May I ask why:
echo 1 > /sys/bus/ccw/devices/0.0.0199/online
was used and not:
chccwdev -e 0.0.0199

Does the usage of chccwdev to set the device only change the situation?

** Also affects: ubuntu-z-systems
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  dasdfmt fails after vary online. syslog show strange message "The disk
  layout of the DASD is not supported"

Status in Ubuntu on IBM z Systems:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Problem description:
  procedure:
     echo 1 > /sys/bus/ccw/devices/0.0.0199/online
     /sbin/chzdev dasd-eckd 0199 -e -p
     /sbin/dasdfmt -b 4096 -d cdl -f /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0199 -y

  dasdfmt fails with:
     /sbin/dasdfmt: Unable to open device /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0199: No 
such device

  looking at the syslog i can see a strange message that only comes out when i 
am having this issue:
  Nov 21 08:52:12 JUUB16MS kernel: [   67.412484] dasd-eckd 0.0.0199: The disk 
layout of the DASD is not supported
  lsdasd returns:
     root@JUUB16MS:~# lsdasd
  Bus-ID     Status      Name      Device  Type  BlkSz  Size      Blocks
  ==============================================================================
  0.0.0192   active      dasda     94:0    ECKD  4096   5070MB    1298160
  0.0.0195   active      dasdb     94:4    FBA   512    40MB      81920
  0.0.0193   n/f         dasdc     94:8    ECKD
  0.0.0196   active      dasdd     94:12   FBA   512    40MB      81920
  0.0.0194   n/f         dasde     94:16   ECKD
  0.0.0197   n/f         dasdf     94:20   ECKD
  0.0.0198   n/f         dasdg     94:24   ECKD
  0.0.0199   n/f         dasdh     94:28   ECKD

  you can see that the 199 is not format and can't be formatted...
  a workaround is to vary the disk offline and then online again.
  this time it will start ok and you can format it and work with it.
  ------------------------------
  just to be clear... this happens after linking to an un-formatted disk 
dynamically and then vary it online...
  for example:
     vmcp link '*' 199 199
     echo 1 > /sys/bus/ccw/devices/0.0.0199/online
     /sbin/chzdev dasd-eckd 0199 -e -p
     /sbin/dasdfmt -b 4096 -d cdl -f /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0199 -y

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