vxdisksetup reports "Invalid attributes" when attempting to initialise disk on Solaris platform

Article:TECH199504  |  Created: 2012-11-08  |  Updated: 2012-11-08  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH199504
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An attempt was being made to initialise a lun on a Solaris 9 machine using the vxdisksetup command. The previous history of the lun was unknown.


# vxdisksetup -i san_vc0_9
VxVM vxdisk ERROR V-5-1-535 Device san_vc0_9: Invalid attributes



Solaris 9

Volume Manager 5.1SP1


It transpired that the disk had formerly been used for ZFS on another system.


The suggestion was given that since the lun was being reinitialised, that a precautionary dd be run over the first 100MB or so to remove any possible stale ZFS information/headers. The disk was then relabeled using format (either SMI or EFI), and the disk could then be reinitialised successfully using vxdisksetup.

Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH199504

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