Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide

Example -- Creating Initial State Database Replicas on a System With Five Disks


# metadb -a -f c0t1d0s3 c1t1d0s3 c2t1d0s3 c3t1d0s3 c4t1d0s3
# metadb
 
        flags         first blk      block count
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s3
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s3
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s3
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s3
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c4t1d0s3

The -a and -f options are used together to create the initial state database replicas. Five initial state database replicas, one on each of five slices, are created. By spreading the state database replicas across controllers, you can increase metadevice performance and reliability. The metadb command checks that the replicas are active, as indicated by the -a flag.