Archive for February, 2012
Solaris SVM usage step by step
Notes: need create svm env for Prod patch test. actually zfs is much convinent now. still the requirement issue. we can’t take advantage of zfs in Solaris 9/8
Step 1.
create VM with 2 drives. c0t0d0 & c0t1d0
Step 2.
Duet to hardware limit, we use x86, Install Solaris 10 with option 4. install with Text console. we install OS on one disk
Step 3.
Create SVM
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how to fix vxdisk/dmp state disabled
sometime you add new disk. will notice vxdisk list show path state=disabled.
vxdisk list c2t0d63s2
Multipathing information:
numpaths: 2
c2t0d63s2 state=disabled
c3t0d63s2 state=disabled
vxdmpadm enable path=c2t0d63s2
vxdmpadm enable path=c3t0d63s2
then it goes to
numpaths: 2
c2t0d63s2 state=enabled
c3t0d63s2 state=enabled
Grub2: fix dual boot issue
Trying boot from livecd to fix the dual boot issue.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).
Solution:
set the /boot/grub path
root@ubuntu:~# mkdir /a; mount /dev/sda1 /a # sda1 is the root you installed linux
root@ubuntu:~# grub-install /dev/sda –boot-directory=/a/boot/grub
Installation finished. No error reported.
Ruby: Cipher is not a module
This mostly happened on CentOS 64
Solution:
rpm -qi ruby
Name : ruby Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.8.7.299 Vendor: AegisCo
then get the source package with the same version.
cd /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES/ruby-1.8.7-p299/ext/openssl/
ruby extconf.rb
make
make install
VCS: fix dg disabled. cannot open ” ” for quotactl
root@myhost1# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
sdbu auto:cdsdisk emc1XXX DB_PRD online dgdisabled
sdbv auto:cdsdisk emc1XXX DBarc_PRD online dgdisabled
root@myhost1# vxdg deport DB_PRD
VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-584 Disk group DB_PRD: Some volumes in the disk group are in use
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