Hi,
I am AIX admin, I am not used to solaris, I have created
a LUN on the EMC array and rebooted the system (solaris 10), I now see the device associated to the LUN. Next is to create 8 filesystems on it.
The problem is that when I print the partition table I only see 4 partitions unassigned whereas partition menu shows 0 to 7 partition. I don't understand how it works when I see partitions root, swap, usr, backup on this non-system disk (see display below).
Please help me understand and lead me for the next steps.
Thanks
Regards
Djessi
root@Kokala2 # format
Searching for disks...done
………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………..
35. emcpower5a <DGC-RAID10-0326 cyl 32766 alt 2 hd 256 sec 32>
/pseudo/emcp@5
36. emcpower6a <DGC-RAID5-0326 cyl 63998 alt 2 hd 256 sec 64>
/pseudo/emcp@6
Specify disk (enter its number): 36
selecting emcpower6a
[disk formatted]
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
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 63998 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 0 - 15 128.00MB (16/0/0) 262144
1 swap wu 16 - 31 128.00MB (16/0/0) 262144
2 backup wu 0 - 63997 499.98GB (63998/0/0) 1048543232
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 usr wm 32 - 63997 499.73GB (63966/0/0) 1048018944
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
I am AIX admin, I am not used to solaris, I have created
a LUN on the EMC array and rebooted the system (solaris 10), I now see the device associated to the LUN. Next is to create 8 filesystems on it.
The problem is that when I print the partition table I only see 4 partitions unassigned whereas partition menu shows 0 to 7 partition. I don't understand how it works when I see partitions root, swap, usr, backup on this non-system disk (see display below).
Please help me understand and lead me for the next steps.
Thanks
Regards
Djessi
root@Kokala2 # format
Searching for disks...done
………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………..
35. emcpower5a <DGC-RAID10-0326 cyl 32766 alt 2 hd 256 sec 32>
/pseudo/emcp@5
36. emcpower6a <DGC-RAID5-0326 cyl 63998 alt 2 hd 256 sec 64>
/pseudo/emcp@6
Specify disk (enter its number): 36
selecting emcpower6a
[disk formatted]
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
partition> p
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 63998 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 0 - 15 128.00MB (16/0/0) 262144
1 swap wu 16 - 31 128.00MB (16/0/0) 262144
2 backup wu 0 - 63997 499.98GB (63998/0/0) 1048543232
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 usr wm 32 - 63997 499.73GB (63966/0/0) 1048018944
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0