Dear ZFS experts,
I have 2 SATA 500 GB Hard Drive on my Dual Core PC
I have installed OpenSolaris 2008.11 using Live CD I got from Sun Tech Days in
Singapore
Now, using all the guidelines I got here at Indiana Discussion, I can''t
attach my second drive to rpool to make them mirror
Initially I was playing around with similar configuration in VirtualBox, and it
does not succeed. Finally I am trying it with my real machine, and it still
hasn''t work
I Logged the steps, and attach it here. I hope someone who is expert can tell me
which part that I did went wrong.
Thank You,
Handojo
These are the description of the first drive using "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
1. c4d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60797 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
/pci at 0,0/pci-ide at 1f,2/ide at 1/cmdk at 0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): 0
selecting c3d0
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 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
format> part
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> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 60797 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 1 - 60795 465.71GB (60795/0/0) 976671675
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 60796 465.73GB (60797/0/0) 976703805
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 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
partition> quit
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
format> quit
=====================================================================
These are the log that I capture to change EFI labeling to SMI before adding to
rpool ( and it failed. I followed this guide, and several other guide, which is
exactly the same, but it doesn''t work for me )
Here''s the links :
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=331284
Here''s the log :
=====================================================================handojoh at
opensolaris:~# zpool add rpool c4d0
cannot label ''c4d0'': EFI labeled devices are not supported on
root pools.
handojoh at opensolaris:~# format -e c4d0
selecting c4d0
No defect list found
[disk formatted, no 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
format> part
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
9 - change `9'' 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> label
[0] SMI Label
[1] EFI Label
Specify Label type[0]: 0
Ready to label disk, continue? y
partition> print
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 60797 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 1 - 60795 465.71GB (60795/0/0) 976671675
1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
2 backup wu 0 - 60796 465.73GB (60797/0/0) 976703805
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 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
partition> quit
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
format> fdisk
Total disk size is 60800 cylinders
Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks
Cylinders
Partition Status Type Start End Length %
========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== == 1
Solaris 1 60799 60799 100
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1. Create a partition
2. Specify the active partition
3. Delete a partition
4. Change between Solaris and Solaris2 Partition IDs
5. Exit (update disk configuration and exit)
6. Cancel (exit without updating disk configuration)
Enter Selection: 6
format> quit
handojoh at opensolaris:~# zpool add rpool c4d0
cannot label ''c4d0'': EFI labeled devices are not supported on
root pools.
handojoh at opensolaris:~#
=====================================================================
I''ve been changing the partition type to "Solaris",
"Solaris2", "Unix System", etc other than "EFI",
but the result is still the same. Everytime I add c4d0 to rpool, it always says
: Cannot label ''c4d0'': EFI labeled devices are not supported
on root pools.
Hoping to get some enlightment on this Simple ZFS Problem
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This message posted from opensolaris.org
Mark J Musante
2009-Feb-03 12:25 UTC
[zfs-discuss] Cannot Mirror RPOOL, Can''t Label Disk to SMI
Handojo wrote:> handojoh at opensolaris:~# zpool add rpool c4d0 >Two problems: first, the command needed is ''zpool attach'', because you''re making a mirror. ''zpool add'' is for extending stripes, and currently stripes are not supported as root pools. The second problem is that when the drive is specified without a slice, then zfs will reformat it with an EFI label, so the attach command should be given c4d0s0 instead of c4d0. Use ''format -e'' to get it back to SMI, and then use this command: zpool attach rpool c3d0s0 c4d0s0 Regards, markm
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