Creating a New file system on Redhat from EVA 3000

[kgmarek]

Hi;
Am a hp-ux guy and i have little experience on Redhat. This is my issue;
i have 2 disks already presented and configured on the RH machine. ( i didnt do it but it works).

A third FS is needed 500GB, which i have created and presented to the server. But when i ran the fdisk -l i cant figure it any where. then i ran the
echo 1 > /sys/class/fc_host/host1/issue_lip
and
echo 1 > /sys/class/fc_host/host2/issue_lip
and still no change after running the fdisk -l.

but i do get an error;

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 72.8 GB, 72833679360 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8854 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 26 8854 70918942+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/cciss/c0d1: 1499.9 GB, 1499976185856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182361 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/cciss/c0d1p1 * 1 182361 1464814701 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sda: 1099.5 GB, 1099511627776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 133674 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sda doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdb: 1099.5 GB, 1099511627776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 133674 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdc: 1099.5 GB, 1099511627776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 133674 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdd: 1099.5 GB, 1099511627776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 133674 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table

but i beleive its cause not multi pathing is used on the existing fs.

Guys help me cause this is a live environment and the FS is needed ASAP.

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

You should hopefully see the relevant disks in the output of "dmesg".

If you're not running any multipathing software, then each LUN from the EVA will be seen 4 times, so be sure you're using the right one. You should hopefully be able to see the WWNs of the LUNs to be able to differentiate between them.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Rob

[Ivan Ferreira]

If this is an HP server, you should install the Proliant Support Pack and enable QLogic failover. You will need to reboot the server.

To see the LUN, you can try with the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script. The fibreutils package provides the "hp_rescan -a" command to detect new LUN devices.