SAM-QFS: samfsck -F -V command returning Device /dev/dsk/cXtXdXsX not found. (Doc ID 1542917.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2017

Applies to:

Sun QFS and Storage Archive Manager (SAM) - Version 3.5 to 5.3 [Release 3.0 to 5.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

samfsck -F -V data  | tee /var/tmp/samfsck-FV.dmafs.data.`date '+%Y%m%d.%H%M%S'`
Device /dev/dsk/c10t000B080008004058d0s0 not found.

Changes

In this case, it was after a "Slammer Failed" event on Pillar Axiom. However, this error could also be seen after any other storage failure event, that could cause a hardware path and/or device to fail to be recognized by the system.

Cause

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