You can add drives to a diskset after it has been defined.
Make sure you have met the prerequisites ("Prerequisites for Maintaining DiskSuite Objects") and have read the preliminary information ("Preliminary Information for Working With Disksets").
Add a drive to an existing diskset by using the metaset(1M) command.
# metaset -s diskset -a drivename ... |
In this command,
-s diskset |
Specifies the name of a diskset on which metaset will work. |
-a |
Adds drives to the named diskset. |
drivename... |
Specifies the drives to add to the diskset. Drive names are in the form cxtxdx; no "sx" slice identifiers are at the end of the name. The drivename must have the same major and minor names on all hosts in the diskset. |
When drives are added to a diskset, DiskSuite re-balances the metadevice state database replicas across the remaining drives. Refer to "Creating Disksets" for more information.
You will lose data if you add drives that contain data.
Verify that the host has been added to the diskset by using the metaset(1M) command without any options.
# metaset |
red# metaset -s relo-red -a c2t5d0 red# metaset Set name = relo-red, Set number = 1 Host Owner red Yes blue Drive Dbase c1t2d0 Yes c1t3d0 Yes c2t2d0 Yes c2t3d0 Yes c2t4d0 Yes c2t5d0 No |
This example adds drive c2t5d0 to diskset relo-red.
If you add or delete drives to a diskset while DiskSuite Tool is running, a dialog box appears stating that the configuration has changed. Either reload the configuration by selecting Rescan Configuration from the File menu, or exit DiskSuite Tool then restart it.