1. Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.6 Administration Guide
  2. Using Virtual Disks
  3. Virtual Disk Back End
  4. File and Volume Exporting
  5. Exporting Volumes and Backward Compatibility

Exporting Volumes and Backward Compatibility

If you have a configuration exporting volumes as virtual disks, volumes are now exported as full disks instead of single-slice disks. To preserve the old behavior and to have your volumes exported as single-slice disks, you need to do either of the following:

  • Use the ldm set-vdsdev command in Oracle VM Server for SPARC 3.6 software, and set the slice option for all volumes you want to export as single-slice disks. See the ldm(8) man page.

  • Add the following line to the /etc/system file on the service domain. 

    set vds:vd_volume_force_slice = 1

    For information about correctly creating or updating /etc/system property values, see Updating Property Values in the /etc/system File.

    Note:

    Setting this tunable forces the export of all volumes as single-slice disks, and you cannot export any volume as a full disk.