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Rameshrajan
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‎11-16-2004 04:53 AM

‎11-16-2004 04:53 AM

mkfs error

I have installed Veritas Volume Manager and VCS. When i try to create a filesystem mkfs comes and says mkfs:vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/dg1/vol1 is VxVM device: mkfs failed.

Can't understand why mkfs fails to create volumes in VxVM device. Any pointers is highly appreciated.
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Sanjay_6
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‎11-16-2004 04:56 AM

‎11-16-2004 04:56 AM

Re: mkfs error

Hi,

Use the newfs command

newfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/dg_name/lv_name

Hope this helps.

Regds
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Rameshrajan
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‎11-16-2004 04:58 AM

‎11-16-2004 04:58 AM

Re: mkfs error

I am getting the same error message,

newfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/dg1/vol1
vxfs mkfs: /dev/vx/rdsk/dg1/vol1 is a VxVM volume device, cannot mkfs
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