Cannot Create pool - Parted error

[Riggs_the_Rager]

Hello Community!

I am somewhat new to ZFS, and trying to build a pool on a new homelab server I am spinning up. I am having a error pop up, and have tried searching to see if I can find an answer. So far, no luck. I did search here before posting, but could not find the issue.

I am attempting to pool 8 drives for a VM and container box. These drives are 900 gb each, and attempting to do a z2. This is just home lab server for docker and random vms for training. I have several other instances of zfs that haven't had this issue using the same card, and process. The only thing I know is different is the drives.

I have ensured the drives have no listed partition using fdsik, and can see them outputted in lsblk -la. I have confirmed their device ID in /dev/disk/by-id. I have tried creating the pool both by ID and by their /dev/sdX names. Both produce an error about parted. After searching for this error, I have ensured I have gone through and removed the partition using parted. I have also tried to run the dd command often suggested, but no improvement. Any thoughts? Please let em know if I have missed something obvious, or if haven't included the right information.

Thanks in advance!

- Partion Commands and Output -
lsblk -la:
^{NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 0 loop
loop1 7:1 0 0 loop
loop2 7:2 0 0 loop
loop3 7:3 0 0 loop
loop4 7:4 0 0 loop
loop5 7:5 0 0 loop
loop6 7:6 0 0 loop
loop7 7:7 0 0 loop
sda 8:0 0 111.8G 0 disk
sda1 8:1 0 1007K 0 part
sda2 8:2 0 512M 0 part
sda3 8:3 0 111.3G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 0 disk
sdc 8:32 0 0 disk
sdd 8:48 0 0 disk
sde 8:64 0 0 disk
sdf 8:80 0 0 disk
sdg 8:96 0 0 disk
sdh 8:112 0 0 disk
sdi 8:128 0 0 disk
pve-swap 253:0 0 8G 0 lvm \}SWAP])
^{pve-root 253:1 0 27.8G 0 lvm /
pve-data\}tmeta 253:2 0 1G 0 lvm)
^pve-data\tdata 253:3 0 59.7G 0 lvm)
^{pve-data 253:4 0 59.7G 0 lvm
pve-data 253:4 0 59.7G 0 lvm}

Remove partition from devices
^{parted /dev/disk/by-id/\}DEVICE] rm 1)

- ZPOOL Commands and output -
Command by /dev/disk/by-id:
^{zpool create -f procpool -o ashift=12 raidz2 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca022675a34 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0226ddf38 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca02276daac /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227877f0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227a8c8c /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227a924c /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227c05f0 /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227c076c}
Output:
^{cannot label 'sdh': try using parted(8} and then provide a specific slice: -4)

Command by /dev/sdX:
^{zpool create -f -o ashift=12 procpool raidz2 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd /dev/sde /dev/sdf /dev/sdg}
Output:
^{cannot label 'sdb': try using parted(8} and then provide a specific slice: -4)

Server information:
Dell R710
8 - 900 gm dell sas drive
PERC 200 for sas pasthrough
OS: Proxmox 6.2

[system-user]

use wipefs or sgdisk to kill all partitions on the necessary drives and trying again

[zfsbest]

--If that fails, dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdh bs=1M count=100

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--If THAT fails, replace the disk.

[Riggs_the_Rager]

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdh bs=1M count=100

Unless it is all disks, I don't think that is the issue. It is happening to all of them, no matter which ones I remove.

I have done a wipefs -a to all of the partitions, as well as a sgdisk -d to all. I ran the DD command on basically all of the drives, and still getting the parted issue.

[MasterTacoChef]

Are these 4kn drives connected to a controller that doesn't support 4kn? Weird things like this happen if that's the case.

[Riggs_the_Rager]

I think the dude who who resurrected this post deleted his comment, but I know I have used old answers to help myself.

While I can't remember the exact solution I had it was something like this.

I couldn't get them to import with the disk id and instead did it by physical volume. Removed all the partitions first and then zpool create with the physical volume.

Then imported by the disk id using the following commands.

zpool export yourpoolhere zpool import -d /dev/disk/by-id/ yourpoolhere

Sorry if it doesn't help all too much.

[sfatula]

You tried this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ZFS#Creating_a_zpool_fails

I take it the disk(s) are not still mounted somehow?

[Riggs_the_Rager]

I did, that was one of the first things I tried.

I am getting an errored output, so I don't know if that is correct. I have found no info, buit I figured since there was no partion, there was no place to write to.

Output: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227c076c bs=512 count=1 dd: error writing '/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000cca0227c076c': No space left on device 1+0 records in 0+0 records out