Solaris

Hi All,

First post, I work as database developer (Oracle)

My task is to setup a solaris system on a VMware installation which sits on a x86 server.

I have installed the Os, applied patches (I think) and on VMWARE I added new hardware (Disk) which is where my database will be.

The problem now is that, on running df -k I cant see the extra 50GB which I added as disk hardware, I want to be able to see this and mount it as /u01

Can anyone help here ? What do I need to do.. from a windows perspective, looks like the new drive has not been formated, not a Solaris expert, so I will solicit for help here.

Thanks in advance

df -k is only going to show you the file system which is mounted. have you mounted the partition which you are saying is missing.
can you see the missing partition in /etc/vfstab? if not then you need to create the partation with command , then use and mount it on mount point /u01. Also make the required entry in /etc/vfstab .

iostat -En is also a very (at least for me) usefull command when discovering new storage devices.

In addition to what kumarmani said, you might need to 'introduce' the disk to the system by doing a reconfiguration reboot or by using devfsadm command.

After the system recognize the disk you need to partition it (format) then create a filesystem. Create an en entry on the /etc/vfstab. Then use mount command to mount it.

Hope this help.

-d

Below is a copy of my vfstab file
I believe I have formatted the 50GB partition, but nothing on the format functionality is able to help me here.

I have been trying most of the functionalities, nothing to say, create partition and mount so that the OS can see it.

Above is a transcript of some of the things that I have been doing, as you can see the 59GB free space, I need all of it mounted to a point. Please someone help me.

As you can see there is no reference of /u01 in the 3rd column of /etc/vfstab.

Can you see the new disk on format command ?

1. Select that disk from list and partition it by selecting the disk partition you wanna then assign it partition ID tag , which ever you want ( you can get the correct value for this by typing ‘?’ mark there and then hitting the enter button. Same way you can select the permission flags , after that u need to assign the starting cylinder number be care full while selecting the starting cylinder or just press enter if not sure. Then select the end cylinder number , here you can pass the value in GB say if u need 50GB , enter the value as 50g . press enter. Verify the same by pressing ‘p’ or print on the format command, once you are sure then label the disk and quit the format utility.

2. After that you need to assign the file type on the partition which you can do with newfs command , i.e. and press enter. This command will create the ufs file system on the give partition.

3. Then create the mount point with 4 enter the partition on /etc/vfstab where in you have to give value for seven filed edit and save and exit the file.

5. execute command 6 check if the file system is mount on not with