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# 1  
Old 03-20-2014
Determining number of hard disks in the system
Hello to all,

what is the command in Solaris/Unix which I can use to determine how many hard disks exist in the system?
I have tried with different command such as df -lk and similar but cannot know for sure how many actual disks are installed.

Commands like # fdisk -l | grep Disk and # lshw -short -C disk doesn't work in Solaris.

Thank you.
Last edited by vbe; 03-20-2014 at 11:47 AM..
# 2  
Old 03-20-2014
You are maybe using pools... type zpool list to see...
# 3  
Old 03-20-2014
Unfortunately, this is not it. I receive "no pools" result.
# 4  
Old 03-20-2014
Try
Code:
format

or
Code:
cfgadm

# 5  
Old 03-20-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by firefox111
Try
Code:
format

or
Code:
cfgadm

yeah, after format just count the number of disk? There is actually already a count, however it starts with zero. So just add +1 to what ever number is present in format.
# 6  
Old 03-20-2014
Yes...
# 7  
Old 03-20-2014
How about?
Code:
ls /dev/[sh]d*[!0-9]

If you just need the number:
Code:
ls /dev/[sh]d*[!0-9]|wc -l

Hope ths helps
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