Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing 2.0.1 Reference Manual

apdb(1M)

apdb- manage AP database

apdb

-c

raw_disk_slice

-k

system_file

-f

apdb

-d

raw_disk_slice

-k

system_file

-f

apdb

-m

major

-n

minor

-f

apdb

-C

apdb

-Z

The /usr/sbin/apdb command helps you manage the AP database.

The following options are supported:

-c raw_disk_slice: Create a database copy on the specified raw disk slice. You can create up to ten copies of the database. The minimum slice size is 300 KBytes.
-d raw_disk_slice: Delete a database copy from the specified raw disk slice.
-f: Force the deletion of the specified database. This option is required for creating the first copy of the database and for deleting each of the last two copies of the database. If you try to delete a database copy without this option when fewer than two database copies exist, AP displays an error message.
-k system_file: Patch the the database copy information to the kernel file system_file, rather than the default file, /etc/system.
-m major -n minor: Remove a database copy by specifying its location as a major-minor pair. Use -m to specify the major and -n for the minor. This option pair is useful when there is no path to the database because the device no longer exists.
-C: Commit all uncommitted entries within the database.
-Z: Copy the database in memory to all database copies. Note that all database copies are in sync with memory and are automatically updated at system shutdown. The -Z option lets you update the database copies at your discretion.

The following command creates a copy of the AP system database on /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1.

# apdb -c  /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1