Filesystems creation on Solaris 10 x86

[djessi]

Hi All,

I am not expert in Solaris, I just want to add an external
disk (via San) to a Solaris 10 x86 system.

When I execute #format, have the following :
0) c1t0d0 ....
2) c4t60060160D9E01D009AAB136E0F54DE11d0
/Scsi_uhci/disk@g60060160d9ede11

When I choose number 2, the very disk, I have the following :
Selecting c4t60060160D9E01D009AAB136E0F54DE11d0
[disk formatted]
/dev/dsk/c4t60060160D9E01D009AAB136E0F54DE11d0s2
is part of SVM volme stripped : d7
Please see metaclear.

Then I execute "verify" at the format Promp and got :

Part Tag Flag Cylinder Size
0 Unassigned wm 0 0
1 Unassigned wm 0 0
2 Backup wu 0-17442 133.62Gb
3 Unassigned wm 0 0
4 Unassigned wm 0 0
5 Unassigned wm 0 0
6 Unassigned wm 0 0
7 Unassigned wm 0 0
8 Boot wu 0 7.84Mb
9 Unassigned wm 0 0

My problem is to create 2 partitions, one of 70Gb and the
other one is the rest of the disk, then create filesystems on
them, how to proceed.

Thanks
Djessi

 

[Mike042]

The messages/warnings about SVM (Solaris Volume Manager) are saying that the disk (or LUN from the SAN) is (or has been) part of a mirror called d7. It is suggesting you clear this with the metaclear command. Before progressing I would carefully check out the configuration in case the 'zoning' that presented the LUN from the SAN is incorrect (and it can 'see' a disk from another system's mirrors - you wouldn't want to damage that!).

Once you are sure it is safe to proceed, use the format command to make a new 'partition table', then create filesystems on the partitions with newfs, create a mount point (with mkdir) and mount the filesystem (with mount). See the man pages for command explanation and how to use paramaters and qualifiers.


I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[AnotherAlan]

Mike has given you some good advice with regards checking carefully.
I would add that if you intend on making two large partitions that you look at ZFS instead of UFS.