gmirror does not initialize properally

Aryeh M. Friedman aryeh.friedman at gmail.com
Mon Mar 2 16:18:12 PST 2009


Andrew Snow wrote:
>
> Sorry, I meant "label -h" instead of just plain "label"... was getting 
> confused with gstripe.
>
No matter what I attempt to do with the source drive (ad8) I get 
oprtation not permitted... it lets me install the slave drive (ad14) 
just fine:



flosoft# gmirror label -h -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/ad14
Metadata value stored on ad14.
Done.
flosoft# gmirror status
      Name    Status  Components
mirror/gm0  COMPLETE  ad14
flosoft# gmirror insert gm0 /dev/ad8
gmirror: Cannot access provider ad8.
flosoft# gmirror insert gm0 /dev/ad8s2
gmirror: Provider ad8s2 too small.
flosoft# gmirror insert gm0 /dev/ad8s2a
gmirror: Provider ad8s2a too small.
flosoft# gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/da0
gmirror: Can't get informations about /dev/da0: No such file or directory.
flosoft# gmirror label -vb round-robin gm0 /dev/ad8
gmirror: Can't store metadata on /dev/ad8: Operation not permitted.



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