Sun Cluster 3.1 10/03 System Administration Guide

Example—Performing Online Backups for Mirrors (Solstice DiskSuite/Solaris Volume Manager)

In the following example, the cluster node phys-schost-1 is the owner of the metaset schost-1, therefore the backup procedure is performed from phys-schost-1. The mirror /dev/md/schost-1/dsk/d0 consists of the submirrors d10, d20, and d30.


[Determine the owner of the metaset:]
# metaset -s schost-1
Set name = schost-1, Set number = 1
Host                Owner
  phys-schost-1     Yes 
...
[Lock the file system from writes:] 
# lockfs -w /global/schost-1
[List the submirrors:]
# metastat -s schost-1 -p
schost-1/d0 -m schost-1/d10 schost-1/d20 schost-1/d30 1
schost-1/d10 1 1 d4s0
schost-1/d20 1 1 d6s0
schost-1/d30 1 1 d8s0
[Take a submirror offline:]
# metadetach -s schost-1 d0 d30
[Unlock the file system:]
# lockfs -u /
[Check the file system:]
# fsck /dev/md/schost-1/rdsk/d30
[Copy the submirror to the backup device:]
# ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/md/schost-1/rdsk/d30
  DUMP: Writing 63 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue Apr 25 16:15:51 2000
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/md/schost-1/rdsk/d30 to /dev/rdsk/c1t9d0s0.
  ...
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
[Bring the submirror back online:]
# metattach -s schost-1 d0 d30
schost-1/d0: submirror schost-1/d30 is attached
[Resync the submirror:]
# metastat -s schost-1 d0
schost-1/d0: Mirror
    Submirror 0: schost-0/d10
      State: Okay         
    Submirror 1: schost-0/d20
      State: Okay
    Submirror 2: schost-0/d30
      State: Resyncing
    Resync in progress: 42% done
    Pass: 1
    Read option: roundrobin (default)
...