Joel Just an FYI - we need an empty DOS partition covering the whole disk - we need at least something to edit.
# fdisk /dev/DISK In the fdisk menu, o to create a new empty DOS partition table - then n for new partition - start at cylinder 1 spanning whole disk - lave it at default type - then write the table to disk. You will get an ioctl message - then since RHEL /Suse are not really dynamic # partprobe --rereadpt /dev/DISK Then vxdisksetup etc should work. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: veritas-vx-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-vx-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of joel Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 6:39 AM To: veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-vx] disk replacement problem I have replaced disks many of times in the situation of veritas I am using but now I seem to have problems. Went though the same steps as before running 'vxdiskadm' # 4 then 5. I also have to tell the scsi bus to remove the device and I reinsert it with: echo "scsi remove-single-device 1 0 17 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi echo "scsi add-single-device 1 0 17 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi So now I am at the point I have the new drive in, the OS can see it, I can run fdisk on it but I can't get veritas to see/initialize it: Select a disk device to enable [<disk>,list,q,?] sdi VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-531 Device sdi: online failed: Disk is not usable This disk device does not appear to be valid. The disk may not have a valid or usuable partition table, the special device file for the disk may be missing or invalid, or the device may be turned-off or detached from the system. This disk will be ignored. Output format: [Device_Name,Disk_Access_Name] [sdi,sdi] Any ideas? Thanks ~joel _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx
