Technical data
Solaris Volume Manager metassist Command Fails in
Non-English Locales (5067097)
In non-English locales, the Solaris Volume Manager metassist command might fail to create
volumes. For example, if LANG is set to ja (Japanese), the following error message is displayed:
xmlEncodeEntitiesReentrant : input not UTF-8
Syntax of value for attribute read on mirror is not valid
Value "XXXXXX"(unknown word) for attribute read on mirror
is not among the enumerated set
Syntax of value for attribute write on mirror is not valid
Value "XXXXXX"(Parallel in Japanse) for attribute write on mirror
is not among the enumerated set
metassist: XXXXXX(invalid in Japanese) volume-config
Workaround: As superuser, set the LANG variable to LANG=C.
For the Bourne, Korn, and Bash shells, use the following command:
# LANG=C; export LANG
For the C shell, use the following command:
# setenv LANG C
Volume Creation Fails in Systems With Unformatted
Disks (5064066)
Creating Solaris Volume Manager volume congurations with the metassist command might
fail if an unformatted disk is in the system. The following error message is displayed:
metassist: failed to repartition disk
Workaround: Manually format any unformatted disks before you issue the metassist
command.
Hot Spares Do Not Work Correctly When Solaris
Volume Manager RAID-1 (Mirror) or RAID-5 Volumes
Are Created in Disk Sets Built on Soft Partitions
(4981358)
If you create a Solaris Volume Manager RAID-1 (mirror) or RAID-5 volume in a disk set that is
built on top of a soft partition, hot spare devices do not work correctly.
Problems that you might encounter include, but are not limited to, the following:
Solaris Volume Manager
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