OK, I''ve been putting off this question for a while now, but it eating at me, so I can''t hold off any more. I have a nice 8 gig memory stick I''ve formated with the ZFS file system. Works great on all my Solaris PC''s, but refuses to work on my Sparc processor. So I''ve formated it on my Sparc machine (Blade 2500), works great there now, but not on my PC''s. Re-Formatted it on my PC, doesn''t work on Sparc, and so on and so on. I thought it was a file system to go back and forth both architectures. So when will this compatibility be here, or if it''s possible now, what is the secret? Paul
Hi Paul,
yes, ZFS is platform agnostic and I know it works in SANs.
For the USB stick case, you may have run into labeling issues. Maybe
Solaris SPARC did not recognize the x64 type label on the disk (which
is strange, because it should...).
Did you try making sure that ZFS creates an EFI label on the disk?
You can check this by running zpool status and then the devices should
look like c6t0d0 without the s0 part.
If you want to force this, you can create an EFI label on the USB disk
from hand by saying fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx.
Hope this helps,
Constantin
Paul Gress wrote:> OK, I''ve been putting off this question for a while now, but it
eating
> at me, so I can''t hold off any more. I have a nice 8 gig memory
stick
> I''ve formated with the ZFS file system. Works great on all my
Solaris
> PC''s, but refuses to work on my Sparc processor. So I''ve
formated it on
> my Sparc machine (Blade 2500), works great there now, but not on my
> PC''s. Re-Formatted it on my PC, doesn''t work on Sparc,
and so on and so on.
>
> I thought it was a file system to go back and forth both architectures.
> So when will this compatibility be here, or if it''s possible now,
what
> is the secret?
>
> Paul
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Constantin Gonzalez wrote:> Hi Paul, > > yes, ZFS is platform agnostic and I know it works in SANs. > > For the USB stick case, you may have run into labeling issues. Maybe > Solaris SPARC did not recognize the x64 type label on the disk (which > is strange, because it should...). > > Did you try making sure that ZFS creates an EFI label on the disk? > You can check this by running zpool status and then the devices should > look like c6t0d0 without the s0 part. > > If you want to force this, you can create an EFI label on the USB disk > from hand by saying fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx. > > Hope this helps, > Constantin > >OK, tried some things you said. This is the Volume formated on the PC (W2100z), the Volume is named "Radical-Vol" # /usr/sbin/zpool import -f Radical-Vol cannot import ''Radical-Vol'': one or more devices is currently unavailable # /usr/sbin/zpool import pool: Radical-Vol id: 3051993120652382125 state: FAULTED status: One or more devices contains corrupted data. action: The pool cannot be imported due to damaged devices or data. see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-5E config: Radical-Vol UNAVAIL insufficient replicas c7t0d0s0 UNAVAIL corrupted data Here''s the device: $ rmformat Looking for devices... 1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2 Physical Node: /pci at 1e,600000/ide at d/sd at 2,0 Connected Device: SONY DVD RW DRU-720A JY02 Device Type: <Unknown> 2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s2 Physical Node: /pci at 1d,700000/usb at 2,2/hub at 1/hub at 3/storage at 1/disk at 0,0 Connected Device: USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1.00 Device Type: Removable Following your command: $ /opt/sfw/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/zpool status pool: Rad_Disk_1 state: ONLINE status: The pool is formatted using an older on-disk format. The pool can still be used, but some features are unavailable. action: Upgrade the pool using ''zpool upgrade''. Once this is done, the pool will no longer be accessible on older software versions. scrub: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM Rad_Disk_1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c0t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors It obviously doesn''t show, not mounted. And last the fdisk command: # fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0 fdisk: Cannot stat device /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0 But this device works currently on my Solaris PC''s, the W2100z and a laptop of mine.
Hi,> # /usr/sbin/zpool import > pool: Radical-Vol > id: 3051993120652382125 > state: FAULTED > status: One or more devices contains corrupted data. > action: The pool cannot be imported due to damaged devices or data. > see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-5E > config: > > Radical-Vol UNAVAIL insufficient replicas > c7t0d0s0 UNAVAIL corrupted dataok, ZFS did recognize the disk, but the pool is corrupted. Did you remove it without exporting the pool first?> Following your command: > > $ /opt/sfw/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/zpool status > pool: Rad_Disk_1 > state: ONLINE > status: The pool is formatted using an older on-disk format. The pool can > still be used, but some features are unavailable. > action: Upgrade the pool using ''zpool upgrade''. Once this is done, the > pool will no longer be accessible on older software versions. > scrub: none requested > config: > > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > Rad_Disk_1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > c0t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > errors: No known data errorsBut this pool should be accessible, since you can zpool status it. Have you check zfs get all Rad_Disk_1? Does it show mount points and whether it should be mounted?> But this device works currently on my Solaris PC''s, the W2100z and a > laptop of mine.Strange. Maybe it''s a USB issue. Have you checked: http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/usb/USB-Faq.html#Storage Especially #19? Best regards, Constantin -- Constantin Gonzalez Sun Microsystems GmbH, Germany Platform Technology Group, Global Systems Engineering http://www.sun.de/ Tel.: +49 89/4 60 08-25 91 http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/ Sitz d. Ges.: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
Hello Paul, Wednesday, December 5, 2007, 10:34:47 PM, you wrote: PG> Constantin Gonzalez wrote:>> Hi Paul, >> >> yes, ZFS is platform agnostic and I know it works in SANs. >> >> For the USB stick case, you may have run into labeling issues. Maybe >> Solaris SPARC did not recognize the x64 type label on the disk (which >> is strange, because it should...). >> >> Did you try making sure that ZFS creates an EFI label on the disk? >> You can check this by running zpool status and then the devices should >> look like c6t0d0 without the s0 part. >> >> If you want to force this, you can create an EFI label on the USB disk >> from hand by saying fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/cxtxdx. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Constantin >> >>PG> OK, tried some things you said. PG> This is the Volume formated on the PC (W2100z), the Volume is named PG> "Radical-Vol" PG> # /usr/sbin/zpool import -f Radical-Vol PG> cannot import ''Radical-Vol'': one or more devices is currently unavailable PG> # /usr/sbin/zpool import PG> pool: Radical-Vol PG> id: 3051993120652382125 PG> state: FAULTED PG> status: One or more devices contains corrupted data. PG> action: The pool cannot be imported due to damaged devices or data. PG> see: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-5E PG> config: PG> Radical-Vol UNAVAIL insufficient replicas PG> c7t0d0s0 UNAVAIL corrupted data PG> Here''s the device: PG> $ rmformat PG> Looking for devices... PG> 1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2 PG> Physical Node: /pci at 1e,600000/ide at d/sd at 2,0 PG> Connected Device: SONY DVD RW DRU-720A JY02 PG> Device Type: <Unknown> PG> 2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s2 PG> Physical Node: PG> /pci at 1d,700000/usb at 2,2/hub at 1/hub at 3/storage at 1/disk at 0,0 PG> Connected Device: USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1.00 PG> Device Type: Removable PG> Following your command: PG> $ /opt/sfw/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/zpool status PG> pool: Rad_Disk_1 PG> state: ONLINE PG> status: The pool is formatted using an older on-disk format. The pool can PG> still be used, but some features are unavailable. PG> action: Upgrade the pool using ''zpool upgrade''. Once this is done, the PG> pool will no longer be accessible on older software versions. PG> scrub: none requested PG> config: PG> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM PG> Rad_Disk_1 ONLINE 0 0 0 PG> c0t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 PG> errors: No known data errors PG> It obviously doesn''t show, not mounted. PG> And last the fdisk command: PG> # fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0 PG> fdisk: Cannot stat device /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0 Looks like you have SMI label not EFI. Can you re-create a pool again with command: zpool create Radival-Vol c7t0d0 then put some data, do zpool export Radical-Vol and try to import it on another box. Should work. -- Best regards, Robert Milkowski mailto:rmilkowski at task.gda.pl http://milek.blogspot.com
I did some work over the weekend. Still is having some trouble. # fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s2 # zpool create Radical-Vol /dev/dsk/c7t0d0 invalid vdev specification use ''-f'' to override the following errors: /dev/dsk/c7t0d0s0 is part of exported or potentially active ZFS pool Radical-Vol. Please see zpool(1M). /dev/dsk/c7t0d0s2 is part of exported or potentially active ZFS pool Radical-Vol. Please see zpool(1M). # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dsk/c7t0d0s2 bs=1 write: No such device or address 8200604161+0 records in 8200604161+0 records out # fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s2 # zpool create Radical-Vol /dev/dsk/c7t0d0 cannot label ''c7t0d0'': failed to write EFI label use fdisk(1M) to partition the disk, and provide a specific slice # Basically after doing an fdisk -E, I couldn''t create pool Radical-Vol. So I decided to "zero" the whole device and start from scratch. Now I have a different error, zpool couldn''t write the EFI label. It wants an fdisk partition, but as far as I know, once I do this it will be specific for Sparc and X86. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Paul
Hi Paul,> # fdisk -E /dev/rdsk/c7t0d0s2then> # zpool create -f Radical-Vol /dev/dsk/c7t0d0should work. The warnings you see are just there to double-check you don''t overwrite any previously used pool which you may regret. -f overrules that. Hope this helps, Constantin -- Constantin Gonzalez Sun Microsystems GmbH, Germany Platform Technology Group, Global Systems Engineering http://www.sun.de/ Tel.: +49 89/4 60 08-25 91 http://blogs.sun.com/constantin/ Sitz d. Ges.: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering