1. Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.6 Administration Guide
  2. Using Virtual Disks
  3. Virtual Disk Issues
  4. In Certain Conditions, a Guest Domain's Solaris Volume Manager Configuration or Metadevices Can Be Lost

In Certain Conditions, a Guest Domain's Solaris Volume Manager Configuration or Metadevices Can Be Lost

If a service domain is running a version of Oracle Solaris 10 OS prior to Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 OS and is exporting a physical disk slice as a virtual disk to a guest domain, then this virtual disk will appear in the guest domain with an inappropriate device ID. If that service domain is then upgraded to Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 OS, the physical disk slice exported as a virtual disk will appear in the guest domain with no device ID.

This removal of the device ID of the virtual disk can cause problems to applications attempting to reference the device ID of virtual disks. In particular, Solaris Volume Manager might be unable to find its configuration or to access its metadevices.

After upgrading a service domain to Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 OS, if a guest domain is unable to find its Solaris Volume Manager configuration or its metadevices, perform the following procedure.