SUMMARY: device size too small for metadevice database replica

I was reading the metadb(1M) man page on a Solaris 8 system while attempting
to create state database replicas on a Solaris 9 system. The default length
of a replica in Solaris 9 is 8192 blocks, as opposed to 1034 in DiskSuite
4.2.1 on Solaris 8.

Thanks to Victor Belei who pointed this out within 5 minutes.
Also thanks to the others who responded.

Original problem:

> Disksuite 4.2.1 metadb(1M) manual page says about the size of a metadevice
> state database replica:
> 
>   The default length is 1034 blocks, which should be appropriate for most
>   configurations.
> 
> I want to create 3 state database replicas on a 9GB disk in an Ultra 60.
> So, I create a partition on it:
> 
> Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders        Size            Blocks
>   3 unassigned    wu     294 -  296        5.26MB    (3/0/0)       10773
> 
> 10773 blocks seem to be more than enough for 3 replicas (3*1034=3102
> blocks). However,
> 
> # metadb -f -a -c 3 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3
> metadb: c0t0d0s3: device size 10773 is too small for metadevice database
> replica
> 
> System is running Solaris 9, patched up to 19 august 2003 recommended
> cluster.

-- 
Koef.
_______________________________________________
sunmanagers mailing list
sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers