Noticed the following error while performing a jumpstart install to Solaris 10 (1008-u6).
- Creating (c2t1d0s6)
Creating SVM Meta Devices. Please wait …
- Creating SVM State Replica on disk c2t0d0s7
- metadb: jade: network/rpc/meta:default: failed to enable/disable SVM s
- Creating (c2t1d0s6)
Creating SVM Meta Devices. Please wait …
- Creating SVM State Replica on disk c2t0d0s7
- metadb: <host>: network/rpc/meta:default: failed to enable/disable SVM…
The installation completed sucessfully, but the error can be somewhat alarming. It is no need for alarm and all it is saying is that the svc service could not be enabled. This is expected as during installation there is no need yet, to enable or disable the svc service for “metadb”.
After installation everything is ok:
bash-3.00# svcs -a | grep meta:defaultonline 20:24:56 svc:/network/rpc/meta:default
Furthermore:
bash-3.00# metastat | grep State: | grep -v Okaybash-3.00#
If you are curious my jumpstart profile looks as follows:
filesys mirror:d0 c2t0d0s0 c2t1d0s0 10240 /filesys mirror:d1 c2t0d0s1 c2t1d0s1 65536 swapfilesys mirror:d3 c2t0d0s3 c2t1d0s3 8192 /varfilesys mirror:d6 c2t0d0s6 c2t1d0s6 free /datametadb c2t0d0s7 size 8192 count 2metadb c2t1d0s7 size 8192 count 2
Is the metadb in a jumpstart installation only required for a software raid configuration? We are migrating to a hardware raid configuration and I am curious if I can remove this line from my profile.
Thanks,
Nate
Hi Nate,
Yes. You are correct. When metadb is used in a jumpstart profile it is intended for software raid. Since your system will perform raid at the hardware level, there is no need to use ‘metadb’ in your jumpstart profile. Good luck!
Regards,
swinful