From: Allen Belk (allen.belk@usm.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 09 2003 - 13:16:31 EDT
Managers,
We are attempting to JumpStart some Solaris 9 machines and are having
some issues with the mirroring aspect. We have been successfully
JumpStarting Solaris 8 machines with the same scripts for quite some time
but now we are having problems mirroring the root partition under Solaris 9.
All other partitions mirror without any problem but when our script attempts
to mirror root with metattach d0 d2, we get the following error.
metattach: psls2: d2: can't attach labeled submirror to an unlabeled mirror
I have found some information on the web referring to the fact that
attempting to attach a submirror partition that starts on cylinder 0 would
not work due to the fact that it would overwrite the VTOC for that disk.
However, I have been doing this under Solaris 8 for many months without any
problems. Is this an issue to Solaris 9 only or am I doing something wrong?
JumpStart profile used
======================
install_type initial_install
root_device c0t0d0s0
partitioning explicit
filesys c0t0d0s0 1024 / logging
filesys c0t0d0s1 4096 swap
filesys c0t0d0s3 3072 /usr logging
filesys c0t0d0s4 2048 /var logging
filesys c0t0d0s5 2048 /opt logging
filesys c0t0d0s6 2048 /tmp logging
filesys c0t0d0s7 free unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s0 1024 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s1 4096 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s3 3072 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s4 2048 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s5 2048 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s6 2048 unnamed
filesys c0t2d0s7 free unnamed
cluster SUNWCall
Output of partition table by format command
============================================
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 19156 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 2057 - 2571 1.00GB (515/0/0) 2101200
1 swap wu 0 - 2056 4.00GB (2057/0/0) 8392560
2 backup wm 0 - 19155 37.27GB (19156/0/0) 78156480
3 usr wm 2572 - 4114 3.00GB (1543/0/0) 6295440
4 var wm 4115 - 5143 2.00GB (1029/0/0) 4198320
5 unassigned wm 5144 - 6172 2.00GB (1029/0/0) 4198320
6 unassigned wm 6173 - 7201 2.00GB (1029/0/0) 4198320
7 unassigned wm 7202 - 19155 23.26GB (11954/0/0) 48772320
Also, please notice that regardless of my profile setup, Solaris 9 lays out
the partitions with swap starting at cylinder 0 and root at 2057, instead of
vice versa. Is this also an issue with 9?
Thanks,
Allen
| Allen Belk, Systems Administrator III
| University of Southern Mississippi
| iTech, Technology Infrastructure Unit
| allen.belk@usm.edu - 601.266.5973
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