ASM vs ext3 File system(mount point)

Please suggest which one is better for small databases.
ASM or ext3 File system(mount point)?
Any metalink note.

ASM better if you do not want to play with I/O tiuning, (if you tune ext3 file system it woud be the same from performace view),
but it more compilcated for admininstering database files in ASM then in ordinary file system.
Oracle is recomending to use ASM for database file system.
I woud think if you have some development database and nead a lot of cloning, moving of datafiles its better to use ordinary file system,
so you can use copy OS comands, not so complicated.
If you nead some striping, miroring, snapshoting from ext3 you can use LVM on unix/linux.
I am not sure but I think what striping or miroring is better on ASM then on LVM, becouse ASM is doing it better for databse I/O.

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New zone and inherited file system mount point error

Hi - would anyone be able to help with the following error please. I've tried to create a new zone that has the following inherited file system:
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /usr/local/var/lib/sudo
But when I try to install it fails with:
root@tdukunxtest03:~ 532$ zoneadm -z tdukwbprepz01 install
A ZFS file system has been created for this zone.
Preparing to install zone <tdukwbprepz01>.
ERROR: cannot create zone <tdukwbprepz01> inherited file system mount point </export/zones/tdukwbprepz01/root/usr/local/var/lib>
ERROR: cannot setup zone <tdukwbprepz01> inherited and configured file systems
ERROR: cannot setup zone <tdukwbprepz01> file systems inherited and configured from the global zone
ERROR: cannot create zone boot environment <tdukwbprepz01>
I've added this because unknown to me when I installed sudo from sunfreeware in the global it requires access to /usr/local/var/lib/sudo - sudo itself installs in /usr/local. And when I try to run any sudo commands in the new zone it gave this:
sudo ls
Password:
sudo: Can't open /usr/local/var/lib/sudo/tdgrunj/8: Read-only file system
Thanks - Julian.

Think I've just found the answer to my problem, I'd already inherited /usr ..... and as sudo from freeware installs in /usr/local I guess this is never going to work. I can only think to try the sudo version of the Solaris companion DVD or whatever it's called.

Online Increasing the Size of Ext3 File System (no lvm)

Using Suse linux entreprise Server SP1
Using multpath disks
using a ext3 file system mounted on a partition
How to increase the size of f Ext3 (no lvm) online without umounting the File system ?
a use

On 20/02/2012 10:56, smain09 wrote:
> Using Suse linux entreprise Server SP1
> Using multpath disks
> using a ext3 file system mounted on a partition
> How to increase the size of f Ext3 (no lvm) online without umounting
> the File system ?
> a use
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File system mount prob

after starting my server i found some of the partitions( where oracle data files are located) not mounted.what soud i do to mount properly that file system

Hi,
Are you using Linux? You need to add the for these files systems to /etc/fstab. Suppose you have a hard disk /dev/sdc1 which is mounted on /u01 file system, add following line at the bottom of your /etc/fstab file (suppose you are using ext3 file system
/dev/sdc1 ext3 defaults 1 2This will auto mount your file system on every startup
Salman

ZFS file system mount in solaris 11

Create a ZFS file system for the package repository in the root pool:
# zfs create rpool/export/repoSolaris11
# zfs list
The atime property controls whether the access time for files is updated when the files are read.
Turning this property off avoids producing write traffic when reading files.
# zfs set atime=off rpool/export/repoSolaris11
Create the required pkg repository infrastructure so that you can copy the repository
# pkgrepo create /export/repoSolaris11
# cat sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso-a sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso-b > \
sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso
# mount -F hsfs /export/repoSolaris11/sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso /mnt
# ls /mnt
# df -k /mnt
Using the tar command as shown in the following example can be a faster way to move the
repository from the mounted file system to the repository ZFS file system.
# cd /mnt/repo; tar cf - . | (cd /export/repoSolaris11; tar xfp -)
# cd /export/repoSolaris11
# ls /export/repoSolaris11
pkg5.repository README
publisher sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso
# df -k /export/repoSolaris11
# umount /mnt
# pkgrepo -s /export/repoSolaris11 refresh
=============================================
# zfs create -o mountpoint=/export/repoSolaris11 rpool/repoSolaris11
==============================================I am trying to reconfigure the package repository with above steps. when reached the below step
# zfs create -o mountpoint=/export/repoSolaris11 rpool/repoSolaris11
created the mount point but not mounted giving the error message
cannot mount ,directory not empty When restarted the box, threw service adm screen with error message
not able to mount all pointsPlease advise and Thanks in advance.

Hi.
Don't mix content of directory as mountpoint and what you see after FS was mounted.
On othet ZFS - mount point also clear. You see contetn of ZFS file system.
For check you can unmount any other ZFS and see that mountpoint also clear.
Regards.

Time Machine (OSX) doesn't back up files in Mount Point or Disk Image File

Hi all,
I have two disk images which are scripted to be mounted on login. These two disk images are always mounted to the same location. These two disk images are encrypted TrueCrypt volumes.
Time Machine (TM) will only back up the disk images the first time they are mounted, but not after that. As I modify documents within the volumes throughout the day, the modified timestamps are adjusted properly. However, TM does not back them up. TM never backs up the mount points which are two folders within my home directory.
Any ideas as to why neither the mount point or the image files are backed up? Do the image files have to be closed (unmounted) after being modified for TM to back them up?
Now if TM won't back up the image files because they are locked/open, then why does it back them up the first time even though they are mounted? Also, from what I've read, TM should back up any HFS+ drive which is mounted. Both these drives are HFS+, so it should back up the mount points? I can verify this by doing a 'mount' in the terminal, the following is echo'd back:
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled) (Main System Drive)
/dev/disk1 on /Users/username/Folder1 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners, mounted by username) (First TrueCrypt volume)
/dev/disk2 on /Users/username/Folder2 (hfs, local, nodev, nosuid, journaled, noowners, mounted by username)(Second TrueCrypt volume)
Any ideas will help!
Thanks,
Chris
Message was edited by: sleagle328

Here is the resolution:
Apparently time machine checks the parent folder's timestamp before moving into that folder to look for modified files.
So as I was modifying files, the timestamps on the volumes were changing but not the containing directory. Because of this, TimeMachine saw the parent directory had not changed, so did not look for the changed volumes inside.
So to resolve this, I wrote a simple touch script which touches the parent directory to match the modified volumes timestamp (if there is a modified volume).
Thanks,
Chris
Message was edited by: sleagle328

ASM and ext. file system

Hi,
Can I use ASM for one ERP database instance and other for normal .ext file system?
if yes, what impact would be on system?
Thanks

Can I use ASM for one ERP database instance and other for normal .ext file system?Please elaborate more on what you are trying to achieve.
What is the application release? Database version? OS?
RAC: Frequently Asked Questions [ID 220970.1] -- What storage option should I use for Oracle RAC on Linux? ASM / OCFS / Raw Devices / Block Devices / Ext3 ?
RAC Assurance Support Team: RAC Starter Kit and Best Practices (Linux) [ID 811306.1]
Thanks,
Hussein

UFS file system mount options

I'm doing some performance tuning on a database server. In mounting a particular UFS file system, I need to enable the "forcedirectio" option. However, the "logging" option is already specified. Is there any problem mounting this file system with BOTH "logging" and "forcedirectio" at the same time? I can do it and the system boots just fine but I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not. Anybody know?

Direct IO bypasses the page cache. Hence the name "direct".
Thus, for large-block streaming operations that do not access the same data more than once, direct IO will improve performance while reducing memory usage - often significantly.
IO operations that access data that could otherwise be cached can go MUCH slower with direct IO, especially small ones.

ASM or Regular File System?

I have read few threads regarding ASM/non-ASM file system. I am thinking ASM is easy to maintain when configured, but hard to maintain when move of database to non-ASM etc. can you suggest?
Thanks.

I dont think so.. The question of chosing ASM or not dosn't depend how hard or easy it is, the main thing to know id what is the actual requirement. If you use ASM then it means its raw devices managed by oracle and definitely in order to deal with the ASM files you have to through oracle interface (RMAN) and that disks cannot be seen from OS.
There are plenty of docs available online to move database from ASM to non-ASM and vice versa, if you are good in RMAN then it shouldn't be a problem plus how many time are you gonna move your database?
Daljit Singh

Which file defines mount point

In Linux, /etc/fstab tells the OS the details of a volume when mounting it. I wanted to edit this to have certain devices use different mount points than they do automatically, so either I'm not doing it properly or OS X works a little differently in this respect.
Thanks.
p.s. I have Tiger, I just haven't updated my info (below)

Brad,
See if this info helps you.
Beavis2084

How to Stop Finder WEBDAVFS from requesting .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files after Remotes File System Mount has happened?

Hi,
After I have mounted remote directory on Finder , Finder requests for all file types including .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files and all such files which is creating havoc to the performance of the Finder.
Case 1 : In one Directory I have 500 files+directories. When the Finder tries to fetch the directory content it is sending requests for even .hidden, ._Directory , ._FileName files and so the request count grows exponentially causing breakdown for Finder. Its taking 10 mins to load the directory. The same directory request when posted by Transmit by Panic it loads within 30 secs. Transmit do not send request for ._* files/directory.
I am rejecting request for all hidden file request but they keep on coming in thousands.
Case 2 : Finder tries to refresh the file listing whenever the Finder window is brought to Focus.
Any help is appreciated. When I try to use find for such files to delete I see no listing!
Used : ls -1aR /Volumes/InquiraWebDAV
To demostrate the problem please check example log :
Response XML1:
</D:multistatus>
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/.DS_Store
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/.DS_Store
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 3
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 3
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 2
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder 2
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/._untitled folder
Client IP =17.1.1.1 clientHeaderAgent=WEBDAVFS/1.9.0 (01908000) DARWIN/11.3.0 (X86_64)
DSID from cache =281950648 and path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
here4
Mar 7, 2012 12:51:17 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: webdav: [PROPFIND] /CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
inside doProfind() path=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/
req.getHeader('Depth')=1
Request XMl:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><D:propfind xmlns:D="DAV:">
<D:prop>
<D:getlastmodified/>
<D:getcontentlength/>
<D:creationdate/>
<D:resourcetype/>
</D:prop>
</D:propfind>
Element Node=#text |
Element Node=D:prop | null
Element Node=#text |
{281950648=[AOS_VIEW, APPLECARE_ALLGEOS, CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW, EXECUTIVE_RELATIONS_VIEW]}281950648
temp=/AOS_VIEW/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=false
temp=/APPLECARE_ALLGEOS/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=false
temp=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/ ###   temp1=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/UNTITLED FOLDER/ isAllowed=true
href/InquiraWebDAV
rewriteUrl(href)=/InquiraWebDAV/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled%20folder/
resourceName=untitled folder type=0
properties=java.util.Vector$1@2aa05bc3
property=getlastmodified
property=getcontentlength
property=creationdate
property=resourcetype
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder 2
newPath=/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untitled folder/untitled folder 3
Response XML1:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:"><D:response><D:href>/InquiraWebDAV/CUSTOMER_RELATIONS_VIEW/untit led%20folder/</D:href>
<D:propstat><D:prop><D:creationdate>2012-03-06T22:56:52Z</D:creationdate>
<D:resourcetype><D:collection/></D:resourcetype>
</D:prop>
<D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
</D:propstat>
<D:propstat><D:prop><D:getlastmodified/><D:getcontentlength/></D:prop>
<D:status>HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found</D:status>
</D:propstat>
</D:response>

Here is a related discussion but no solution.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/8216700#8216700
Do any one know if Apple Support has any solution for this problem or How do I get expert help from them?

/globaldevices on different file system mounts

IHAC that has a SC3.2 on a pair of V890's Solaris9-U5 and Veritas Foundation Suite 5 for boot disks.
I have noticed that the paths to /globaldevices are different:
/dev/vx/dsk/bootdg/rootdg_16vol 487863 5037 434040 2% /global/.devices/node@1
/dev/vx/dsk/bootdg/node@2 487863 5035 434042 2% /global/.devices/node@2
Can I just go on the first name and rename /dev/vx/bootdg/ and /dev/vx/rdsl/bootdg and rename the rootdg_16vol to node@1 or is there a different method.

Yes, you can just rename as a normal veritas volume using vxedit. Make sure you modify the /etc/vfstab file for node1.
1. umount the /global/.devices/node@1
2. renamee
3. modify vfstab
4. mount /global/.devices/node@1
If possible test reboot to verify.
Actually, it doesnot make any difference ifyou leave it that way.
-LP

ZFS mount points and zones

folks,
a little history, we've been running cluster 3.2.x with failover zones (using the containers data service) where the zoneroot is installed on a failover zpool (using HAStoragePlus). it's worked ok but could be better with the real problems surrounding lack of agents that work in this config (we're mostly an oracle shop). we've been using the joost manifests inside the zones which are ok and have worked but we wouldn't mind giving the oracle data services a go - and the more than a little painful patching processes in the current setup...
we're started to look at failover applications amongst zones on the nodes, so we'd have something like node1:zone and node2:zone as potentials and the apps failing between them on 'node' failure and switchover. this way we'd actually be able to use the agents for oracle (DB, AS and EBS).
with the current cluster we create various ZFS volumes within the pool (such as oradata) and through the zone boot resource have it mounted where we want inside the zone (in this case $ORACLE_BASE/oradata) with the global zone having the mount point of /export/zfs/<instance>/oradata.
is there a way of achieving something like this with failover apps inside static zones? i know we can set the volume mountpoint to be what we want but we rather like having the various oracle zones all having a similar install (/app/oracle etc).
we haven't looked at zone clusters at this stage if for no other reason than time....
or is there a better way?
thanks muchly,
nelson

i must be missing something...any ideas what and where?
nelson
devsun012~> zpool import Zbob
devsun012~> zfs list|grep bob
Zbob 56.9G 15.5G 21K /export/zfs/bob
Zbob/oracle 56.8G 15.5G 56.8G /export/zfs/bob/oracle
Zbob/oratab 1.54M 15.5G 1.54M /export/zfs/bob/oratab
devsun012~> zpool export Zbob
devsun012~> zoneadm -z bob list -v
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
1 bob running /opt/zones/bob native shared
devsun013~> zoneadm -z bob list -v
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP
16 bob running /opt/zones/bob native shared
devsun012~> clrt list|egrep 'oracle_|HA'
SUNW.HAStoragePlus:6
SUNW.oracle_server:6
SUNW.oracle_listener:5
devsun012~> clrg create -n devsun012:bob,devsun013:bob bob-rg
devsun012~> clrslh create -g bob-rg -h bob bob-lh-rs
devsun012~> clrs create -g bob-rg -t SUNW.HAStoragePlus \
root@devsun012 > -p FileSystemMountPoints=/app/oracle:/export/zfs/bob/oracle \
root@devsun012 > bob-has-rs
clrs: devsun013:bob - Entry for file system mount point /export/zfs/bob/oracle is absent from global zone /etc/vfstab.
clrs: (C189917) VALIDATE on resource bob-has-rs, resource group bob-rg, exited with non-zero exit status.
clrs: (C720144) Validation of resource bob-has-rs in resource group bob-rg on node devsun013:bob failed.
clrs: (C891200) Failed to create resource "bob-has-rs".

File system description

Hi all,
Where do I find an file system description for below file system?
I want to know what they are being used for.
MOUNT POINT      TYPE       DEVICE                SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/sw              internal   /dev/md0             991MB     793MB     198MB 80%
/swstore         internal   /dev/md1             991MB     718MB     273MB 72%
/state           internal   /dev/md2            5951MB     195MB    5756MB   3%
/local/local1    SYSFS      /dev/md4           14878MB     483MB   14395MB   3%
/vbspace         GUEST      /dev/data1/vbsp   230128MB     128MB 230000MB   0%
.../local1/spool PRINTSPOOL /dev/data1/spool     991MB      32MB     959MB   3%
/obj1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/obj    121015MB     355MB 120660MB   0%
/dre1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/dre     79354MB   53802MB   25552MB 67%
/ackq1           internal   /dev/data1/ackq     1189MB       0MB    1189MB   0%
/plz1            internal   /dev/data1/plz      2379MB      26MB    2353MB   1%
Jan

Hi Michael,
I manage a WAAS network with waas core WAVE7541 in data center, Central Manager
installed on WAVE 594 with 4.4.3 version and remote waas modules (sm-sre-910-4.4.3.4
version) integrated on Cisco2951/K9 router.
On remote module I have
#show disk detail
Physical disk information:
disk00: Present    22DCP07VT (h00 c00 i00 l00 - Int DAS-SATA)
          476937MB(465.8GB)
disk01: Present    22HZT0SUT (h01 c00 i00 l00 - Int DAS-SATA)
          476937MB(465.8GB)
Mounted file systems:
MOUNT POINT      TYPE       DEVICE                SIZE     INUSE      FREE USE%
/sw              internal   /dev/md0             991MB     698MB     293MB 70%
/swstore         internal   /dev/md1             991MB     304MB     687MB 30%
/state           internal   /dev/md2            3967MB     127MB    3840MB   3%
/local/local1    SYSFS      /dev/md4           14878MB     276MB   14602MB   1%
.../local1/spool PRINTSPOOL /dev/data1/spool     991MB      32MB     959MB   3%
/obj1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/obj    121015MB   11712MB 109303MB   9%
/dre1            CONTENT    /dev/data1/dre    119031MB 116977MB    2054MB 98%
/ackq1           internal   /dev/data1/ackq     1189MB       0MB    1189MB   0%
/plz1            internal   /dev/data1/plz      2379MB       1MB    2378MB   0%
Software RAID devices:
DEVICE NAME TYPE     STATUS                PHYSICAL DEVICES AND STATUS
/dev/md0     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/00[GOOD] disk01/00[GOOD]
/dev/md1     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/01[GOOD] disk01/01[GOOD]
/dev/md2     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/02[GOOD] disk01/02[GOOD]
/dev/md3     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/03[GOOD] disk01/03[GOOD]
/dev/md4     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/04[GOOD] disk01/04[GOOD]
/dev/md5     RAID-1   NORMAL OPERATION      disk00/05[GOOD] disk01/05[GOOD]
Disk encryption feature is disabled.
I ask you details on size, use and contents of following partitions:
/obj1 that is CIFS object cache and /dre1 that is used for the DRE byte level cache
as indicated by you.
In particular I don't understand why if i connect to it through interface web,
from the tab CifsAo->Monitoring->Cache, I see
Maximum cache disk size: 95.75391 GB
Is this value contained in the 121015 MB of /obj1, Right?
Infact I have configured in the Central Manger a Prepositon Directive with Total Size as % of Cache Volume=20
What is the remaining content in /obj1?
While is the redundancy library contained in /dre1
to which WAAS device accesses to compress the traffic to as well as in /plz1?
Please can you do clarify me?
Thanks a lot in advance

Live upgrade, zones and separate mount points

Hi,
We have a quite large zone environment based on Solaris zones located on VxVM/VxFS. I know this is a doubtful configuration but the choice was made before i got here and now we need to upgrade the environment. Veritas guides says its fine to locate zones on Veritas, but i am not sure Sun would approve.
Anyway, sine all zones are located on a separate volume i want to create a new one for every zonepath, something like:
lucreate -n upgrade -m /:/dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0:ufs -m /zones/zone01:/dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_root02:ufs
This works fine for a while after integration of 6620317 in 121430-23, but when the new environment is to be activated i get errors, see below[1]. If i look at the command executed by lucreate i see that the global root is mounted, but by zoneroot does not seem to have been mounted before the call to zoneadmd[2]. While this might not be a supported configuration, VxVM seems to be supported and i think that there are a few people out there with zonepaths on separate disks. Live upgrade probably has no issues with the files moved from the VxFS filesystem, that parts has been done, but the new filesystems does not seem to get mounted correctly.
Anyone tried something similar or has any idea on how to solve this?
The system is a s10s_u4 with kernel 127111-10 and Live upgrade patches 121430-25, 121428-10.
1:
Integrity check OK.
Populating contents of mount point </>.
Populating contents of mount point </zones/zone01>.
Copying.
Creating shared file system mount points.
Copying root of zone <zone01>.
Creating compare databases for boot environment <upgrade>.
Creating compare database for file system </zones/zone01>.
Creating compare database for file system </>.
Updating compare databases on boot environment <upgrade>.
Making boot environment <upgrade> bootable.
ERROR: unable to mount zones:
zoneadm: zone 'zone01': can't stat /.alt.upgrade/zones/zone01/root: No such file or directory
zoneadm: zone 'zone01': call to zoneadmd failed
ERROR: unable to mount zone <zone01> in </.alt.upgrade>
ERROR: unmounting partially mounted boot environment file systems
ERROR: umount: warning: /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0 not in mnttab
umount: /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0 not mounted
ERROR: cannot unmount </dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0>
ERROR: cannot mount boot environment by name <upgrade>
ERROR: Unable to determine the configuration of the target boot environment <upgrade>.
ERROR: Update of loader failed.
ERROR: Unable to umount ABE <upgrade>: cannot make ABE bootable.
Making the ABE <upgrade> bootable FAILED.
ERROR: Unable to make boot environment <upgrade> bootable.
ERROR: Unable to populate file systems on boot environment <upgrade>.
ERROR: Cannot make file systems for boot environment <upgrade>.
2:
0 21191 21113 /usr/lib/lu/lumount -f upgrade
0 21192 21191 /etc/lib/lu/plugins/lupi_bebasic plugin
0 21193 21191 /etc/lib/lu/plugins/lupi_svmio plugin
0 21194 21191 /etc/lib/lu/plugins/lupi_zones plugin
0 21195 21192 mount /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0 /.alt.upgrade
0 21195 21192 mount /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0 /.alt.upgrade
0 21196 21192 mount -F tmpfs swap /.alt.upgrade/var/run
0 21196 21192 mount swap /.alt.upgrade/var/run
0 21197 21192 mount -F tmpfs swap /.alt.upgrade/tmp
0 21197 21192 mount swap /.alt.upgrade/tmp
0 21198 21192 /bin/sh /usr/lib/lu/lumount_zones -- /.alt.upgrade
0 21199 21198 /bin/expr 2 - 1
0 21200 21198 egrep -v ^(#|global:) /.alt.upgrade/etc/zones/index
0 21201 21198 /usr/sbin/zonecfg -R /.alt.upgrade -z test exit
0 21202 21198 false
0 21205 21204 /usr/sbin/zoneadm -R /.alt.upgrade list -i -p
0 21206 21204 sed s/$[^\]$::/\1:-:/
0 21207 21203 zoneadm -R /.alt.upgrade -z zone01 mount
0 21208 21207 zoneadmd -z zone01 -R /.alt.upgrade
0 21210 21203 false
0 21211 21203 gettext unable to mount zone <%s> in <%s>
0 21212 21203 /etc/lib/lu/luprintf -Eelp2 unable to mount zone <%s> in <%s> zone01 /.alt.up
Edited by: henrikj_ on Sep 8, 2008 11:55 AM Added Solaris release and patch information.

I updated my manual pages got a reminder of the zonename field for the -m option of lucreate. But i still have no success, if i have the root filesystem for the zone in vfstab it tries to mount it the current root into the alternate BE:
# lucreate -u upgrade -m /:/dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0:ufs -m /:/dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_rootvol02:ufs:zone01
<snip>
Creating file systems on boot environment <upgrade>.
Creating <ufs> file system for </> in zone <global> on </dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0>.
Creating <ufs> file system for </> in zone <zone01> on </dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_rootvol02>.
Mounting file systems for boot environment <upgrade>.
ERROR: UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-21264: /dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_rootvol is already mounted, /.alt.tmp.b-gQg.mnt/zones/zone01 is busy,
allowable number of mount points exceeded
ERROR: cannot mount mount point </.alt.tmp.b-gQg.mnt/zones/zone01> device </dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_rootvol>
ERROR: failed to mount file system </dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_rootvol> on </.alt.tmp.b-gQg.mnt/zones/zone01>
ERROR: unmounting partially mounted boot environment file systems
If i tried to do the same but with the filesystem removed from vfstab, then i get another error:
<snip>
Creating boot environment <upgrade>.
Creating file systems on boot environment <upgrade>.
Creating <ufs> file system for </> in zone <global> on </dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0>.
Creating <ufs> file system for </> in zone <zone01> on </dev/vx/dsk/zone01/zone01_upgrade>.
Mounting file systems for boot environment <upgrade>.
Calculating required sizes of file systems for boot environment <upgrade>.
Populating file systems on boot environment <upgrade>.
Checking selection integrity.
Integrity check OK.
Populating contents of mount point </>.
Populating contents of mountED.
ERROR: Unable to make boot environment <upgrade> bootable.
ERROR: Unable to populate file systems on boot environment <upgrade>.
ERROR: Cannot make file systems for boot environment <upgrade>.
If i let lucreate copy the zonepath to the same slice as the OS, the creation of the BE works fine:
# lucreate -n upgrade -m /:/dev/dsk/c2t1d0s0:ufs

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