Solaris 10u6 does not recognize SATA

[Andreas Berendsen]

Host configuration:

• Linux wgllvirt01.nz.thenational.com 2.6.28 #1 SMP Thu Jan 8 16:50:45 NZDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• Two AMD Opteron 248 @ 2.2GHz
• RAM 4GB
• VBox details:

  $ VBoxManage  list systemproperties
  VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.1.0
  (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  All rights reserved.
  
  Minimum guest RAM size:      4 Megabytes
  Maximum guest RAM size:      3584 Megabytes
  Maximum video RAM size:      128 Megabytes
  Maximum VDI size:            2097151 Megabytes
  Default hard disk folder:    /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/HardDisks
  Default machine folder:      /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/Machines
  VRDP authentication library: VRDPAuth
  Webservice auth. library:    VRDPAuth
  Hardware virt. extensions:   no
  Log history count:           3
  

Guest:

• SunOS aksvdfs1 5.10 Generic_138889-02 i86pc i386 i86pc

  $ VBoxManage  showvminfo aksvdfs1
  VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.1.0
  (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  All rights reserved.
  
  Name:            aksvdfs1
  Guest OS:        Solaris
  UUID:            cc0c9929-3e82-4470-8a29-e69ea8b46cea
  Config file:     /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/Machines/aksvdfs1/aksvdfs1.xml
  Memory size:     512MB
  VRAM size:       8MB
  Boot menu mode:  message and menu
  ACPI:            on
  IOAPIC:          on
  PAE:             on
  Time offset:     0 ms
  Hardw. virt.ext: off
  Nested Paging:   off
  VT-x VPID:       off
  State:           running (since 2009-01-12T23:37:02.439000000)
  Monitor count:   1
  3D Acceleration:       off
  Floppy:          empty
  SATA:            enabled
  SATA 0:          /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/aksvdfs1_mirror_ctrl.vdi (UUID: 0ca31fce-b3e1-4980-83e2-a958a918a5e9)
  IDE Controller:  PIIX4
  Primary master:  /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/aksvdfs1_boot.vdi (UUID: eb16db72-ae6d-42d1-ab8e-9fd251ffdd66)
  Primary slave:   /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/aksvdfs1_zf1.vdi (UUID: 2f591b1e-9c91-4937-b908-7926d6b5a533)
  Secondary slave: /home/vboxmanager/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/aksvdfs1_zf2.vdi (UUID: d441aa0f-a5d4-48a7-b1ba-48fef4a05565)
  DVD:             empty
  NIC 1:           MAC: 0800278748A4, Attachment: Internal Network 'bnzaknet', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
  NIC 2:           disabled
  NIC 3:           disabled
  NIC 4:           disabled
  NIC 5:           disabled
  NIC 6:           disabled
  NIC 7:           disabled
  NIC 8:           disabled
  UART 1:          disabled
  UART 2:          disabled
  Audio:           disabled (Driver: Unknown, Controller: Unknown)
  Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
  Video mode:      1024x596x32
  VRDP:            disabled
  USB:             disabled
  
  USB Device Filters:
  
  <none>
  
  Available remote USB devices:
  
  <none>
  
  Currently Attached USB Devices:
  
  <none>
  
  Shared folders:  <none>
  
  [!] FAILED calling remoteDisplayInfo->GetActive (&Active) at line 1511!
  [!] Primary RC  = E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) - Access denied
  [!] Full error info present: true , basic error info present: true 
  [!] Result Code = E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005) - Access denied
  [!] Text        = The object is not ready
  [!] Component   = RemoteDisplayInfo, Interface: IRemoteDisplayInfo, {550104cd-2dfd-4a6c-857d-f6f8e088e62c}
  [!] Callee      = IRemoteDisplayInfo, {550104cd-2dfd-4a6c-857d-f6f8e088e62c}
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Problems:

• Guest can't recognize SATA virtual disks
• prtdiag only identifies the BIOS. Any other piece of hardware is not identified

  # prtdiag -v
  System Configuration: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
  BIOS Configuration: innotek GmbH VirtualBox 12/01/2006
  
  ==== Processor Sockets ====================================
  
  Version                          Location Tag
  -------------------------------- --------------------------
  
  ==== Memory Device Sockets ================================
  
  Type    Status Set Device Locator      Bank Locator
  ------- ------ --- ------------------- --------------------
  
  ==== On-Board Devices =====================================
  
  ==== Upgradeable Slots ====================================
  
  ID  Status    Type             Description
  --- --------- ---------------- ----------------------------
  ________________________________________________
  

• prtconf recognise the hardware

  # prtconf
  System Configuration:  Sun Microsystems  i86pc
  Memory size: 512 Megabytes
  System Peripherals (Software Nodes):
  
  i86pc
      scsi_vhci, instance #0
      isa, instance #0
          i8042, instance #0
              keyboard, instance #0
              mouse, instance #0
          fdc, instance #0
              fd, instance #0
          lp, instance #0 (driver not attached)
      pci, instance #0
          pci8086,1237 (driver not attached)
          pci8086,7000 (driver not attached)
          pci-ide, instance #0
              ide, instance #0
                  cmdk, instance #0
                  cmdk, instance #1
              ide, instance #1
                  sd, instance #0
                  cmdk, instance #2
          display, instance #0
          pci1022,2000, instance #0
          pci80ee,cafe, instance #0
          pci8086,7113 (driver not attached)
          pci8086,2829, instance #0
      iscsi, instance #0
      pseudo, instance #0
      options, instance #0
      agpgart, instance #0 (driver not attached)
      objmgr, instance #0
      xsvc, instance #0
      acpi (driver not attached)
      used-resources (driver not attached)
      cpus, instance #0
          cpu (driver not attached)
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[Andreas Berendsen]

Problem fixed. Set of commands was necessary from Solaris to recognize the new SATA disks.

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Could you elaborate?

[Andreas Berendsen]

devfsadm -c disk drvconfig disks echo|format

[Andreas Berendsen]

devfsadm -c disk
drvconfig
disks
echo|format

and voila