man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands

metaparam(1M)

Name

metaparam– modify parameters of metadevices

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/metaparam  -h

/usr/sbin/metaparam  [-s setname] [concat/stripe or
 RAID5 options] concat/stripe RAID

/usr/sbin/metaparam  [-s setname] [mirror options]
 mirror

Description

The metaparam command is used to display or modify current parameters of metadevices.

If just the metadevice is specified as an argument to the metaparam command, the current settings are displayed.

The metaparam command enables most metadevice (volume) parameters to be changed. Only the interlace value cannot be changed by metaparam, because it is established when the metadevice is created and cannot be changed thereafter.

Options

Root privileges are required for all of the options.

The following options are supported:

-h: Displays usage message.
-s setname: Specify the name of the diskset on which metaparam works. Using the -s option causes the command to perform its administrative function within the specified diskset. Without this option, the command performs its function on local metadevices.

CONCAT/STRIPE OR RAID5 OPTIONS

–h hot_spare_pool | none: Specifies the hot spare pool to be used by a metadevice. If none is specified, the metadevice is disassociated with the hot spare pool assigned to it. If the metadevice is currently using a hot spare, then metaparam cannot replace the hot spare pool.
concat/stripe | RAID: Specifies the metadevice name of the concatenation, stripe, or concatenation of stripes, or of the RAID5 metadevice.

MIRROR OPTIONS

–r roundrobin | geometric | first: Modifies the read option for a mirror. The -r option must be followed by either roundrobin, geometric, or first. roundrobin, which is the default action under the metainit command, specifies reading the disks in a round-robin (load balancing) method. geometric allows for faster performance on sequential reads. first specifies reading only from the first submirror.
–w parallel | serial: Modifies the write option for a mirror. The -w option must be followed by either parallel or serial. parallel, the default action under the metainit command, specifies that all writes are parallel. serial specifies that all writes are serial.
-p pass_number: A number from 0-to-9 that specifies the order in which a mirror is resynced during reboot. The default is 1. Smaller pass numbers are resynced first. Equal pass numbers are run concurrently. If 0 is used, the mirror resync is skipped. 0 should only be used for mirrors mounted as read-only, or as swap.
mirror: Specifies the metadevice name of the mirror.

Examples

Example 1 Associating Hot Spare Pool with RAID5 Metadevice

This example associates a hot spare pool, hsp005, with a RAID5 metadevice, d80.

# metaparam -h hsp005 d80

Example 2 Changing Read Option to Geometric

This example changes the read option on a mirror d50 from the default of roundrobin to geometric.

# metaparam -r geometric d50

Exit Status

The following exit values are returned:

0: Successful completion.
>0: An error occurred.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability	SUNWmdu