[OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool and nfs

[Bernd Helber]

format
label --> select SMI Label.

that should solve the issue,

if there are more issues, please provide

/var/adm/messages*

thanks in advance.


Am 19.01.11 22:53, schrieb ann kok:
> Hi Edward
> 
> Thank you for your mail
> 
> I follow your advice to reboot my computer. It is fine
> 
> Now. I have problem to attach it. What can I do this?
> 
> root at opensolaris:~# format -e
> Searching for disks...done
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>        0. c8t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 2607 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,1976 at 10/sd at 0,0
>        1. c8t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 1303 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>           /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,1976 at 10/sd at 1,0
> Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
> root at opensolaris:~# zpool add rpool c8t1d0
> cannot label 'c8t1d0': EFI labeled devices are not supported on root pools.
> 
> 2/ For the command devfsadm -Cv, I run it the first time. It showed many message but I can't catch it. 
> I try to run again, but show nothing
> How can I catch those message?
> 
> Thank you so much
> 
> 
> --- On Wed, 1/19/11, Edward Ned Harvey <openindiana at nedharvey.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Edward Ned Harvey <openindiana at nedharvey.com>
>> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zpool and nfs
>> To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
>> Received: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 4:23 PM
>>> From: ann kok [mailto:oiyankok at yahoo.ca]
>>>
>>> As I haven't received the response, I run the formart
>> -e
>>> It said it needs around 3 hours
>>>
>>> format> format
>>> Ready to format.  Formatting cannot be
>> interrupted
>>> and takes 232 minutes (estimated). Continue?
>>> Continue? y
>>
>> Oh my goodness.  No.
>> When you run format -e, it should just display a list of
>> all the disks in
>> the system (instantly), and ask you which one you want to
>> work on, and then
>> you quit.  I'm sure I said that.  Quit without
>> changing anything.  (And be
>> careful not to break anything.)  I am extremely
>> certain I never told you to
>> type "format" after you got into the format prompt. 
>> And when it prompted
>> you "Continue?"  You should definitely have said "n"
>> instead of "y"
>>
>> You have entered the format prompt, and then entered the
>> format command on
>> the format prompt, which apparently does something
>> horrific.  Hopefully
>> you're doing it to a disk you don't care about.
>>
>> I suggest rebooting first, just to ensure you haven't
>> destroyed your system.
>> You may have destroyed it.
>>
>> Here is an example:
>>     [root at FILER ~]# format -e
>>     Searching for disks...done
>>     
>>     
>>     AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>>            0. c0d0
>> <ST325082-     
>>    5QE4X6G-0001-232.83GB>
>>              
>> /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,7a0 at 15/pci-ide at 0/ide at 0/cmdk at 0,0
>>            1.
>> c2t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 3913 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>>              
>> /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,1976 at 10/sd at 0,0
>>            2.
>> c2t1d0 <VMware-Virtual disk-1.0-200.00GB>
>>              
>> /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,1976 at 10/sd at 1,0
>>            3.
>> c2t2d0 <VMware-Virtual disk-1.0-170.00GB>
>>              
>> /pci at 0,0/pci15ad,1976 at 10/sd at 2,0
>>     Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
>>
>> I'm sure I said this too.  Don't bother formatting any
>> disks.  Just use
>> zpool add.  End of story.  It will use the whole
>> device, and it's an instant
>> operation.
>>
>>
>>> 4/ What is the different betwen zpool attach zpool and
>> zpool add 
>>
>> Zpool attach will create a mirror of a device which was not
>> previously
>> mirrored.
>> Zpool add will add storage to a pool.  If you add a
>> single device, then it's
>> not redundant.  If you add a mirror or a raidz, then
>> it's redundant.
>>
>>
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