[indiana-discuss] Cannot Mirror RPOOL, Can't Label Disk to SMI

Ivan Wang ivwang at gmail.com
Wed Feb 4 05:27:45 PST 2009


Hi there,

I think you are just one step away from success, please do allocate space of the whole disk to c4d0s0 before issuing zpool attach -f rpool c3d0s0 c4d0s0

Current slice layout on your c4d0 does not allocate space to slice 0, only a small s8, s2 is traditionally a special slice to indicate the whole disk (for using in backup utility,) use a big s0 instead.

Cheers,
Ivan. 

> Dear Candy,
> 
> This is the log of zpool status, along with partition
> of c3d0 and c4d0
> 
> 1. It appears to me that once I destroy the partition
> of c4d0 and recreate it again, I get different
> "slices" in c4d0. I forgot which fdisk partition I
> chose, it is either Solaris, Solaris2, or Unix
> System, and it gives the default location like that
> 
> I think I must manually create slice, but If I look
> at c3d0, which slice should I mirror ? root ? backup
> ?
> 
> 2. And, for mirror to works, does it have to reside
> in the same cylinder in the other disk ?
> 
> 3. For mirroring an IDE device ( since this SATA
> drive is translated into IDE, which is visible if we
> see in "format" ), Is it correct that it have to be
> slice that is being mirrored, and can't be the whole
> disk like what I did in Fedora 10, using software
> raid at the installation time ?
> 
> Thank you for everyone's guidance
> 
> ======================================================
> =========
> handojoh at opensolaris:~# zpool status
>   pool: rpool
> tate: ONLINE
>  scrub: none requested
> onfig:
> 
> 	NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
> 	rpool       ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  c3d0s0    ONLINE       0     0     0
> 
> errors: No known data errors
> handojoh at opensolaris:~# format
> Searching for disks...done
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> 0. c3d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec
>  63>
>          /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at 1f,2/ide at 0/cmdk at 0,0
>  c4d0 <SATA2 cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>          /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at 1f,2/ide at 1/cmdk at 0,0
> isk (enter its number): 1
> selecting c4d0
> Controller working list found
> [disk formatted, defect list found]
> 
> 
> 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
>        fdisk      - run the fdisk program
>  repair     - repair a defective sector
>        show       - translate a disk address
>  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
>        volname    - set 8-character volume name
>  !<cmd>     - execute <cmd>, then return
>        quit
>  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
> artition> print
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 60797 + 2 (reserved
> cylinders)
> 
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size
>            Blocks
> ned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> up    wu       0 - 60796      465.73GB    (60797/0/0)
> 976703805
> 3 unassigned    wm       0                0
>         (0/0/0)             0
> signed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ot    wu       0 -     0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)
>         16065
> rnates    wm       1 -     2       15.69MB    (2/0/0)
>         32130
> > disk
> 
> 
> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> 0. c3d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec
>  63>
>          /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at 1f,2/ide at 0/cmdk at 0,0
>  c4d0 <SATA2 cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>          /pci at 0,0/pci-ide at 1f,2/ide at 1/cmdk at 0,0
> isk (enter its number)[1]: 0
> selecting c3d0
> NO Alt slice
> No defect list found
> [disk formatted, no defect list found]
> /dev/dsk/c3d0s0 is part of active ZFS pool rpool.
> Please see zpool(1M).
> 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
> artition> print
> Current partition table (original):
> Total disk cylinders available: 60797 + 2 (reserved
> cylinders)
> 
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size
>            Blocks
> oot    wm       1 - 60795      465.71GB
>    (60795/0/0) 976671675
> unassigned    wm       0                0
>          (0/0/0)             0
> ackup    wu       0 - 60796      465.73GB
>    (60797/0/0) 976703805
> unassigned    wm       0                0
>          (0/0/0)             0
> igned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> ot    wu       0 -     0        7.84MB    (1/0/0)
>         16065
> signed    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
>             0
> pensolaris:~# zpool attach rpool c3d0s2 c4d0s2
> invalid vdev specification
> use '-f' to override the following errors:
> /dev/dsk/c4d0s2 overlaps with /dev/dsk/c4d0s8
> 
> handojoh at opensolaris:~# zpool attach rpool c3d0s0
> c4d0s0
> cannot open '/dev/dsk/c4d0s0': No such device or
> address
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