mirroring root disk using svm - but no free slices for metadb's
Hi all,
we have an existing system that was configured using just one of the (two) internal disks. I want to mirror the disk using SVM, but have realised there is no free slice for creating the metadb's. Is there a workaround I can use for this?
In the past we have always kept slice 7 free - but this is not available:
Hi Guys,
Need to add 2 disks into a JBOD array (3310).
Does anyone see anything wrong with my Procedure / Doco below?
1> Logon to system, check system logs for abnormal entries.
2> Make backups of related system files:
A>cp -p /etc/system /etc/system.backup.081505
B>cp -p /etc/vfstab... (3 Replies)
Hi there,
My task is to replace the two 73 G disks with two 143 G disks , which has vxvm 4.1 running on it. I would like to know whether the steps iam following are correct.
1. Break the sub-disks, plexes of the root mirror.
2. Remove the sub-disks,plexes of the root mirror.
3. Remove one of... (10 Replies)
I have a Sun box running Solaris 9.
My root disk was slices too small when it was installed and I am now at 99% capacity for my root partition.
Is it possible, and if so how?, to increase the size of slice 0 and decrease the size of slice 7??
Thanks!
Current partition table... (6 Replies)
Really sorry for the long posting. But i would really want to clear all the doubts.
I have 2 disk c0t0d0 & c0t1d0, i wanted to mirror c0t1d0 (mirror) to c0t0d0 (main).
Creating state database replica:
metadb -a -c3 -f c0t0d0s7
... (3 Replies)
Hello All,
I am trying to mirror two non-root hard drives using zfs. But "fmthard" fails when I try to copy the vtoc due to disk mismatch. Please help me.
--- iostat command shows the disk to be similiar
--- format command shows disk to be different :confused:
--- c1t2d0 is the active... (8 Replies)
I tried doing rootdisk mirroring in my local host , i added a new Ide disk in my system
and copied the prtvtoc from root disk to the newly added disk, and then when i tried to add database replicas on both the disks, it was added for boot disk but for the newly added disk i gave the error, which... (6 Replies)
We have two node cluster with OS disk mirrored under SVM. There is slight disk problem on one of the mirror disk causing cluster to panic.
Failure of one mirror disk causing VCS to panic the node. Why VCS is not able to write /var filesystem, as one of the disk is healthy.
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: amlanroy
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
pcata
pcata(7D)pcata(7D)NAME
pcata - PCMCIA ATA card device driver
SYNOPSIS
pcata@socket#:a -u
pcata@socket#:a -u,raw
The PCMCIA ATA card device driver supports PCMCIA ATA disk and flash cards that follow the following standards:
o PC card 2.01 compliance (MBR+fdisk table required for all platforms).
o PC card ATA 2.01 compliance.
o PC card services 2.1 compliance.
The driver supports standard PCMCIA ATA cards that contain a Card Information Structure (CIS). For PCMCIA, nodes are created in /devices
that include the socket number as one component of the device name referred to by the node. However, the names in /dev, /dev/dsk, and
/dev/rdsk follow the current conventions for ATA devices, which do not encode the socket number in any part of the name. For example, you
may have the following:
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
| Platform | | |
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
|/devices name | | |
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
+------------------------+-/dev/dsk-name-------------+---------------------+
|/devices/isa/pcic@1,3e0 | | |
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
|/disk@0:a | | |
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
+------------------------+-/devices/iommu@f,e0000000-/sbus@f,e0001000-/SUNW, pcmcia@3,0 /disk@0:a
|SPARC | | /dev/dsk/c1d0s0 |
| | | |
| | | |
+------------------------+---------------------------+---------------------+
PRECONFIGURATION
If a PC Card ATA device is recognized, the pcata driver is automatically loaded, IRQs allocated, devices nodes created, and special files
created (if they do not already exist).
Known Problems and Limitations
o vold does not support pcata. File systems must be mounted manually.
o You need to umount the file system before removing the disk.
o The ufs file systems on removable media (PC Card ATA) should have one of the onerror={panic, lock, umount} mount options set.
CONFIGURATION
Configuration topics include initial installation and configuration, identifying an unrecognized device, special files and hot-plugging.
Initial Installation and Configuration
1. Install the Solaris software.
2. Boot the system.
3. Insert the PC card ATA device.
Identifying an Unrecognized Device
If you insert a PC card ATA device and it is not recognized (no special files created), use the prtconf command to identify the problem.
1. Run the prtconf -D command to see if your pcata card is recognized. (A recognized device will appear at the end of the prtconf output.
For example:
# prtconf -D
. . .
pcic, instance #0 (driver name: pcic)
. . .
disk, instance #0
2. If pcata does not appear in the prtconf output, there is a problem with the PC card adapter configuration or with the hardware. Check
to see whether the problem is with the card or the adapter by trying to use the card on another machine and by seeing if it works on
the same machine using DOS.
Special Files
For PC card devices, nodes are created in /devices that include the socket number as one component of a device name that the node refers
to. However, the /prtc/dev names and the names in /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk do follow the current convention for ATA devices, which do not
encode the socket number in any part of the name.
Hot-Plugging
o If you want to remove the disk, you must unmount the file system.
o Use the mkfs_pcfs(1M) command to create a pcfs file system:
# mkfs -F pcfs /dev/rdsk/c#d#p0:d
o To mount a pcfs file system, type:
# mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c#d#p0:c /mnt
o If you want to create a ufs file system, use the newfs command and type:
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c#d#s#
o To mount a ufs file system, type:
# mount -F ufs /dev/dsk/c#d#s# /mnt
o To create a Solaris partition, run the format command and go to the Partition menu. For more information, see the format(1M) man page.
/kernel/drv/pcata pcata driver
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|VALUE | |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWpsdpr |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
format(1M), mount(1M), newfs(1M), pcmcia(7D), attributes(5), pcfs(7FS)
20 Oct 2000 pcata(7D)