The calls that fail are 'open()' calls. In ubuntu we do not have patches
to s390-tools for dasdfmt code path. Please seek help from s390-tools
upstream developers at IBM.
And call to 'open()' should not require user to have a default shell set
- e.g. it should not be resulting in e.g. system() calls.
Alternatively, please provide steps to reproduce the issue - meaning how
to recreate the z/VM and the un-dasdfmt-able disks.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
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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:
Incomplete
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
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.
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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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