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I’m trying to create an XFS filestem on a used disk, and got into a problem. Here is the error message: # mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1 mkfs.xfs: cannot open /dev/sda1: Device or resource busy So, let’s see if I can fix it. (Spoiler alert: I think I can, even though it’s not yet done at the time of this writing.) Let’s check the partitions of /dev/sda: # parted /dev/sda print Model: ATA ST1000LM014-1EJ1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: gpt Disk Flags: Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1049kB 512GB 512GB ntfs 1 So, there is a partition (/dev/sda1) with 512GB in size, and its filesystem is ntfs....

In my previous post, I wrote about my quest to identify a disk presented by the Dell server itself. At the end of the post, I mentioned that I should be able to resume with creating a LVM volume on the new disk. LVM stands for Logical Volume Management. There is a good tutorial available at this page if you’re interested in – How To Use LVM To Manage Storage Devices on Ubuntu 16....

I have a Dell R730 server at work, which connects to a back-end storage with optical fiber cables. In addition, the server itself also has 6 disks. Two of the disks have already been configured as RAID1 and has the operating system installed on it. Today, I want to configure the remaining 4 disks as RAID10, and setup logical volume on it. The first part was easy. All I had to do was to login to the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), and create a new Virtual Disk from the 4 physical disks....