Volume management it is a good idea to turn off volume management. Get the latest tutorials on sysadmin, linuxunix and open source topics via rssxml feed or weekly email newsletter. In this example, rpooldump is the dump device for solaris and it 516mb. Tips and tricks for unmounting an network file system nfs. The block device name for a local legacy ufs file system for example, devdskc8t1d0s7. Solaris supports a number of operations on floppy disks. The reason for this is simple, something is using exportzonestdwh as its working directory, hence you couldnt do a normal umount, and since the process is using the directory, it will not let you mount over it either. As you can see, you can mix files and devices within the same pool. The nfs related binaries, libraries, configuration files become installed with the solaris 10 or. It stands for background and allow the boot process to proceed should the nfs server not be available at boot time. Forcefully unmount a disk partition to get rid of device busy.
It can format floppy disks and create dos or unix filesystems on them. I have installed a maxtor one touch external usb drive on my solaris 10 system. This message also occurs when trying to enable accounting that is already enabled. First thing youll do will probably be to close down all your terminals and xterms but heres a better way. If you need to share files between a windows and a unix or linux system, you can use samba, which is free software that implements the same networking protocol that microsoft windows use to share files between systems. I often get queries about mounting ntfs ext2 ext3 fat 16 fat 32 partions in solaris. Thanked 0 times in 0 posts cdrom will not eject says device busy. Using external usb drive solaris 10 solutions experts. Find answers to unable to mount windows share on solaris 10 from the expert community at experts exchange. Zfs quick command reference with examples unixarena.
Aug 28, 2006 the author is the creator of nixcraft and a seasoned sysadmin, devops engineer, and a trainer for the linux operating systemunix shell scripting. Hi, im trying to do a sharity mount to mount a terastation network drive. Solaris 10 how to access svm root disk from fail safe. You can use the fuser command to find out which process was keeping the device busy. Can anyone help me otherwise, pls help me in mounting my. Zfs has many cool features over traditional volume managers like svm,lvm,vxvm. For more information, see using your assigned administrative rights in securing users and processes in oracle solaris 11. The usb drive has a single vfat partition, with linux this drive is recognised as devsda1 and i can make an appropriate entry in fstab. Part 2 accessing the solaris partition from within linux. This script is designed to highlight processes that are causing the most disk io.
The solaris 10 system software includes aset, which helps you monitor and control system security by automatically performing tasks you would otherwise do manually. Note that its only readonly support for ntfs ext2 ext3. Forcibly unmounting a vxfs file system may affect the. Use dmesg to list the device names for the solaris slices. To install or update package in solaris 11 from repo file offline just simple follow these steps. Vm removable devices choose the devices accordingly which is required at the virtual host. The simplest way to mount cdrom on solaris is use vold daemon. Reads and writes to the block device are translated to reads and writes on the underlying file. Run dmesg to confirm that it saw you add the drive to the usb bus. A filesystem in solaris can be referenced by its device name e.
The general mount command syntax to mount a device. The tool you want is lsof, which stands for list open files it has a lot of options, so check the man page, but if you want to see all open files under a directory. How to mount and unmount storage devices from the linux terminal. Mounting and unmounting oracle solaris file systems oracle. The first cylinder ends up being dedicated to a boot slice. Troubleshooting the device is busy error attempting to. This post addresses failures on network file system which result in a solaris 10 client being unable to mount remote filesystem on the nfs server.
The device file for cd would exist under dev directory. If there is a reason other than trying to keep things tidy, such as it causing hangs every time you accidentally enter that directory, i wonder if you could mount something else over the top. Its probably a simple something im missing, so i hope you can help. It can read and write floppy disks using commands like tar, dd and cpio. You can make a legacy ufs file system available by mounting it, which attaches the file system to the system directory tree at the specified mount point. The mount, fuser and df commands dont show the file system anymore. Click right mouse button on usb icon placed in status bar which is below vm window. If you want the filesystem to be mounted on boot even if its not accessed, you have to either access it to force the automounter to actually mount the filesystem, or mount it with something other than autofs. Scsa 200 and scsa 202 exam material included with clear explanation. Resolving problems unmounting partitions ibm developer. The following steps illustrate how to mount and unmount a usb mass storage device. Topics are described for both sparc and x86 based systems, where appropriate. Kill these all process and ask to user dont fire any new query on it or shutdown the application.
Device busy then the most probable problem could be your tape drive is still being used by the backup program or some related process. I thought i had it worked out how to put a file system on it and mount it but ive run into an issue. May 03, 2011 svcadm restart nfsclient solaris 10 specific. How to access a solaris partition from windows or linux. How do i mount an iso cd image under sun solaris unix. If you suspect troubles with your solaris device files, e. How to use floppy disks with solaris rutgers university. It selects a system from which to download the print software. A file system is considered busy if a user is accessing a directory in the file system, if a.
Installing solaris from a usb disk oracle the good, the. Hi, ive seen similar posts on this board about ejecting cdroms but ive tried the solutions people suggested but still cannot eject the cd. To unmount a device containing active processes, close. May 23, 2020 when you do an nfs mount, it sometimes shows device is busy status, in such case we need to perform force unmount in a graceful way. You can use the rmmount command with device nicknames, mount points, or device paths, similar to the following.
Operating systems solaris cdrom will not eject says device busy. Im getting a device or resource busy message after my mount command. Mounting and unmounting the cdrom drive on solarislinux. However fuser is useful when it comes to killing the. The fuser command may be used to determine which files or directories within a filesystem are currently in use and to identify the processes and users that are using them. If you dont already have it on your system, you can download it from samba opening windows to a wider world. Zfszetta byte filesystem is introduced on solaris 10 release.
Error devrmt0 device busy in sun solaris sun solaris. How to mount the cdrom on solaris 10 without knowing the cdrom device name. Jul 16, 2007 i often get queries about mounting ntfs ext2 ext3 fat 16 fat 32 partions in solaris. Check repository should be point to file which we change in step 2.
F indicates the type of file system hsfs for the iso 9660 standard. Go grab solaris 10 910 now and take note of the new license agreement you need to accept this in order to download. How to installupdate package from iso file in solaris 11. For people working with vmware solaris 10 box, to make the removable media on the virtual host have to enable the options on vmware. It is often a fsck process which runs automatically on system startup. On a patched solaris 10u9, when trying to update from 3. Introduction to oracle solaris 11 zfs zettabyte file system. Mounting and unmounting oracle solaris file systems. Unable to mount windows share on solaris 10 solutions.
Update current repository point to file repo download. How to mount and unmount filesystem partition in linux. To develop this filesystem cum volume manager,sun microsystems had spend lot of years and some billion dollars money. Determine which shell on the workstation is currently located below the mount point, and change that directory.
It can mount floppy disks with dos or unix filesystems so the files on the floppy can be accessed just like any other files. I would like to mount my linux ext3 partition devhda23 under solaris 10. There are different ways and options we can try out if normal nfs unmount fails. Given the device devdskc1t2d3s4 mounted on mnt, umount could be called in two ways as seen below. The solaris creates a default etcvfstab file during software installation, based. The question was fully answered just a few hours after it listed on ee.
In our scenario, we have created varlinoxide directory for the mount. Solaris 10 how to access svm root disk from fail safe cdrom boot by ramdev published february 15, 2014 updated july 2, 2015 this procedure explains the steps required to access a root filesystem under svm, during the situation when the solaris cannot boot in normal way and it require to boot from failsafe or cdrom. The df command displays the amount of disk space occupied by mounted or. An attempt was made to mount a device that was already mounted or to unmount a device containing an active file such as an open file, a current directory, a mount point, or a running program. How to troubleshoot unable to mount nfs mount point. If you have a solaris 10 system, the samba software is likely. Just like linux loopback device sun solaris unix has lofi loopback file driver. The lofi file driver exports a file as a block device. When busy, the processor is in either user or system mode. The first thing to check would which process has locked your tape drive.
The vold daemon in solaris manages the cdrom device and automatically performs the mounting similar to how windows manages cdroms but not as transparent or reliable. Mounting and unmounting oracle solaris file systems oracle docs. For example, a cdrom device will be mounted as shown below. Device busy could be the reason where in mount point. The busy device is actually the working directory of a process. Author shyju kanaprath posted on june 11, 2011 july 30, 2011 categories technical tags format usb, linux command mount, linux usb access, mount, solrais, usb, usb in solaris, usb mount commands 2 thoughts on mount usb drive in solaris 10. I would like to be able to read and write to my usb pendrive using solaris 10 if possible. Unlike a file system dataset, you must specific the size of the device when you create it, but you can change it later if.
If cd is detected in drive its should be automatically mounted to the cdromcdrom0. Here are the steps you should take when troubleshooting an nfs mount issue. This message appears when the superuser attempts to nfs mount on top of an active directory. Nov 27, 2005 a filesystem in solaris can be referenced by its device name e. It will force you to use the psuedo device to refer to the usb. Early versions of solaris 10 do not have this facility you would need to download the sun trunking software. This command performs the same function as starting and stopping the init. Under solaris, umount come does not allow a file system to be unmounted if a file on the file system is busy i. Jun 11, 2011 author shyju kanaprath posted on june 11, 2011 july 30, 2011 categories technical tags format usb, linux command mount, linux usb access, mount, solrais, usb, usb in solaris, usb mount commands 2 thoughts on mount usb drive in solaris 10.
The umount command can accept either reference as the target to unmount. Zfs file systems are mounted and unmounted automatically. The author is the creator of nixcraft and a seasoned sysadmin, devops engineer, and a trainer for the linux operating systemunix shell scripting. The product allows its user, among other things, to add and remove file server volumes, where these volumes are exported using the nfs or the cifs protocol.
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