2                         unknown      empty        unconfigured ok
root@...:/dev/usb#

I tried devfsadm and disabling the volfs but to no avail... The dmesg also returns that the device is connected and it is visible in /dev/usb/ as mass-storage.

Does anyone know what could be the problem?
- USB 3.0?
- Solaris FS support?

The solution could be to format the exHDD to UFS before connecting it to the server, but I couldn't find a tool to do it...

Thank you in advance,
Aratai
# 2  
Old 10-28-2014
man rmformat
# 3  
Old 10-28-2014
When you connect the device, will there be any entries in the system logs?
# 4  
Old 10-28-2014
@RudiC, if you mean messages you can see with dmesg, this is the result:
Code:
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] scsa2usb2 is /pci@0,0/pci108e,cb84@2,1/storage@1
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci@0,0/pci108e,cb84@2,1/storage@1 (scsa2usb2) online
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:56 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 935449 kern.info]       ATA DMA off: disabled.  Control with "atapi-cd-dma-enabled" property
Oct 28 15:01:58 ...genunix: [ID 882269 kern.info]       PIO mode 4 selected

So, it "is" visible, but I can't see it with format or rmformat.
# 5  
Old 10-28-2014
If the disk is visible, why don't you use ZFS which doesn't require any formatting ?
# 6  
Old 10-28-2014
What format do you want this USB drive to have?

You can have a Windows format or a Solaris format (ie, write a Solaris filesystem on it).

Running Solaris 10 you should be able to do these three steps:

Code:
 
 # rmformat -l
 # svcadm disable volfs
 # fdisk <device node>

The rmformat should let you see the device node (eg, /dev/rdsk/whatever), then stop the volume services, then fdisk the device to write label, partition, etc.

If that fails tell us all where, when, error message(s), etc.
# 7  
Old 10-28-2014
@jlliagre: I would like to put any FS that Solaris would recognize, but I didn't find a (freeware) tool on the net which lets me do so.

@hicksd8:
The format on that USB drive could be any that Solaris can read (UFS, ZFS,...).

I tried rmformat -l, but I simply don't get the exHDD which I pluged in.
This is all I get (only the DVD drive):
Code:
root@...:/# rmformat -l
Looking for devices...
     1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0
        Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@1/sd@0,0
        Connected Device: hp       DVDROM DT80N     DA00
        Device Type: DVD Reader
root@ossrc1:/#

I tried that with or without the volfs. The fdisk, I didn't try.

Could it be that the problem is in the USB 3.0 port and that the server doesn't support that? or
Could it be that the disk needs to have its own power cord?
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