How to Delete a Hot Spare From a Hot Spare Pool

Steps

1. Become superuser.

2. 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. Follow the onscreen instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metastat command to view the status of the hot spare pool:

     # metastat hot-spare-pool-name

     See the metastat(1M) man page.

3. 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. Follow the onscreen 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

     -d

     Specifies to delete a hot spare from the named hot spare pool.

     hot-spare-pool

     Specifies the name of the hot spare pool. You can also use the special keyword all to delete the hot spare from all hot spare pools.

     current-hot-spare

     Specifies the name of the current hot spare that will be deleted.

     For more information, see the metahs(1M) man page.

Example 17–11 Deleting a Hot Spare from One Hot Spare Pool

In the following example, the metastat command shows that the hot spare is not in use. The metahs -d command deletes the hot spare, /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s2, in the hot spare pool, hsp003.

# metastat hsp003
hsp003: 1 hot spare
        c0t2d0s2                Broken       5600 blocks
# metahs -d hsp003 c0t2d0s2