V-5-2-4006 Disk cannot be reinitialized by vxdisksetup. Solaris 1TB+ LUNS

Problem

Volume Manager fails to initialize new LUNS that are 1TB+ in size using vxdisksetup command on Solaris OS.

Error Message

# vxdisksetup -i c#t#################d##
VxVM vxdisksetup ERROR V-5-2-4006 Disk c#t#################d##
contains auto:none DA record c#t#################d##
Disk cannot be reinitialized by vxdisksetup.

Cause

As the new LUNs are not defined as EFI type, Volume Manager cannot read the disk geometry table properly. On Solaris 10/11 luns greater than 1TB in size, must use EFI label to work with Volume Manager.
 

Solution

The new 1TB+ LUNs must be formatted as EFI type.

# format -e

format> label

[0] SMI Label

[1] EFI Label

Specify Label type[1]: 1

Once done, then remove the da records for all the new LUNs on host and initilizes them.

# vxdisk rm <new TB LUN>

# vxdisksetup -i <new TB LUN>

For more information please see https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100004675