metadb/newfs on disc: If vold running = Device busy/ If vold not running = No such device or address.

From: LOEWENTHAL Simon (sloewenthal_at_gemini.edu)
Date: 08/31/04

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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:25:47 -0400

    Dear all,

    I'm trying to metadb a slice to a new statedatabase. As per the table below
    the slice is 9.94Mb. Machine is Solaris 9.

    Current partition table (original):
    Total disk cylinders available: 14087 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

    Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
      0 root wm 105 - 457 3.43GB (353/0/0) 7184256
      1 swap wu 0 - 103 1.01GB (104/0/0) 2116608
      2 backup wm 0 - 14086 136.71GB (14087/0/0) 286698624
      3 var wm 459 - 473 149.06MB (15/0/0) 305280
      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 14086 - 14086 9.94MB (1/0/0) 20352

    I next used metadb to create the first state dB:

    [root@test1]root$ metadb -a -f /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
    metadb: test1: /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7: No such device or address

    OK, Odd. So I tried to do a newfs on the partition:
    [root@test1]root$ newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
    /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7: Device busy

    An fuser shows me that vold pid is using that partition (Que?) so I kill
    vold.

    [root@test1]root$ /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
    [root@test1]root$ !newfs
    newfs /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
    /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7: No such device or address
    [root@test1]root$ !metadb
    metadb -a -f /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7
    metadb: test1: /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s7: No such device or address

    I reboot just to check its the same, and it is. Any clues?

    Thanks to everyone who replied to the SMC / mirroring / extents question.
    Rdgs/Atentamente,
    Simon. 

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