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The /usr/sbin/apdisk command helps you manage disk pathgroups in the Alternate Pathing (AP) system.
The following options are supported:
Create database entries for disks (i.e., a SPARCStorage Arrays) connected to two I/O ports. Give the I/O port names (e.g., pln0 and pln1) as the primary_path and alternate_path.
Delete AP information for the specified disk pathgroup. If the existing information is uncommitted, apdisk removes it immediately. If the existing information is already committed, it is only marked for deletion and existing metadevices continue to function until a commit is done, at which time the information is removed.
Undelete AP information for the specified disk pathgroup. This option cancels a previous apdisk -d request that marked committed information for deletion.
Mark the I/O port as offline. The corresponding metadisk interface can still be used if the other I/O controller path in the pathgroup is functioning properly. Note that you cannot mark an I/O controller path as offline if it is currently the active alternate.
Mark the I/O port as online. Note that this operation does not automatically cause the I/O controller path to become the active alternate.
Update existing database entries for the disk pathgroup identified by the primary path (e.g., pln0). Disk targets that are no longer accessible through one or more paths are removed, and new disk targets are added. To update the metadisk device nodes execute drvconfig -i ap_dmd and apconfig -R.
See apconfig(1M) in this reference manual and drvconfig(1M) in man Pages(1M): System Administration Commands of the SunOS Reference Manual.
Clear the tried flag for the specified I/O port.
The following commands create metadisk device nodes and AP database entries for disks that use the pln0 and pln1 interfaces, with pln0 specified as the primary path.
# apdisk -c -p pln0 -a pln1 # apdb -C # drvconfig -i ap_dmd # apconfig -R |
The following commands delete the AP database entries for disks with sf1 specified as the primary path.
# apdisk -d sf1 # apdb -C |
Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing User's Guide
apdb(1M), apconfig(1M), apinst(1M), apnet(1M) in this reference manual
devlinks(1M), drvconfig(1M) in the man Pages(1M): System Administration Commands in the SunOS Reference Manual
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO