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Unable to install OS into new LDOM

836970Aug 1 2012 — edited Aug 1 2012
I've recently received two T3 servers, which are our first T3s. I've created multiple LDOMs on each one of them, but when I try to install Solaris 10u10 on to them, I get the following error.


Preparing system for Solaris install

Configuring disk (c0d0)
- Creating Solaris disk label (VTOC)

ERROR: Could not create Solaris disk label (VTOC)

ERROR: Could not label disks

ERROR: Could not update disks with new configuration
mkdir: "/a/var/sadm/launcher": Read-only file system

Could not update disks with new configuration
Fatal Error
Solaris installation program exited.


From the prompt, I can mount the drives, write to them, partition them, perform fmthard, etc.. all without issue.

This is the first instance of using Oracle VM for SPARC v2.2 as all of our other systems, T51x0 are all running LDOM 1.3. Since I'm having the issue across both servers, I'd assume either I'm doing something wrong, but I've not been able to determine where the issue is. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Below is our LDOM config.


bash-3.2# ldm list-bindings
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
primary active -n-cv- UART 4 3G 0.8% 22h 45m

UUID
584a9407-ae85-4c5b-c9d3-cb510fe5e573

MAC
00:10:e0:0c:bf:98

HOSTID
0x860cbf98

CONTROL
failure-policy=ignore
extended-mapin-space=off
cpu-arch=native

DEPENDENCY
master=

CORE
CID CPUSET
0 (0, 1, 2)
9 (74)

VCPU
VID PID CID UTIL STRAND
0 0 0 1.3% 100%
1 1 0 0.6% 100%
2 2 0 0.7% 100%
74 74 9 0.4% 100%

MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0xf40000000 0xf40000000 3G

CONSTRAINT
threading=max-throughput

VARIABLES
boot-device=/pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk@w318c9c3f9965e083,0:a disk net
keyboard-layout=US-English
nvramrc=devalias mydisk /pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/scsi@0/disk
." ChassisSerialNumber 1226BDR021 " cr
use-nvramrc?=true

IO
DEVICE PSEUDONYM OPTIONS
pci@400 pci_0
niu@480 niu_0
pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@8 /SYS/MB/RISER0/PCIE0
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8 /SYS/MB/RISER1/PCIE1
pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@6 /SYS/MB/RISER2/PCIE2
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@c /SYS/MB/RISER0/PCIE3
pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@0 /SYS/MB/RISER1/PCIE4
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a /SYS/MB/RISER2/PCIE5
pci@400/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4 /SYS/MB/SASHBA0
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@4 /SYS/MB/SASHBA1
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@6 /SYS/MB/NET0
pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@7 /SYS/MB/NET2

VCC
NAME PORT-RANGE
primary-vcc0 5000-5010
CLIENT PORT
intg3@primary-vcc0 5000
intg4@primary-vcc0 5001
qualt@primary-vcc0 5002
ldom4@primary-vcc0 5003

VSW
NAME MAC NET-DEV ID DEVICE LINKPROP DEFAULT-VLAN-ID PVID VID MTU MODE INTER-VNET-LINK
primary-vsw0 00:14:4f:f9:f2:8a aggr1 0 switch@0 1 1 1500 on
PEER MAC PVID VID MTU LINKPROP INTERVNETLINK
vnet0@intg3 00:14:4f:fb:2e:5b 1 1500
vnet0@intg4 00:14:4f:fa:cc:65 1 1500
vnet0@qualt 00:14:4f:fa:ad:49 1 1500
vnet0@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:c5:c0 1 1500
NAME MAC NET-DEV ID DEVICE LINKPROP DEFAULT-VLAN-ID PVID VID MTU MODE INTER-VNET-LINK
primary-vsw1 00:14:4f:f8:a3:2f aggr2 1 switch@1 1 1 1500 on
PEER MAC PVID VID MTU LINKPROP INTERVNETLINK
vnet1@intg3 00:14:4f:f8:d4:95 1 224 1500
vnet1@intg4 00:14:4f:fb:7f:6b 1 224 1500
vnet1@qualt 00:14:4f:f9:43:fe 1 224 1500
vnet1@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:97:29 1 224 1500

VDS
NAME VOLUME OPTIONS MPGROUP DEVICE
primary-vds0 intg3_root /dev/dsk/c8t60060160F260300020A75F4CD2D1E111d0s6
intg4_root /dev/dsk/c8t60060160F260300022A75F4CD2D1E111d0s6
qualt_root /dev/dsk/c8t60060160F260300024A75F4CD2D1E111d0s6
ldom4_root /dev/dsk/c8t60060160F260300026A75F4CD2D1E111d0s6
intg3_swap /ldoms/swap/intg3
intg4_swap /ldoms/swap/intg4
ldom4_swap /ldoms/swap/ldom4
qualt_swap /ldoms/swap/qualt
cdrom /iso/sol-10-u10-ga2-sparc-dvd.iso
CLIENT VOLUME
intg3_root@intg3 intg3_root
intg3_swap@intg3 intg3_swap
intg4_root@intg4 intg4_root
intg4_swap@intg4 intg4_swap
qualt_root@qualt qualt_root
qualt_swap@qualt qualt_swap
ldom4_root@ldom4 ldom4_root
ldom4_swap@ldom4 ldom4_swap
cdrom@intg3 cdrom

VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
UART

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
intg3 active -n---- 5000 31 15G 0.1% 20h 32m

UUID
62740e55-f38b-ca17-8f93-de3b7a66a315

MAC
00:14:4f:fb:65:64

HOSTID
0x84fb6564

CONTROL
failure-policy=ignore
extended-mapin-space=off
cpu-arch=native

DEPENDENCY
master=

CORE
CID CPUSET
1 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
2 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
3 (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
4 (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)

VCPU
VID PID CID UTIL STRAND
0 8 1 0.3% 100%
1 9 1 0.3% 100%
2 10 1 0.1% 100%
3 11 1 0.0% 100%
4 12 1 0.0% 100%
5 13 1 0.0% 100%
6 14 1 0.0% 100%
7 15 1 0.3% 100%
8 16 2 0.0% 100%
9 17 2 0.0% 100%
10 18 2 0.0% 100%
11 19 2 0.0% 100%
12 20 2 0.0% 100%
13 21 2 0.1% 100%
14 22 2 0.0% 100%
15 23 2 0.0% 100%
16 24 3 0.1% 100%
17 25 3 0.0% 100%
18 26 3 0.0% 100%
19 27 3 0.0% 100%
20 28 3 0.0% 100%
21 29 3 0.0% 100%
22 30 3 0.0% 100%
23 31 3 0.0% 100%
24 32 4 0.0% 100%
25 33 4 0.0% 100%
26 34 4 0.0% 100%
27 35 4 0.0% 100%
28 36 4 0.0% 100%
29 37 4 0.0% 100%
30 38 4 0.0% 100%

MAU
ID CPUSET
1 (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)

MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x10000000 0x20000000 15G

CONSTRAINT
threading=max-throughput

VARIABLES
auto-boot?=false

NETWORK
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet0 primary-vsw0@primary 0 network@0 00:14:4f:fb:2e:5b 1 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw0@primary 00:14:4f:f9:f2:8a 1 1500
vnet0@intg4 00:14:4f:fa:cc:65 1 1500
vnet0@qualt 00:14:4f:fa:ad:49 1 1500
vnet0@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:c5:c0 1 1500
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet1 primary-vsw1@primary 1 network@1 00:14:4f:f8:d4:95 1 224 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw1@primary 00:14:4f:f8:a3:2f 1 1500
vnet1@intg4 00:14:4f:fb:7f:6b 1 224 1500
vnet1@qualt 00:14:4f:f9:43:fe 1 224 1500
vnet1@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:97:29 1 224 1500

DISK
NAME VOLUME TOUT ID DEVICE SERVER MPGROUP
intg3_root intg3_root@primary-vds0 0 disk@0 primary
intg3_swap intg3_swap@primary-vds0 1 disk@1 primary
cdrom cdrom@primary-vds0 2 disk@2 primary

VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
intg3 primary-vcc0@primary 5000

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
intg4 bound ------ 5001 31 15G

UUID
38f810dc-0b36-4a0f-a9cb-bb9f2890e2b8

MAC
00:14:4f:fb:8a:8d

HOSTID
0x84fb8a8d

CONTROL
failure-policy=ignore
extended-mapin-space=off
cpu-arch=native

DEPENDENCY
master=

CORE
CID CPUSET
5 (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
6 (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
7 (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
8 (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)

VCPU
VID PID CID UTIL STRAND
0 40 5 100%
1 41 5 100%
2 42 5 100%
3 43 5 100%
4 44 5 100%
5 45 5 100%
6 46 5 100%
7 47 5 100%
8 48 6 100%
9 49 6 100%
10 50 6 100%
11 51 6 100%
12 52 6 100%
13 53 6 100%
14 54 6 100%
15 55 6 100%
16 56 7 100%
17 57 7 100%
18 58 7 100%
19 59 7 100%
20 60 7 100%
21 61 7 100%
22 62 7 100%
23 63 7 100%
24 64 8 100%
25 65 8 100%
26 66 8 100%
27 67 8 100%
28 68 8 100%
29 69 8 100%
30 70 8 100%

MAU
ID CPUSET
5 (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)

MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x10000000 0x3e0000000 15G

CONSTRAINT
threading=max-throughput

VARIABLES
auto-boot?=false

NETWORK
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet0 primary-vsw0@primary 0 network@0 00:14:4f:fa:cc:65 1 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw0@primary 00:14:4f:f9:f2:8a 1 1500
vnet0@intg3 00:14:4f:fb:2e:5b 1 1500
vnet0@qualt 00:14:4f:fa:ad:49 1 1500
vnet0@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:c5:c0 1 1500
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet1 primary-vsw1@primary 1 network@1 00:14:4f:fb:7f:6b 1 224 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw1@primary 00:14:4f:f8:a3:2f 1 1500
vnet1@intg3 00:14:4f:f8:d4:95 1 224 1500
vnet1@qualt 00:14:4f:f9:43:fe 1 224 1500
vnet1@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:97:29 1 224 1500

DISK
NAME VOLUME TOUT ID DEVICE SERVER MPGROUP
intg4_root intg4_root@primary-vds0 0 disk@0 primary
intg4_swap intg4_swap@primary-vds0 1 disk@1 primary

VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
intg4 primary-vcc0@primary 5001

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
ldom4 bound ------ 5003 31 15G

UUID
f01e1450-7e89-cf40-b7cd-90494714c509

MAC
00:14:4f:fb:1f:44

HOSTID
0x84fb1f44

CONTROL
failure-policy=ignore
extended-mapin-space=off
cpu-arch=native

DEPENDENCY
master=

CORE
CID CPUSET
0 (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
4 (39)
8 (71)
9 (72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
13 (111)
14 (112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
15 (120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127)

VCPU
VID PID CID UTIL STRAND
0 3 0 100%
1 4 0 100%
2 5 0 100%
3 6 0 100%
4 7 0 100%
5 39 4 100%
6 71 8 100%
7 72 9 100%
8 73 9 100%
9 75 9 100%
10 76 9 100%
11 77 9 100%
12 78 9 100%
13 79 9 100%
14 111 13 100%
15 112 14 100%
16 113 14 100%
17 114 14 100%
18 115 14 100%
19 116 14 100%
20 117 14 100%
21 118 14 100%
22 119 14 100%
23 120 15 100%
24 121 15 100%
25 122 15 100%
26 123 15 100%
27 124 15 100%
28 125 15 100%
29 126 15 100%
30 127 15 100%

MAU
ID CPUSET
0 (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x10000000 0xb60000000 15G

CONSTRAINT
threading=max-throughput

VARIABLES
auto-boot?=false

NETWORK
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet0 primary-vsw0@primary 0 network@0 00:14:4f:fb:c5:c0 1 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw0@primary 00:14:4f:f9:f2:8a 1 1500
vnet0@intg3 00:14:4f:fb:2e:5b 1 1500
vnet0@intg4 00:14:4f:fa:cc:65 1 1500
vnet0@qualt 00:14:4f:fa:ad:49 1 1500
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet1 primary-vsw1@primary 1 network@1 00:14:4f:fb:97:29 1 224 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw1@primary 00:14:4f:f8:a3:2f 1 1500
vnet1@intg3 00:14:4f:f8:d4:95 1 224 1500
vnet1@intg4 00:14:4f:fb:7f:6b 1 224 1500
vnet1@qualt 00:14:4f:f9:43:fe 1 224 1500

DISK
NAME VOLUME TOUT ID DEVICE SERVER MPGROUP
ldom4_root ldom4_root@primary-vds0 0 disk@0 primary
ldom4_swap ldom4_swap@primary-vds0 1 disk@1 primary

VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
ldom4 primary-vcc0@primary 5003

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME STATE FLAGS CONS VCPU MEMORY UTIL UPTIME
qualt bound ------ 5002 31 15G

UUID
b2ca331d-9885-6d58-c52b-e6684800c88d

MAC
00:14:4f:f9:dc:0d

HOSTID
0x84f9dc0d

CONTROL
failure-policy=ignore
extended-mapin-space=off
cpu-arch=native

DEPENDENCY
master=

CORE
CID CPUSET
10 (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
11 (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
12 (96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
13 (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)

VCPU
VID PID CID UTIL STRAND
0 80 10 100%
1 81 10 100%
2 82 10 100%
3 83 10 100%
4 84 10 100%
5 85 10 100%
6 86 10 100%
7 87 10 100%
8 88 11 100%
9 89 11 100%
10 90 11 100%
11 91 11 100%
12 92 11 100%
13 93 11 100%
14 94 11 100%
15 95 11 100%
16 96 12 100%
17 97 12 100%
18 98 12 100%
19 99 12 100%
20 100 12 100%
21 101 12 100%
22 102 12 100%
23 103 12 100%
24 104 13 100%
25 105 13 100%
26 106 13 100%
27 107 13 100%
28 108 13 100%
29 109 13 100%
30 110 13 100%

MAU
ID CPUSET
10 (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)

MEMORY
RA PA SIZE
0x10000000 0x7a0000000 15G

CONSTRAINT
threading=max-throughput

VARIABLES
auto-boot?=false

NETWORK
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet0 primary-vsw0@primary 0 network@0 00:14:4f:fa:ad:49 1 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw0@primary 00:14:4f:f9:f2:8a 1 1500
vnet0@intg3 00:14:4f:fb:2e:5b 1 1500
vnet0@intg4 00:14:4f:fa:cc:65 1 1500
vnet0@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:c5:c0 1 1500
NAME SERVICE ID DEVICE MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
vnet1 primary-vsw1@primary 1 network@1 00:14:4f:f9:43:fe 1 224 1500
PEER MAC MODE PVID VID MTU LINKPROP
primary-vsw1@primary 00:14:4f:f8:a3:2f 1 1500
vnet1@intg3 00:14:4f:f8:d4:95 1 224 1500
vnet1@intg4 00:14:4f:fb:7f:6b 1 224 1500
vnet1@ldom4 00:14:4f:fb:97:29 1 224 1500

DISK
NAME VOLUME TOUT ID DEVICE SERVER MPGROUP
qualt_root qualt_root@primary-vds0 0 disk@0 primary
qualt_swap qualt_swap@primary-vds0 1 disk@1 primary

VCONS
NAME SERVICE PORT
qualt primary-vcc0@primary 5002

Edited by: user13014014 on Aug 1, 2012 7:32 AM
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