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Old 04-01-2010
Question New Drives on Solaris 8
Hi All!

I'm running Solaris 8(02/02) on a v880 with 6 internal drives and several SAN drives attached via HBA cards.

My questions is this: Can I use devfsadm -C to see new SAN drives without rebooting?


Thanks!!
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Old 04-01-2010
just add the drives and they should be visible instantly. if not, run "devfsadm -v" and look again. devfsadm -C is clearing deleted drives in /dev and /devices. read the devfsadm manpage for more information!
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Old 04-01-2010
Fixed .....

I ran "luxadm -e port" to get a list of Fiber Channel card with a "CONNECTED" status. Then I ran "luxadm -e forcelip <device path>" to get the HBA to re-scan for drives. After that, "format" showed the additional SAN drives.

<SOAPBOX>

A word to the wise though, "luxadm -e ..." is not for everyone. It can make changes that will bring down a production system. Like the luxadm(1m) man page states: "-e Expert mode. This option is not recommended for the novice user."

</SOAPBOX>


Cheers!
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