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Solaris 9 Not Recognsing 2nd Hard Drive
Hi all,
I'm trying to configure RAID 1 in Solaris 9. I have two hard drives but when I type in the format command, it only sees hd0. I have also tried multiple HDs and also swapped them round but this makes no difference - only hd0 will show so it doesn't seem to be a problem with any of the disks. I also have more than one server so I have tried it on another one but I'm getting the exact same issue.
I'm trying to install Solaris 9 on a Sunfire V245 server.
I don't know if this is something simple but I can't seem to get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm trying to configure RAID 1 in Solaris 9. I have two hard drives but when I type in the format command, it only sees hd0. I have also tried multiple HDs and also swapped them round but this makes no difference - only hd0 will show so it doesn't seem to be a problem with any of the disks. I also have more than one server so I have tried it on another one but I'm getting the exact same issue.
I'm trying to install Solaris 9 on a Sunfire V245 server.
I don't know if this is something simple but I can't seem to get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Please show output of "raidctl -l" command.
Those servers usually have hardware mirrored, "raidctl -l" will list the system's RAID configuration. But "format" command won't be able to show this.
what'a the output of cfgadm -al
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Hi all, sorry for the late reply. I'm out of the office today so will try this all tomorrow.
If I type in raidctl it doesn't find any RAID arrays. I will update one I have tried it all!
If I type in raidctl it doesn't find any RAID arrays. I will update one I have tried it all!
What was your update after a week :)?
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Hi everyone, sorry for the delay - I have been all over the place.
So I've tried the cfgadm -al command and it lists the following about the disks:
# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0 CD-ROM connected configured unknown
c1 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c1::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
When I type in format I get this:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0 <LSILOGIC-LogicalVolume-30 00 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 136>
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a /pci@0/pci @8/scsi@1/ sd@0,0
I'm not really sure what's going on here. raidctl -l also says that there are no RAID volumes found.
I'm going to up the points on this one as I have taken so long to reply and it seem to be a tough one.
So I've tried the cfgadm -al command and it lists the following about the disks:
# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0 CD-ROM connected configured unknown
c1 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c1::dsk/c1t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
When I type in format I get this:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0 <LSILOGIC-LogicalVolume-30
/pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a
I'm not really sure what's going on here. raidctl -l also says that there are no RAID volumes found.
I'm going to up the points on this one as I have taken so long to reply and it seem to be a tough one.
from the output there is only one disk and CD-ROM connected to you server try to remove and connect the server again and do reconfiguration reboot "reboot -- -r" and check again,
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I have now tried a reconfiguration reboot but this has not solved the issue either
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sync; reboot -- -r
Do you have any errors in /var/adm/messages?