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Operating Systems Solaris Unable to create file system (newfs) Post 302951720 by fretagi on Monday 10th of August 2015 04:06:06 AM
Old 08-10-2015
Unable to create file system (newfs)
Hi

I have the following cenario:

I have requested a LUN from the NetApp to create a file system, and the netapp admin provide me with one as you can see below, but after following all the steps, I could not create a file system on the device:

Code:
# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t5000C50039BE40B7d0 <SUN300G cyl 46873 alt 2 hd 20 sec 625>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c50039be40b7
       1. c0t5000C50039D8324Fd0 <SUN300G cyl 46873 alt 2 hd 20 sec 625>
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c50039d8324f
       2. c5t500A09818DE3E799d0 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6142 alt 2 hd 16 sec 640>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,0
       3. c5t500A09818DE3E799d1 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,1
       4. c5t500A09818DE3E799d2 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,2
       5. c5t500A09818DE3E799d3 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6526 alt 2 hd 16 sec 5120>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,3
       6. c5t500A09818DE3E799d4 <NETAPP-LUN-8030 cyl 6489 alt 2 hd 16 sec 9088>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,4
       7. c5t500A09818DE3E799d5 <NETAPP-LUN-8030 cyl 6480 alt 2 hd 16 sec 10112>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09818de3e799,5
       8. c5t500A09819DE3E799d0 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6142 alt 2 hd 16 sec 640>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09819de3e799,0
       9. c5t500A09819DE3E799d1 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09819de3e799,1
      10. c5t500A09819DE3E799d2 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09819de3e799,2
      11. c5t500A09819DE3E799d3 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6526 alt 2 hd 16 sec 5120>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09819de3e799,3
      12. c5t500A09819DE3E799d4 <NETAPP-LUN-8030 cyl 6489 alt 2 hd 16 sec 9088>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09819de3e799,4
      13. c6t500A09828DE3E799d0 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6142 alt 2 hd 16 sec 640>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0,1/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09828de3e799,0
      14. c6t500A09828DE3E799d1 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0,1/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09828de3e799,1
      15. c6t500A09828DE3E799d2 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 61809 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0,1/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09828de3e799,2
      16. c6t500A09828DE3E799d3 <NETAPP-LUN-8020 cyl 6526 alt 2 hd 16 sec 5120>
          /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@2/SUNW,qlc@0,1/fp@0,0/ssd@w500a09828de3e799,3

Specify disk (enter its number): 7
selecting c5t500A09818DE3E799d5
[disk formatted]


FORMAT MENU:
        disk       - select a disk
        type       - select (define) a disk type
        partition  - select (define) a partition table
        current    - describe the current disk
        format     - format and analyze the disk
        repair     - repair a defective sector
        label      - write label to the disk
        analyze    - surface analysis
        defect     - defect list management
        backup     - search for backup labels
        verify     - read and display labels
        save       - save new disk/partition definitions
        inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
        volname    - set 8-character volume name
        !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
        quit
format> partition


PARTITION MENU:
        0      - change `0' partition
        1      - change `1' partition
        2      - change `2' partition
        3      - change `3' partition
        4      - change `4' partition
        5      - change `5' partition
        6      - change `6' partition
        7      - change `7' partition
        select - select a predefined table
        modify - modify a predefined partition table
        name   - name the current table
        print  - display the current table
        label  - write partition map and label to the disk
        !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
        quit
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 6480 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  0       root    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)             0
  1       swap    wu       0               0         (0/0/0)             0
  2     backup    wu       0 - 6479      499.92GB    (6480/0/0) 1048412160
  3 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)             0
  4 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)             0
  5 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)             0
  6        usr    wm       0 - 6479      499.92GB    (6480/0/0) 1048412160
  7 unassigned    wm       0               0         (0/0/0)             0

partition> 6
Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
  6        usr    wm       0 - 6479      499.92GB    (6480/0/0) 1048412160

Enter partition id tag[usr]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]: 0
Enter partition size[1048412160b, 6480c, 6479e, 511920.00mb, 499.92gb]: 499.92gb
partition> label
Ready to label disk, continue? yes

partition> quit


FORMAT MENU:
        disk       - select a disk
        type       - select (define) a disk type
        partition  - select (define) a partition table
        current    - describe the current disk
        format     - format and analyze the disk
        repair     - repair a defective sector
        label      - write label to the disk
        analyze    - surface analysis
        defect     - defect list management
        backup     - search for backup labels
        verify     - read and display labels
        save       - save new disk/partition definitions
        inquiry    - show vendor, product and revision
        volname    - set 8-character volume name
        !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
        quit
format> quit
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6
newfs: /dev/rdsk/c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6: No such file or directory
# newfs /dev/rdsk/c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6
newfs: /dev/rdsk/c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6: No such file or directory

So I went into /dev/rdskdirectory, and did an ls -lrt and could not find the selected lun:

Code:
bash-3.00# cd /dev/rdsk
You have new mail in /var/mail//root
bash-3.00# ls c5t500A09818DE3E799d5
c5t500A09818DE3E799d5: No such file or directory
bash-3.00# ls -lrt c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6
c5t500A09818DE3E799d5s6: No such file or directory
bash-3.00#


Please can you help, what could have gone wrong?
Last edited by rbatte1; 08-10-2015 at 07:04 AM.. Reason: Replaced ICODE tags with CODE tags
 

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