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.
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 |
Specifies to delete a hot spare from the hot spare pool named.
Is the name of the hot spare pool, or the special keyword all to delete from all hot spare pools.
Is the name of the current hot spare that will be deleted.
See the metahs(1M) man page for more information.
# 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.