Reboot the system when finished to reload the metadevice database. Solaris volume manager svm command line reference cheat sheet by admin. The high level steps to grow the mirrored metadevice d3 includes. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later.
When solaris 9 gets released, the solstice disksuite name will change to solaris volume manager svm and it will be bundled in with solaris 9. How to upgrade zfs version and migrate zfs between platforms. Growing the parent metadevice d3 to reflect new size. Install disksuite and be on your way to simple disk administration. Soft partitions are implemented by new kernel driver. Howto use metadevices with solstice disksuite software. A trans metadevice can increase overall file system availability after reboot, because it reduces the amount of time fsck1m has to run when the system reboots. Center, for instructions on installing the svm software, creating the metadevice, creating the diskset. Chapter a mounting and unmounting the dvdrom drive on solaris linux mounting a local dvdrom for solaris step 5 if the cdrommwtm50 or cdromcdrom0 directory is empty because the dvdrom was not mounted, or if file manager did not open a window displaying the contents of the dvdrom, verify that the vold.
That creates a new in memory instance of the os on every boot, with nothing saved from. Aix reference for sun solaris administrators ibm redbooks. This file can also be used to recover the svm configuration if your system loses the information maintained in the state database. You create a metadevice by using concatenation, striping, mirroring, raid level 5, or ufs logging. Linux device driver program, where the program starts. Sun solaris unix display list for loaded kenel device driver. The job of the bus is to provide the highway for information to flow between the. May 21, 2015 in solaris, the file etcsystem holds the kernel values used by applications and the os. This chapter gives an overview of the oracle solaris operating system and kernel. Mar 12, 2008 just invaleed my nick is invaleed 25 years old from magelang central java, indonesia, im still studying at budi luhur university jakarta. I create a new solaris volume manager metadevice with metainit. Dell emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris. But the issue is now we are unable to create metadevices on the server but we are only able to create metadbs. The metadevice name of the logging device to be attached to the trans metadevice.
May 26, 2006 this article offers general information about how to use metadevices i. The following hbas and drivers are supported for a solaris os. Theres currently no way to do an inplace upgrade0 from solaris expresss sysv packaging to opensolaris ips packaging, so you have to think outside the box. The process for removing a striped metadevice is fairly easy and straightforward. I had run into the exact issue he covered in his blog, and was glad to see that the disk replacement annoyance was addressed in the latest solaris express. Solaris volume manager svm command line reference cheat sheet. Attaching 2 more submirrors bigger ones d32 and d33 to the parent metadevice d3. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. Chapter 1 introduction to device drivers device driver. This section contains the tasks to expand, or add space to, a slice non metadevice or a metadevice. Hi, i am running solaris 8 on a v880 which has recently crashed. The following procedure describes how to mount a mirrored metadevice during a failsafe boot. The driver passes its structure of operations to the devices subsystem when it registers itself during its init. How to clear fmadm faulty entries in solaris 10 hp insight diagnostics offline hardware verification on hp proliant servers check if an account is locked on aix and when was the last time an user logged in.
Dec 14, 2011 we booted the system with the cdrom, unluckily we could not find the solaris 9 dvd to boot with coz data center was in europe and onsite person was having only solaris 10 u9 dvd. The following example unmounts the file system from the metadevice, d0, and then uses the metaclear command to permanently remove the metadevice from the system. After the acquisition of sun microsystems in 2010, oracle decided to discontinue open development of the core software, and. Jan 25, 2018 the following procedure describes how to fsck and mount a mirrored metadevice during a failsafe boot. A limitation existed in that a disk can only have 8 partitions, thus limiting the number of metadevices to 8 per disk. Since the crash i have been unable to mount the 2 met the unix and linux forums. The metadevice name of the concatenation, stripe, or concatenation of stripes. I have had no problems with this version until now when i upgrade our oracle database 12c to 12. For systems running netbeui or appletalk over token ring on sparc systems, you must install the following tokenring driver patch that fixes the multicast problem. Solaris advanced system administrators guide, second edition. Remove solaris volume manager information azizs blog.
For example, if a file system fills up a concatenated metadevice, you can add more slices, then grow the file system to the newly added space. Concatstripe is setup i could specify the metadevice with the options 4 1 disk 1 disk 1 disk 1 disk but i find that if i. In this procedure, the root file system that is used is devdskc0t0d0s0. How do i get solaris to recognize generic network cards with wellknown chipsets. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. Expanding slices and metadevices solstice disksuite 4. Solaris specialists blog everything about solaris page. That creates a new inmemory instance of the os on every boot, with nothing saved from. Detaching the older submirrors d30 and d31 after sync.
Ignoring them, i tried to create the metadatabase on c0t2d0 with the command, but get the failure msg below. It was also the name of the project initiated by sun to build a developer and user community around the software. For solaris, you can set network interface speed and mode half or full duplex. Solaris volume manager svm command line reference cheat. How to manually update the boot archive on a solaris volume. Soft partitioning will, of course, be part of the base functionality of that release. Mounting and unmounting the dvdrom drive on solarislinux. You shouldnt be using the live media for this at all. Jun 19, 2014 how to deal with solaris volume manager metadevice replica corruption problem how to identify processes that waiting for disk io how to list disk partition in different ways how to upgrade zfs version and migrate zfs between platforms how to use blktrace and btt to debug and tune disk io on linux. Creating a svm metadevice and an ufs filesystem setaoffice. You could also generate this information automatically with a cron job.
How to add additional storage space created from dynamic. The characters can be either uppercase or lowercase. From time to time i need to make changes and test them in a sandbox, and i keep my sandbox pretty small. If youre running solaris x86, of course youll want the x86 versions of the packages. This value tells solaris volume manager how much data to place on a slice of a striped or raid level 5 metadevice before moving on to the next slice. How do i get solaris to recognize generic network cards with. Solaris opensolaris solaris 11 express solaris 10 ga is build 74l2 solaris 10 update 1 106 solaris 10 update 2 606 solaris 10 update. Solaris volume manager svm how to create soft partitions. Recover a solaris volume manager configuration from salvaged disks. For example, oracle will set it shared memory segments and semaphore information here. Now customize the name of a clipboard to store your clips. Md works as the driver between the solaris os and physical disks and meta device appears to the system as a logical device.
This metadevice must have been previously created by the metainit command. A trans metadevice enables ufs logging, which is the process of recording ufs updates in a log before the updates are applied to the unix file system. Aiptek usb videocam driver ov511ov7260 hardware this one seems to have a little trouble doing reads of the main usb bridge hardware. Hi admins, we had faced an issue on one server earlier. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Anyway, with the most recent round of changes to support running the hooks with mercurial built against python 2. The metadevice name to be attached to the mirror as a submirror. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content continue reading howto use metadevices with solstice. Metadevices are actually pseudo, or virtual, devices in standard unix terms. How to manually update the boot archive on a solaris. Replacing failed disk devices with the solaris volume manager.
Solaris volume manager soft partitioning explained. Moodle moodle is a course management system cms, also known as a learning management system lms or a vi. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. We had tested opensolaris installations in 2008 opensolaris 2008. There are registers that have default values, that are showing up as 0. The driver s init routine should only be called once when the driver is loaded. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new continue reading sun solaris unix display list for loaded kenel device driver modules. The metadevice can be removed if they are not open i. Details about my hpt driver can now be found on the separate highpoint 366 solaris driver page. Chapter 24 troubleshooting solaris volume manager oracle help.
This chapter also gives an overview of the driver development environment and the development tools available to you. Apr 29, 2011 solaris volume manager svm adding mirror to a metadevice housing soft partitions. The maximum default number of metadevices is 128 but this can be adjusted by editing kerneldrvnf and changing the nmd parameter 1024 maximum. Metadevice and metadevice database a metadevice is a name for a group of physical slices that appear as a single logical device virtual device. Sun therefore introduced the service management facility in solaris 10, to. How to manually update the boot archive on a solaris volume manager raid1 mirrored root partition. One of the things im currently responsible for as onnv gatekeeper, is maintenance of our gatehooks. Okay, i tried changing to ahci mode, but the open solaris drivers seem to have an issue with that and cant mount the root filesystem. Aug 11, 2009 breaking solaris svm is easy, but sometimes if we type wrong command it will become a big trouble and wasting time to troubleshoot, like what i did yesterday, im stuck. Solaris volume manager svm adding mirror to a metadevice. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Install disksuite and be on your way to simple disk. If the system is already running, open a terminal window, become superuser, and type the following. Mount the root mirror metadevice on the a directory.
Aug 20, 2007 adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. I have begun experimenting with solaris and zfs as a nas. Oct 16, 2014 how to upgrade zfs version and migrate zfs between platforms zfs was originally implemented as open source software, licensed under the common development and distribution license cddl. Disksuite uses a special driver, called the metadisk driver, to coordinate io to and from physical devices and metadevices, enabling applications to treat a. So lets try to recover solaris 9 os with solaris 10 dvd. If you have already solved the problem, good, anyway, here are some information that you could usein the future. A metadevice is a name for a group of physical slices that appear to the system as a single, logical device. It has got a fibre connection to a storagetrek array containing my database info. The same method can be used for a concatenated and raid 5 metadevice as well.
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