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Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 Reference Guide
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Preface
Chapter 1 Introduction to DiskSuite
What Does DiskSuite Do?
How Does DiskSuite Manage Disks?
DiskSuite Tool
Command Line Interface
Overview of DiskSuite Objects
Metadevices
How Are Metadevices Used?
Metadevice Conventions
Example -- Metadevice Consisting of Two Slices
Metadevice State Database and State Database Replicas
How Does DiskSuite Use State Database Replicas?
Metadevice State Database Conventions
Hot Spare Pools
How Do Hot Spare Pools Work?
Metadevice and Disk Space Expansion
The growfs(1M) Command
System and Startup Files
Disksets
Chapter 2 Metadevices
Simple Metadevices
Concatenated Metadevice (Concatenation)
Concatenated Metadevice Conventions
Example -- Concatenated Metadevice
Striped Metadevice (Stripe)
Striped Metadevice Conventions
Example -- Striped Metadevice
Concatenated Stripe
Concatenated Stripe Conventions
Example -- Concatenated Stripe
Simple Metadevices and Starting Blocks
Mirrors
Submirrors
Mirror Conventions
Example -- Mirrored Metadevice
Mirror Options
Mirror Resync
Full Mirror Resync
Optimized Mirror Resync
Partial Mirror Resync
Pass Number
Mirror Read and Write Policies
Mirror Robustness
RAID5 Metadevices
RAID5 Metadevice Conventions
Example -- RAID5 Metadevice
Example -- Concatenated (Expanded) RAID5 Metadevice
UFS Logging or Trans Metadevices
UFS Logging
UFS Logging Conventions
Trans Metadevices
Trans Metadevice Conventions
Example -- Trans Metadevice
Example -- Shared Logging Device
Chapter 3 Hot Spare Pools
Overview of Hot Spare Pools and Hot Spares
Hot Spares
Hot Spare Pools
Hot Spare Pool Conventions
Example -- Hot Spare Pool
Administering Hot Spare Pools
Chapter 4 DiskSuite Tool
Overview of DiskSuite Tool
DiskSuite Tool and the Command Line Interface
Using the Mouse in DiskSuite Tool
Screen Descriptions for DiskSuite Tool
Metadevice Editor Window
Disk View Window
Statistics Graphs Window (Grapher Window)
Information Windows
Disk Information Window
Slice Information Window
Device Statistics Window
Concat Information Window
Stripe Information Window
Mirror Information Window
Trans Information Window
Hot Spare Information Window
RAID Information Window
Metadevice State Database Info Window
Tray Information Window
Controller Information Window
Browsers
Accessing Objects in the Browsers
Setting Browser Filters
The Finder
Dialog Boxes
Configuration Log Window
Problem List Window
Accessing and Using Help
Tool Registry
Event Notification
Chapter 5 Disksets
What Do Disksets Do?
How Does DiskSuite Manage Disksets?
Diskset Conventions
Example -- Two Shared Disksets
Administering Disksets
Reserving a Diskset
Releasing a Diskset
Chapter 6 The md.tab and md.cf Files
Overview of the md.tab File
Creating Initial State Database Replicas in the md.tab File
Creating a Striped Metadevice in the md.tab File
Creating a Concatenated Metadevice in the md.tab File
Creating a Concatenated Stripe in the md.tab File
Creating a Mirror in the md.tab File
Creating a Trans Metadevice in the md.tab File
Creating a RAID5 Metadevice in the md.tab File
Creating a Hot Spare Pool in the md.tab File
Overview of the md.cf File
Chapter 7 Configuration Guidelines
Introduction
Configuration Planning Overview
Configuration Planning Guidelines
Concatenation Guidelines
Striping Guidelines
Mirroring Guidelines
RAID5 Guidelines
State Database Replica Guidelines for Performance
File System Guidelines
General Performance Guidelines
RAID5 Metadevices and Striped Metadevices
Optimizing for Random I/O and Sequential I/O
Random I/O
Sequential Access I/O
Striping Trade-offs
Logging Device Trade-offs
State Database Replicas
Summary of State Database Replicas
Appendix A DiskSuite Error Messages
Introduction
DiskSuite Tool Messages
State Information Terms
Metadevice Editor Messages
Dialog Box Error Messages
Dialog Box Warning Messages
Dialog Box Information Messages
Metadevice Editor Window Messages
Messages Displayed When Dragging an Object
Disk View Window Messages
Messages Displayed When Pointing at an Object
Messages Displayed When Dragging an Object
Log Messages
Notice Log Messages
Warning Log Messages
Panic Log Messages
DiskSuite Command Line Messages
Error Messages
Log Messages
Notice Log Messages
Warning Log Messages
Panic Log Messages
Appendix B Upgrading to Other Solaris Versions
Introduction
Upgrading Solaris With Solstice DiskSuite
How to Upgrade Solaris With Solstice DiskSuite
Glossary
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