If the content of sun vtoc located in the zeroth sector are incorrect, this may result in the wrong calculation of the backup label location. Defining a disks geometry oracle solaris 11 system. Package names that are nonbold andor with no version number, are not currently available for this version of solaris. Cisco media gateway controller software installation and.
For example, if the archive was created on an oracle solaris 11 1111 host, the oracle solaris 11 1111 installation media should be used in this phase. Another term that is used to described the disk label is the vtoc volume table of contents. The vtoc format is sensitive to the byte order of the computer accessing the label. San disks on solaris in error state and cannot get.
The oracle solaris 11 installation utilities automatically relabel any disk that is selected as a root pool disk with an smi label. How can it be, that format is able write vtoc to a disk if it does not have a vtoc. The solaris volume manager software can also be used to manage disks greater. Disk slicing differs between the sparc and x86 platforms. Jan 19, 2011 a prebuilt virtualbox virtual machine of solaris 10 9 10, the latest update, has recently been published. You can also use the format e command to reapply a vtoc label if the efi. Topics are described for both sparc and x86 based systems, where appropriate. The system can be booted from dvd, usb device, or the network. Solaris disk label delete slice with fmthard returns. The disks available on this system cannot be used to install solaris software. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices.
In solaris 10, the default disk label for luns smaller than 1 tb is vtoc. Oracle solaris provides system administrators with advanced dtrace analytics monitoring to detect lun alignment problems that can be alleviated with the oracle solaris vtoc or efi format disk label utility. Vtoc volume to content table aka smisun microsystems, inc label, contains the information such as logical partitioning, disk geometry and other access characteristics. Detecting and resolving oracle solaris lun alignment. The install media used to boot the recovery system should be the same version of oracle solaris 11 that the archive was built from. The software provides a what you see is what you get wysiwyg editor for designing the. What is a disk label and how does is differ from vtoc. How to perform system archival and recovery procedures with oracle solaris 11.
We will see how we can create a new guest domain and allocate the resources to it. Creating and examining a disk label oracle solaris. Install the solaris 10 0708 image on a sun netra t2000 platform on which you intend to install the cisco bams 3. I also made a modified solaris 10 installation dvd, which can be installed directly on esx, without the diversion to vmware workstation. This page contains images of oracle solaris 10 811 the recent update to solaris 10 in sparc and x86 formats suitable for creating branded zones. Creating solaris disk label vtoc creating and checking ufs file systems creating c1t0d0s0. By default, vtoc labels are added to disks whose size is smaller than 1 tb. Label a disk that is greater than 2 terabytes in size with an efi label. Here is what i had to do to get vncserver running after a very minimal solaris 10 install.
If you want to put an efi label on disk smaller than 2 terabytes, see example 115. Label a disk with a vtoc or an efi label for a disk 2 terabytes in size. Under solaris terminology, a vtoc virtual table of content and a disklabel are interchangeable terms. For the sparc m10, the default label for root pool disks with xcp 2230 or later is efi gpt. If the wrongly calculated backup label location falls in the public data region rather than the.
Does anyone have any idea how the default vtoc is produced on the solaris 10 and solaris 9. If you like to try it, i can make the iso image available to you. Solaris is registered as compliant with the single unix specification historically, solaris was developed as proprietary software. Disk slices oracle solaris 11 system administration. Solaris 10 305 dvd assembly instructions, multilanguage sol 10 st, 798 bytes download now. I try to boot from solaris 10 cd but it shows a single disk but there were two operating systems solaris 10 and windows xp. Note if you wish to run the cisco media gateway controller mgc node manager to recognize traps sent from a cisco bams, you must install cisco bams 3. Research the relationship between solaris efi, solaris vtoc and lun size as well as ufs vs zfs to make sure you choose the proper type for your environment. Starting with the solaris 10 1009 release, you can use the vtoc label on a disk of any size, but the addressable space by the vtoc is limited to 2 tb. Guest domain is a top level virtual machine which we can create using the control domain. Managing solaris os unix file system colobridge wiki. The disk described is a sas disk, target 0 with an smi vtoc label. The size of the efi label is usually 34 sectors, so partitions usually start at sector 34. Refer to disk slice and disk label for more information.
A prebuilt virtualbox virtual machine of solaris 10 910, the latest update, has recently been published. Many a times when storage team allocates storage from a emc storage box, the disks are not labeled. Sun services solaris 10 os installation and upgrade options there are a number of different ways that a solaris 10 installation can take place. Solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. Mar 05, 2014 sun services solaris 10 os installation and upgrade options there are a number of different ways that a solaris 10 installation can take place. I went to the orcale download site but they only have a dvd iso for solaris 10. Now, lets get installing and run sun vts in solaris 10. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments. Solaris on 32bit sparc platforms only supports booting from smi labeled disks. Sep 12, 2007 solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download.
While using smi label also called as smi vtoc, solaris fails to correctly. Viewing the solaris oe ufs file system disk label vtoc the vtoc contains the partition table for the disk. This was fine in a system that had at least one vtoc labeled disk as the jumpstart. While using smi label also called as smi vtoc, solaris fails to correctly calculate the disk geometry if you accept the defaults and wastes a disk space. If you have difficulties installing or using the product, please join the users mailing list to. All steps except the fdisk step near the end are the same for sparc systems. Guest domain will not perform any administrative operation on ldom but runs its own operating system on it. If you have a separate var dataset in a previous solaris 10 release and you want to use luupgrade to upgrade to the solaris 10 1009 release, and you have applied patch 12143042 on sparc systems or 12143143 on x86 systems, apply idr14315401 sparc or idr14315501 x86 to avoid the issue described in cr 6884728. Script to label multiple disks in solaris the geek diary.
The prebuilt vm gets you quickly up and running with solaris 10. The vtoc resides in the first disk sectr 512 bytes blocks. A boot disk on a sparcbased system is installed with a legacy vtoc smi label. Solaris 10 fails to install on efi labeled disks wad of stuff. Slice 1 is a ufs volume which carries a minimal bootable system the size is 50 mb of which 38 are used. The efi specification prohibits overlapping slices. Installing the sun solaris 10 operating system for opteronbased platforms.
If you have difficulties installing or using the product, please join the users mailing list to get a helping hand. Contribute to xl0solaris virtio development by creating an account on github. More modern package management systems like ips or apt yum in the linux world makes this much easier. Im starting a project to replace the boot drive on my sparc 10 ultra running solaris 10. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using. Solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider.
The vtoc format assumed the disk comprised an array of cylinders, all of the same size. I restart it today because it halts during working. The same page also has a virtualbox image you can download for a complete solaris 10 install in a guest virtual machine you can run on any host os that supports virtualbox. Provides usable slices 06, where slice 2 is just another slice. Solaris 10 305 dvd assembly instructions, multilanguage st, 798 bytes download now. Partitions or slices cannot overlap with the primary or backup label, nor with any other partitions. Overview of disk management oracle solaris administration. Jul 19, 2010 solaris 10 vtoc weirdness on emc clariion array.
Huawei san storage host connectivity guide for solaris huawei. Solaris on 64bit sparc does support efi for boot disks. Apparently, to do this i will need to boot from cdrom after installing the new drive. The efi disk label differs from the vtoc disk label in the following ways. I thought format would show me this, but if it does, i cant see where to find it. Efi labels have a defined byte order, independent of the host cpu. They both represent the subdivision of a sparc disk in contiguous areas called slices. If you have a separate var dataset in a previous solaris 10 release and you want to use luupgrade to upgrade to the solaris 10 10 09 release, and you have applied patch 12143042 on sparc systems or 12143143 on x86 systems, apply idr14315401 sparc or idr14315501 x86 to avoid the issue described in cr 6884728. First of all, the sparc and the x86 vtoc are different, but i dont think thats what youre talking about. Installing solaris 10 version 0708v01 on sun netra t2000. Solaris ataoverethernet aoe installation and operation. Solaris supports sparc and x8664 workstations and servers from oracle and other vendors.
Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price. Once you have completed the oracle vm for sparc tutorial 1,then you can start following this article. In that case, we have a pretty neat script that can label all the disks in a go. It is useful for printing address labels, business cards, product price tags, and product labels. The latest update of the solaris os helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. Due to this you would see errors in the varadmmessages file like. The backup label is the duplicate of vtoc and the backup label location is determined from vtoc contents. Solaris 10 and 11 provide two main partitioning labels options, smi sun microsystem inc. Under solaris terminology, a vtoc virtual table of content and a disk label are interchangeable terms.
The server and software company begins offering solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Using solaris smi and efi labels with infinibox infinidat support. The programs were ported to all versions of solaris from 2. If you need a disk with a vtoc smi label, execute the format e command of oracle solaris to apply the vtoc.
How to perform system archival and recovery procedures. Partitions or slices cannot overlap with the primary or backup label, nor with any other. Solaris 10 10 08 also includes virtualization enhancements including the ability for a solaris container to automatically update its environment when moved from one system to another, logical domains support for dynamically reconfigurable disk and network io, and paravirtualization support when solaris 10 is used as a guest os in xenbased. The software provides a what you see is what you get wysiwyg editor for designing the software icons professional xp icons for software and web v. How to perform system archival and recovery procedures with.
However, popular packages are updated frequently and by subscriber request, more up to date packages may be also be present for other versions of solaris. Scanning for luns on hosts huawei technical support. If the lun capacity is expanded to greater than 1 tb and the disk label remains vtoc. This feature allows disks that are larger than 2 tb to be used as boot drives, but the usable space from the label is limited to 2 tb. Zfs root pool recommendations and requirements charanjitwiki. This document describes procedures using the smi label vtoc.
Installation from this dvd automatically sets the correct parameters to get a stable solaris vm. Solaris installation graphical user interface gui solaris installation command line interface cli solaris custom jumpstart software jumpstart software installation solaris flash. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. Creating and examining a disk label oracle solaris administration. Solaris 10 branded zone vm templates for solaris 11 on otn. Download the oracle solaris 10 910 virtual machine for oracle vm virtualbox. This is the exact same form as you would use on an jumpstart server the size is about 500 mb which are used to 100% the first 512k sector carries the vtoc of the whole cdrom.
This paper shows how to use dtrace analytics on an active system and resolve those lun alignment problems by tuning the efi disk label. In sparc hardware disk label or vtoc resides in the first sector 512 bytes of the disk or logical unit. An oracle solaris root pool disk must have an smi label. Hi all, the new solaris 10 support more than 8 slices. I was doing some solaris 10 807 testing with emc clariion cx4960 array. Download the oracle solaris 10 9 10 virtual machine for oracle vm virtualbox. Using solaris smi and efi labels with infinibox infinidat. Mappings when nonhuawei multipathing software is used on a solaris host. The default disk label when oracle solaris is installed is an efi gpt label. Download the most recent stable version of sunwvts sunwvts6.
Check out device tree cleanup technote, there could be a possibility of device tree having issues you can perform a cleanup by following link. Slice 0 is a hsfs volume which carries the solaris distribution. Detecting and resolving oracle solaris lun alignment problems. The limitation is caused by the fact that the disk label is an efi disk label aka gpt and not smi aka vtoc. Installing solaris 10 version 0708v01 on sun netra t2000 cisco. Provides support for disks greater than 2 terabytes in size. Only the first disk slice contains a vtoc boot block the bootstrap program bootblk resides in the 15 disk sectors that follow the vtoc.
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