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Format cannot see newly created LUNs (Doc ID 1535112.1)

Last updated on APRIL 01, 2024

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 10 10/08 U6 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

New LUNS 12 and 13 added but can't see them in format:


1.  The new LUNs can be seen  in cfgadm:

c4                             fc-fabric    connected    configured   unknown

:
c4::23540002ac00093a,12        disk         connected    configured   unknown <====
c4::23540002ac00093a,13        disk         connected    configured   unknown <====


c7                             fc-fabric    connected    configured   unknown

:

c7::23340002ac00093a,12        disk         connected    configured   unknown <====
c7::23340002ac00093a,13        disk         connected    configured   unknown <====

 


2 . fcinfo remote-port also sees the new LUNs:

root># fcinfo remote-port -sl -p 210000e08b8f28c2
Remote Port WWN: 22540002ac00093a
       Active FC4 Types: SCSI
       SCSI Target: yes
       Node WWN: 2ff70002ac00093a
       Link Error Statistics:
               Link Failure Count: 0
               Loss of Sync Count: 2
               Loss of Signal Count: 0
               Primitive Seq Protocol Error Count: 0
               Invalid Tx Word Count: 7
               Invalid CRC Count: 0

 

     LUN: 12
         Vendor: 3PARdata
         Product: VV
         OS Device Name: /devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac0008b093a:c,raw
       LUN: 13
         Vendor: 3PARdata
         Product: VV
         OS Device Name: /devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac0008c093a:c,raw


 

3. devfsadm -Cv returns no error

4. A  reconfiguration reboot did not fix the problem.

  The new LUNs are still not seen in format:

 Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c1t0d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g500000e017ad5f50
       1. c1t1d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g500000e017ad0cb0
       2. c1t2d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g500000e017ac7420
       3. c1t3d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g500000e017ad5f70
       4. c2t50002AC0008D093Ad0 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 8 sec 400>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac0008d093a
       5. c2t50002AC0008E093Ad0 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 8 sec 400>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac0008e093a
       6. c2t50002AC00088093Ad0 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 8 sec 400>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00088093a
       7. ocr1 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 860 alt 2 hd 8 sec 304>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00083093a
       8. ocr2 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 860 alt 2 hd 8 sec 304>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00084093a
       9. oradata1 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 600>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00085093a
      10. oradata2 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 8 sec 400>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00086093a
      11. oradata3 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 8 sec 400>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00087093a
      12. voting1 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 860 alt 2 hd 8 sec 304>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00080093a
      13. voting2 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 860 alt 2 hd 8 sec 304>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00081093a
      14. voting3 <3PARdata-VV-0000 cyl 860 alt 2 hd 8 sec 304>
          /scsi_vhci/ssd@g50002ac00082093a

The clue is in the format output itself :
Notice the unusual device names  ocr1, ocr2 ...

 

Changes

 The user has manually added device symbolic links in /dev/rdsk

Cause

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