Re: List Available Disk Devices in Solaris

From: Ryan January <rjanuary_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:36:08 -0500
Message-Id: <0EADBF9B-BA00-4DC4-B53C-3120DBF5D411_at_gmail.com>

If format is what you want to use, an old hack is piping null as an input. "echo | format" or "format < /dev/null"

if you're planning on using it in a script, you may look at devinfo, in particular the -i and -p arguments. The data contained there (block size + blocks) should give you what you need to calculate disk size. However, I'm not certain it works with EFI labeled disks. In that case the only tool I know to use is prtvtoc.

On Jul 28, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Seth Miller <sethmiller.sm_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to list the available disk devices in Solaris 11.2. Using the format command gives me the device name and some attributes but I can't include it in a script since, the command by itself prompts to select a device. There must be an easier way to do this.
>
> My requirements are:
> List the device name of the available disk devices
> Include the approximate size or some other attribute that allows me to easily differentiate one device from another
> Do not prompt for input so that the information can be used in a script
>
>
> Seth Miller
>

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