How to Delete a Hot Spare From a Hot Spare Pool

1. Verify whether the hot spare is currently being used by using one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action->Properties, then choose the Hot Spares panel and follow the instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metastat command:

     metastat hot-spare-pool-name

     See the metastat(1M) man page.

2. To delete the hot spare, use one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action->Properties, then choose the Hot Spares panel and follow the instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metahs command:

     metahs -d hot-spare-pool-name current-hot-spare

     -d

     Specifies to delete a hot spare from the hot spare pool named.

     hot-spare-pool

     Is the name of the hot spare pool, or the special keyword all to delete from all hot spare pools.

     current-hot-spare

     Is the name of the current hot spare that will be deleted.

     See the metahs(1M) man page for more information.

Example—Deleting a Hot Spare from One Hot Spare Pool

# metastat hsp003
hsp003: 1 hot spare
        c0t2d0s2                Broken       5600 blocks
# metahs -d hsp003 c0t2d0s2

In this example, the metastat command makes sure that the hot spare is not in use. The metahs -d command deletes hot spare /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s2 in the hot spare pool hsp003.