# [OmniOS-discuss] adding multipath disks

Brad Stone bstone at aspirinsoftware.com
Tue Aug 9 00:46:26 UTC 2016

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    Perhaps the new disks are not the same make and model as the old disks. You
    may need to add entries to the scsi_vhci.conf file with the product and
    vendor information of the new disks. You can use format/inquiry to find the
    necessary information.

    On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Joseph Boren <jboren at drakecooper.com> wrote:

    > Greetings,
    >
    > I have an OmniOS system that started life as a Nexenta system then at one
    > point installed omnios and imported the pool.   It's got a supermicro JBOD
    > with dual controllers with a bunch of disks configured as a pool of
    > mirrored pairs.  The pool is getting full and I'd like to add some disks so
    > I add 8 more to the JBOD.  I am unsure how to configure them though...
    >
    > If I list the disks all the new ones show 2 times, once for each port.  I
    > understand how to create mirrored vdevs and add them to the pool, but I
    > don't understand how to create them with these disks listed 2 times.  The
    > original pool was set up by the Nexenta integrator when we bought the
    > system, so I didn't get to see how they were originally configured.  They
    > only show up once.
    >
    > Can anyone point me at any documentation or help with how to deal with
    > these disks?  Thanks a ton..
    >
    > Best regards,
    >
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