VXFS mount error on hpux

[Mahantehwar]

Hi All

I have installed vxfs 4.1 and vxvm 4.1 on the
hpux 11.23 ia 64 machine. I connect a netapp lun to host and create a file system directly
on this lun, without using volume manager(vxvm).

Now I to mount this raw lun (with vxfs) using the command "mount -F vxfs .

Although the mount succeeds, it gives me
the following error

"hpux error - UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-24706: /dev/vx/dmp/c29t0d0 no such device or filesystem on it missing one or more devices."



thanks in advance
Mahantesh

[Alzhy]

What is the exact mount syntax (actual names please) that you're using?

[Mahantehwar]

Hello Nelson,

Let me go into the details.

I created a lun and it is mapped to the host.
I found that it is mapped to /dev/vx/dmp/c29t0d0 .(It is also mapped to /dev/dsk/c29t0d0)

Then I used the following syntax to create
and mount the file system.

* mkdir -p /mnt/g_rawfs
* mkfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdmp/c29t0d0
* mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dmp/c29t0d0 /mnt/g_rawfs

[Alzhy]

My friend, you DO NOT create a filesystem on a DMP device as what you are doing. It may work BUT you will not have PATH protection.

Simply use /dev/dsk/c29t0d0 IF you do not want to use VxVM and just want to use whole disk.

[Mahantehwar]

Nelson as a last choice I will have to use /dev/dsk/ctd.

I have noticed that the same command work fine on solaris on VXFS. i.e we can create a file system on a directly on a dmp device without any volume manager(i.e vxvm).

Here , is there any possible way to make it succeed it??

I am using host with following config
* vxvm 4.1.010 MP1
* vxfs 4.1 (downloaded from hp website)
* host os : 11.23


Also it didnt get any info about the error number "V-3-24706"