How to Check the Status of State Database Replicas (Command Line)

After checking the prerequisites ("Prerequisites for Maintaining DiskSuite Objects"), use the metadb(1M) command with the -i option to view the status of state database replicas. Refer to the metadb(1M) man page for more information.

Example -- Checking Status of All State Database Replicas

# metadb -i
        flags           first blk       block count
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c4t3d0s2
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c3t3d0s2
     a        u         16              1034            /dev/dsk/c2t3d0s2
 o - state database replica active prior to last mddb configuration change
 u - state database replica is up to date
 l - locator for this state database replica was read successfully
 c - state database replica's location was in /etc/opt/SUNWmd/mddb.cf
 p - state database replica's location was patched in kernel
 m - state database replica is master, this is state database replica selected as input
 W - state database replica has device write errors
 a - state database replica is active, commits are occurring to this state database replica
 M - state database replica had problem with master blocks
 D - state database replica had problem with data blocks
 F - state database replica had format problems
 S - state database replica is too small to hold current data base
 R - state database replica had device read errors

The characters in the front of the device name represent the status. All of the state database replicas in this example are active, as indicated by the a flag. A legend of all the flags follows the status.

Uppercase letters indicate a problem status. Lowercase letters indicate an "Okay" status.