Re: ASM and disk partitions offset
From: Radoulov, Dimitre <cichomitiko_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:13:30 +0100
Message-ID: <4F39991A.3010806_at_gmail.com>
I meant:
>> On 14/02/2012 00:00, Riyaj Shamsudeen wrote:
>>> I don't recollect exact details, but disk VTOC (Volume Table of
>>> Contents) information is kept in the initial part of the disk, in
>>> Solaris. You have to skip 1MB, so that VTOC is not overwritten. This
>>> applies only to Solaris, AFAIK.
>>
>> Hi Riyaj,
>> thanks for pointing this out.
>>
>> Yes, now I remember that I wasn't able to make the partitions visible
>> for asm disk creation until I partitioned the disks using a
>> non-default offset.
>> This requirement is documented in the Install guide for Solaris:
[...]
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:13:30 +0100
Message-ID: <4F39991A.3010806_at_gmail.com>
I meant:
now I remember that once, when I was setting up a test RAC on Solaris, I wasn't able to make the partitions visible for asm disk creation
[...] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Dimitre
> On 14/02/2012 00:08, Radoulov, Dimitre wrote:
>> On 14/02/2012 00:00, Riyaj Shamsudeen wrote:
>>> I don't recollect exact details, but disk VTOC (Volume Table of
>>> Contents) information is kept in the initial part of the disk, in
>>> Solaris. You have to skip 1MB, so that VTOC is not overwritten. This
>>> applies only to Solaris, AFAIK.
>>
>> Hi Riyaj,
>> thanks for pointing this out.
>>
>> Yes, now I remember that I wasn't able to make the partitions visible
>> for asm disk creation until I partitioned the disks using a
>> non-default offset.
>> This requirement is documented in the Install guide for Solaris:
[...]
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