Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

Oracle Solaris New UFS Mountpoint

1. Use the format command to create the partition of the disk

Create the partition starting with 3rd cylinder you can use slice 7

Please note of the created partition

2a. Create the filesystem using following command

newfs /dev/rdsk/c6t60060E8006D447000000D447000024A0d0s7

2b. Check for any issue

fsck /dev/rdsk/c6t60060E8006D447000000D447000024A0d0s7


3a. mount the slice to a name

mount /dev/dsk/c6t60060E8006D447000000D447000024A0d0s7 /u01

3a.1 check the result

df -h

3b. edit /etc/vfstab to add following entry

#live-upgrade: updated boot environment
#device device mount FS fsck mount mount
#to mount to fsck point type pass at boot options
#
fd - /dev/fd fd - no -
/proc - /proc proc - no -
/dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap - - swap - no -
/devices - /devices devfs - no -
sharefs - /etc/dfs/sharetab sharefs - no -
ctfs - /system/contract ctfs - no -
objfs - /system/object objfs - no -
swap - /tmp tmpfs - yes -
/dev/dsk/c6t60060E8006D447000000D447000024A6d0s7 /dev/rdsk/c6t60060E8006D447000000D447000024A6d0s7 /u01 ufs no yes -