Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide

DiskSuite Task Summary

The information in this section, organized by DiskSuite feature, serves as a quick reference for all DiskSuite tasks. Keyboard accelerators (if available) and the command line equivalents are given for each task.

Table P-8 DiskSuite Feature/Task List

Feature/Task 

DiskSuite Tool Menu or Action 

Keyboard Command 

Concatenations

 

 

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Creating 

Edit -> Create -> Concat/Stripe 

metainit(1M)

Expanding 

Drag an unused slice to the object 

metattach(1M)

Recreating after slice failure 

Delete and recreate metadevice 

metaclear(1M), metainit(1M)

Removing 

Edit -> Delete 

metaclear(1M)

Configurations

 

 

Renaming a metadevice 

Use the Info window 

metarename(1M)

Restoring uncommitted configuration 

File -> Restore From File 

 

Reversing all uncommitted operations 

Edit -> Undo All 

 

Reversing an uncommitted operation 

Edit -> Undo Last 

 

Saving uncommitted configuration 

File -> Save To File 

 

DiskSuite Tool

 

 

Collapsing an object 

Object -> Collapse 

 

Committing an object 

Object -> Commit 

metainit(1M)

Configuration Log, viewing 

Browse -> Configuration Log 

 

Deleting an object 

Edit -> Delete 

metaclear(1M)

Disks, viewing 

Browse -> Disk View 

 

Displaying entire object 

Object -> Expand 

 

Duplicating an object 

Edit -> Duplicate 

 

Evaluating an object 

Object -> Evaluate 

 

Exiting 

File -> Exit 

 

Finding metadevices 

Browse -> Find 

 

Metadevices, viewing 

Browse ->Metadevices 

 

Object information 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Problems, viewing 

Browse -> Problem List 

 

Putting away an object 

Object -> Put Away 

 

Reorganizing objects on the canvas 

Edit -> Cleanup Canvas 

 

Slices, viewing 

Browse -> Slices 

prtvtoc(1M), format(1M)

Hot Spares

 

 

Adding a slice to a hot spare pool 

Drag an available slice to the hot spare pool object 

metahs(1M)

Associating a hot spare pool 

Drag a hot spare pool object onto submirror or RAID5 object 

metaparam(1M)

Changing the associated hot spare pool 

Drag a replacement hot spare pool object onto submirror or RAID5 object 

metaparam(1M)

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metahs(1M)

Creating hot spare pool 

Edit -> Create -> Spare Pool 

metainit(1M)

Enabling a hot spare 

Use the Hot Spare Pool Info window 

metahs(1M)

Removing a hot spare 

Use the Hot Spare Pool Info Window 

metahs(1M)

Removing a hot spare pool 

Edit -> Delete 

metaparam(1M), metahs(1M)

Replacing a component 

Drag a replacement slice to the Hot Spare Pool object 

metahs(1M)

Viewing a hot spare pool 

Browse -> Hot Spare Pool 

metastat(1M)

Mirrors

 

 

Attaching a submirror 

Drag a submirror to a Mirror object 

metattach(1M)

Changing options 

Use the Mirror Info window 

metaparam(1M)

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Creating 

Edit -> Create -> Mirror 

metainit(1M)

Detaching a submirror 

Use the Mirror Info window 

metadetach(1M)

Expanding 

Drag unused slices to the submirrors 

metattach(1M), growfs(1M)

Placing a submirror offline/online 

Use the Mirror Info window 

metaonline(1M), metaoffline(1M)

Replacing failed components 

Drag a replacement slice to the errored slice 

metareplace(1M)

Removing 

Edit -> Delete 

metadetach(1M), metaclear(1M)

Unmirroring a File System  

 

 

Performance Monitoring

 

 

Displaying device statistics 

Object -> Statistics 

iostat(1M)

Displaying graphs 

Browse -> Statistics Graphs 

iostat(1M)

RAID5 Metadevices

 

 

Checking Status 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Creating 

Edit -> Create -> RAID 

metainit(1M)

Expanding 

Drag an unused slice to the RAID5 object 

metattach(1M)

Replacing failed components 

Drag a replacement slice to the errored slice 

metareplace(1M)

Removing 

Edit -> Delete 

metaclear(1M)

SPARCstorage Arrays

 

 

Checking status of fan and battery 

Disk View -> Object -> Info 

ssaadm(1M)

Displaying controller information 

Disk View -> Object -> Info 

ssaadm(1M)

Disabling NVRAM 

Disk View -> Object -> Fast Write Disable 

ssaadm(1M)

Enabling NVRAM 

Disk View -> Object -> Fast Write Enable 

ssaadm(1M)

Enabling NVRAM (synchronous writes) 

Disk View -> Object -> Fast Write Synchronous 

ssaadm(1M)

Flushing outstanding writes from NVRAM 

Disk View -> Object -> Sync NVRAM 

ssaadm(1M)

Purging fast write data from NVRAM 

Select the object, display its pop-up menu and choose Purge NVRAM 

ssaadm(1M)

Reserving a Disk 

Disk View -> Object -> Reserve Disks 

ssaadm(1M)

Releasing a Disk 

Disk View -> Object -> Release Disks 

ssaadm(1M)

Starting a disk /tray/controller 

Disk View -> Object -> Start Disks 

ssaadm(1M)

Stopping a disk/tray/controller 

Disk View -> Object -> Stop Disks 

ssaadm(1M)

State Database Replicas

 

 

Adding more 

Drag slices to the initialized Metadevice State Database object 

metadb(1M)

Attaching 

Use the MetaDB Info window 

metadb(1M)

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metadb(1M)

Creating initial 

Drag slices to the uninitialized Metadevice State Database object 

metadb(1M)

Removing 

Display the Metadevice State Database Information window and choose Remove. 

metadb(1M)

Restoring 

Display the Metadevice State Database Information window and choose Restore. 

 

Viewing and modifying 

Use the Metadevice State Database Info window 

 

Stripes

 

 

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Creating 

Edit -> Create -> Concat/Stripe 

metainit(1M)

Expanding 

Drag an unused slice to the object 

metattach(1M)

Recreating after slice failure 

Delete and recreate metadevice 

metaclear(1M), metainit(1M)

Removing 

Edit -> Delete 

metaclear(1M)

Trans Metadevices

 

 

Attaching logging device 

Drag slice or metadevice to log rectangle of trans device. 

metattach(1M)

Checking status 

Object -> Info 

metastat(1M)

Creating 

Edit -> Create -> Trans 

metainit(1M)

Detaching logging device 

Drag logging device out of trans metadevice. 

metadetach(1M)

Removing 

Edit -> Delete 

metaclear(1M)

Sharing a log among trans metadevices 

Edit -> Create -> Trans; for the log, use the same slice already in use by another trans metadevice. 

metainit(1M); for the log, use the same slice already in use by another trans metadevice.