How to Replace a Hot Spare in a Hot Spare Pool

Steps

1. Become superuser.

2. Verify whether the hot spare is currently being used by using one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action⇒Properties. Then choose the Hot Spares panel. Follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metastat command to view the status of the hot spare pool:

     # metastat hot-spare-pool-name

     For more information, see the metastat(1M) man page.

3. To replace the hot spare, use one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action⇒Properties. Then choose the Hot Spares panel. Follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metahs command:

     # metahs -r hot-spare-pool-name current-hot-spare replacement-hot-spare

     -r

     Specifies to replace disks in the named hot spare pool.

     hot-spare-pool-name

     Specifies the name of the hot spare pool. You can also use the special keyword all to change all hot spare pool associations.

     current-hot-spare

     Specifies the name of the current hot spare that will be replaced.

     replacement-hot-spare

     Specifies the name of the slice that will replace the current hot spare in the named hot spare pool.

     For more information, see the metahs(1M) man page.

Example 17–9 Replacing a Hot Spare in One Hot Spare Pool

In the following example, the metastat command shows that the hot spare is not in use. The metahs -r command replaces the hot spare, /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s2, with the hot spare, /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s2, in the hot spare pool, hsp003.

# metastat hsp003
hsp003: 1 hot spare
        c0t2d0s2                Broken       5600 blocks
# metahs -r hsp003 c0t2d0s2 c3t1d0s2
hsp003: Hotspare c0t2d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2

Example 17–10 Replacing a Hot Spare in All Associated Hot Spare Pools

In the following example, the keyword all replaces the hot spare, /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2, with the hot spare, /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s2, in all its associated hot spare pools.

# metahs -r all c1t0d0s2 c3t1d0s2
hsp001: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2
hsp002: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2
hsp003: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2