Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) 'newfs' Command Fails with "read error on sector ...: No such device or address" on New Created Metaset/Diskset after a Purge (Doc ID 1011399.1)

Last updated on APRIL 29, 2024

Applies to:

Sun Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) - Version 11.10.0 to 11.10.0 [Release 11.0]
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)

When recreating any Solaris Volume Manager diskset/metaset after a purge, they fail to newfs with the following error message:

The 'metaset -s setname -P' command run.

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