Having an issue creating a new datastore

[agit8or]

┌──────┬─────────┬─────┬───────────┬────────────────┬───────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ name │ used │ gpt │ disk-type │ size │ model │ wearout │ status │
╞══════╪═════════╪═════╪═══════════╪════════════════╪═══════════╪═════════╪═════════╡
│ sda │ mounted │ 1 │ hdd │ 36003637100544 │ PERC_H700 │ - │ unknown │
├──────┼─────────┼─────┼───────────┼────────────────┼───────────┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ sdb │ unused │ 0 │ hdd │ 66000762437632 │ PERC_H800 │ - │ passed │
└──────┴─────────┴─────┴───────────┴────────────────┴───────────┴─────────┴─────────┘


root@pbs1:~# proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdb
initialize disk sdb
TASK OK
root@pbs1:~# proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create main --disk sdb --filesystem ext4 --add-datastore true
create datastore 'main' on disk sdb
TASK ERROR: command "mkfs" "-t" "ext4" "/dev/sdb1" failed - status code: 1 - mke2fs 1.44.5 (15-Dec-2018)
Found a dos partition table in /dev/sdb1


So I try to wipe the partition table out:

root@pbs1:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0.00118662 s, 431 kB/s
root@pbs1:~# proxmox-backup-manager disk list
┌──────┬─────────┬─────┬───────────┬────────────────┬───────────┬─────────┬─────────┐
│ name │ used │ gpt │ disk-type │ size │ model │ wearout │ status │
╞══════╪═════════╪═════╪═══════════╪════════════════╪═══════════╪═════════╪═════════╡
│ sda │ mounted │ 1 │ hdd │ 36003637100544 │ PERC_H700 │ - │ unknown │
├──────┼─────────┼─────┼───────────┼────────────────┼───────────┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ sdb │ unused │ 0 │ hdd │ 66000762437632 │ PERC_H800 │ - │ passed │
└──────┴─────────┴─────┴───────────┴────────────────┴───────────┴─────────┴─────────┘
root@pbs1:~#

At this point, if I repeat the initialize command, its the same outcome. If I try to create the datastore from here I get:

root@pbs1:~# proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create main --disk sdb --filesystem ext4 --add-datastore true
create datastore 'main' on disk sdb
TASK ERROR: command "sgdisk" "-n1" "-t1:8300" "/dev/sdb" failed - status code: 4 - Could not create partition 1 from 34 to 2047
Error encountered; not saving changes.


At this point I'm probably just overlooking something obvious.... So any suggestions are appreciated.

 

[H4R0]

try wipefs -a /dev/sdb

does dmesg print any io errors ?

 

[agit8or]

Unfortunately same exact issue. Nothing disk related in dmesg

 

[mike2012]

Is sdb with GPT or MBR Layout? ( Should be GPT )
Maybe also a hardware problem.
Check smart values of Harddisk and maybe change cable and/or sataport.

 

[agit8or]

GPT. No HDD issues either. My solution was to manually partition, format, and mount the drive. Then I added the path as a datastore. Not sure why this couldnt be done via PBS either GUI or CLI.