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Unable to Label Disk with SMI Label if EFI Label already Exists (Doc ID 1002178.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2022

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 8 6/00 U1 and later
Solaris x64/x86 Operating System - Version 8 6/00 U1 and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

Attempts to write a SMI label on a disk (this applies to any disk type, FC, Sata, SSD, etc... in Solaris) with an existing EFI label fail with errors:

 

 

Cause

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