Documentation Home
> Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
Book Information
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
Preface
Chapter 1 Getting Started With Solaris Volume Manager
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—What's New
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—Storage Capacity
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—Availability
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—I/O Performance
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—Administration
Solaris Volume Manager Roadmap—Troubleshooting
Chapter 2 Storage Management Concepts
Introduction to Storage Management
Storage Hardware
RAID Levels
Configuration Planning Guidelines
Choosing Storage
General Performance Guidelines
Random I/O and Sequential I/O Optimization
Random I/O
Sequential Access I/O
Chapter 3 Solaris Volume Manager Overview
What's New in Solaris Volume Manager
Introduction to Solaris Volume Manager
How Solaris Volume Manager Manages Storage
How to Administer Solaris Volume Manager
How to Access the Solaris Volume Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Solaris Volume Manager Requirements
Overview of Solaris Volume Manager Components
Overview of Volumes
Classes of Volumes
How Volumes Are Used
Example—Volume That Consists of Two Slices
Volume and Disk Space Expansion Using the growfs Command
Volume Names
Volume Name Guidelines
State Database and State Database Replicas
Hot Spare Pools
Disk Sets
Solaris Volume Manager Configuration Guidelines
General Guidelines
File System Guidelines
Overview of Creating Solaris Volume Manager Components
Prerequisites for Creating Solaris Volume Manager Components
Overview of Multi-Terabyte Support in Solaris Volume Manager
Large Volume Support Limitations
Using Large Volumes
Upgrading to Solaris Volume Manager
Chapter 4 Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster (Overview)
Introduction to Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster
Prerequisite: Required Software Components for Multi-Owner Disk Set Functionality
Multi-Owner Disk Set Concepts
Tasks Associated With Multi-Owner Disk Sets
Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster Configuration
RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Sets
Mirror Ownership With Multi-Owner Disk Sets
Data Management and Recovery Processes
Optimized Resynchronization for Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster
Application-Based Recovery and Directed Mirror Reads
Chapter 5 Configuring and Using Solaris Volume Manager (Scenario)
Scenario Background Information
Hardware Configuration
Initial Physical Storage Configuration
Final Solaris Volume Manager Configuration
Chapter 6 State Database (Overview)
About the Solaris Volume Manager State Database and Replicas
Understanding the Majority Consensus Algorithm
Administering State Database Replicas
Handling State Database Replica Errors
Scenario—State Database Replicas
Chapter 7 State Database (Tasks)
State Database Replicas (Task Map)
Creating State Database Replicas
How to Create State Database Replicas
Maintaining State Database Replicas
How to Check the Status of State Database Replicas
How to Delete State Database Replicas
Chapter 8 RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Overview)
Overview of RAID-0 Volumes
RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume
Interlace Values for a RAID–0 (Stripe) Volume
Scenario—RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume
RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume
Scenario—RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume
RAID-0 (Concatenated Stripe) Volume
Example—RAID-0 (Concatenated Stripe) Volume
Background Information for Creating RAID-0 Volumes
RAID-0 Volume Requirements
RAID-0 Volume Guidelines
Scenario—RAID-0 Volumes
Chapter 9 RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Tasks)
RAID-0 Volumes (Task Map)
Creating RAID-0 (Stripe) Volumes
How to Create a RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume
Creating RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volumes
How to Create a RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume
Expanding Storage Capacity
How to Expand Storage Capacity for Existing Data
How to Expand an Existing RAID-0 Volume
Removing a RAID-0 Volume
How to Remove a RAID-0 Volume
Chapter 10 RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Overview)
Overview of RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes
Overview of Submirrors
Scenario—RAID-1 (Mirror) Volume
Providing RAID-1+0 and RAID-0+1
RAID-1 Volume (Mirror) Resynchronization
Full Resynchronization
Optimized Resynchronization
Partial Resynchronization
Creating and Maintaining RAID-1 Volumes
Configuration Guidelines for RAID-1 Volumes
Performance Guidelines for RAID-1 Volumes
About RAID-1 Volume Options
RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies
Pass Number
Understanding Submirror Status to Determine Maintenance Actions
The Affect of Booting Into Single-User Mode on RAID-1 Volumes
Scenario—RAID-1 Volumes (Mirrors)
Chapter 11 RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Tasks)
RAID-1 Volumes (Task Map)
Creating a RAID-1 Volume
How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From Unused Slices
How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From a File System
SPARC: How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From the root (/) File System
x86: Creating a RAID-1 Volume From the root (/) File System
x86: How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From the root (/) File System by Using GRUB
x86: How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From the root (/) File System by Using DCA
Understanding Boot Time Warnings When Mirroring the root (/) File System
Working With Submirrors
How to Attach a Submirror
How to Detach a Submirror
How to Place a Submirror Offline and Online
How to Enable a Slice in a Submirror
Maintaining RAID-1 Volumes
How to View the Status of Mirrors and Submirrors
How to Change RAID-1 Volume Options
How to Expand a RAID-1 Volume
Responding to RAID-1 Volume Component Failures
How to Replace a Slice in a Submirror
How to Replace a Submirror
Removing RAID-1 Volumes (Unmirroring)
How to Unmirror a File System
How to Unmirror a File System That Cannot Be Unmounted
Backing Up Data on a RAID-1 Volume
How to Perform an Online Backup of a RAID-1 Volume
Chapter 12 Soft Partitions (Overview)
Overview of Soft Partitions
Configuration Guidelines for Soft Partitions
Scenario—Soft Partitions
Chapter 13 Soft Partitions (Tasks)
Soft Partitions (Task Map)
Creating Soft Partitions
How to Create a Soft Partition
Maintaining Soft Partitions
How to Check the Status of a Soft Partition
How to Expand a Soft Partition
How to Remove a Soft Partition
Chapter 14 RAID-5 Volumes (Overview)
Overview of RAID-5 Volumes
Example—RAID-5 Volume
Example—Concatenated (Expanded) RAID-5 Volume
Background Information for Creating RAID-5 Volumes
Requirements for RAID-5 Volumes
Guidelines for RAID-5 Volumes
Overview of Checking Status of RAID-5 Volumes
Overview of Replacing and Enabling Slices in RAID-5 Volumes
Scenario—RAID-5 Volumes
Chapter 15 RAID-5 Volumes (Tasks)
RAID-5 Volumes (Task Map)
Creating RAID-5 Volumes
How to Create a RAID-5 Volume
Maintaining RAID-5 Volumes
How to Check the Status of a RAID-5 Volume
How to Expand a RAID-5 Volume
How to Enable a Component in a RAID-5 Volume
How to Replace a Component in a RAID-5 Volume
Chapter 16 Hot Spare Pools (Overview)
Overview of Hot Spares and Hot Spare Pools
Hot Spares
Hot Spare Pools
How Hot Spares Work
Hot Spare Pool States
Example—Hot Spare Pool
Scenario—Hot Spares
Chapter 17 Hot Spare Pools (Tasks)
Hot Spare Pools (Task Map)
Creating a Hot Spare Pool
How to Create a Hot Spare Pool
How to Add Additional Slices to a Hot Spare Pool
Associating a Hot Spare Pool With Volumes
How to Associate a Hot Spare Pool With a Volume
How to Change the Associated Hot Spare Pool
Maintaining Hot Spare Pools
How to Check the Status of Hot Spares and Hot Spare Pools
How to Replace a Hot Spare in a Hot Spare Pool
How to Delete a Hot Spare From a Hot Spare Pool
How to Enable a Hot Spare
Chapter 18 Disk Sets (Overview)
What's New in Disk Sets
Introduction to Disk Sets
Types of Disk Sets
Local Disk Sets
Named Disk Sets
Shared Disk Sets
Autotake Disk Sets
Multi-Owner Disk Sets
Solaris Volume Manager Disk Set Administration
Reserving a Disk Set
Releasing a Disk Set
Importing a Disk Set
Automatic Disk Partitioning
Disk Set Name Requirements
Example—Two Shared Disk Sets
Guidelines for Working With Disk Sets
Asynchronous Shared Storage in Disk Sets
Scenario—Disk Sets
Chapter 19 Disk Sets (Tasks)
Disk Sets (Task Map)
Creating Disk Sets
How to Create a Disk Set
Expanding Disk Sets
How to Add Disks to a Disk Set
How to Add Another Host to a Disk Set
How to Create Solaris Volume Manager Components in a Disk Set
Maintaining Disk Sets
How to Check the Status of a Disk Set
How to Delete Disks From a Disk Set
How to Take a Disk Set
How to Release a Disk Set
How to Delete a Host or Disk Set
Importing Disk Sets
How to Print a Report on Disk Sets Available for Import
How to Import a Disk Set From One System to Another System
Chapter 20 Maintaining Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks)
Solaris Volume Manager Maintenance (Task Map)
Viewing the Solaris Volume Manager Configuration
How to View the Solaris Volume Manager Volume Configuration
Where To Go From Here
Renaming Volumes
Background Information for Renaming Volumes
Exchanging Volume Names
How to Rename a Volume
Working With Configuration Files
How to Create Configuration Files
How to Initialize Solaris Volume Manager From a Configuration File
Changing Solaris Volume Manager Default Values
Expanding a File System Using the growfs Command
Background Information for Expanding Slices and Volumes
How to Expand a File System
Overview of Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumes
Enabling a Component
Replacing a Component With Another Available Component
Maintenance and Last Erred States
Background Information for Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumes
Chapter 21 Best Practices for Solaris Volume Manager
Deploying Small Servers
Using Solaris Volume Manager With Networked Storage Devices
Chapter 22 Top-Down Volume Creation (Overview)
Overview of Top-Down Volume Creation
Top-Down Volume Creation Implementation With Disk Sets
Top-Down Volume Creation Processes
Determining Which Disks Are Available for Top-Down Volume Creation
Chapter 23 Top-Down Volume Creation (Tasks)
Top-Down Volume Creation (Task Map)
Prerequisites for Top-Down Volume Creation
Creating Volumes Automatically
Analyzing Volume Creation by Specifying Output Verbosity
How to Create RAID-1 (mirror) Volumes Using the metassist Command
Working With File-Based Data Using the metassist Command
Creating a Command File (Shell Script) Using the metassist Command
How to Create a Command File (Shell Script) Using the metassist Command
Creating a Volume With a Saved Shell Script Created by the metassist Command
How to Execute a Saved metassist Command Shell Script
Creating a Volume Configuration File With the metassist Command
How to Create a Volume Configuration File Using the metassist Command
Changing the Default Behavior of the metassist Command
Changing the Volume Defaults File
Chapter 24 Monitoring and Error Reporting (Tasks)
Solaris Volume Manager Monitoring and Reporting (Task Map)
Configuring the mdmonitord Command for Periodic Error Checking
How to Configure the mdmonitord Command for Periodic Error Checking
Solaris Volume Manager SNMP Agents Overview
Configuring the Solaris Volume Manager SNMP Agents
How to Configure the Solaris Volume Manager SNMP Agents
Limitations of the Solaris Volume Manager SNMP Agent
Monitoring Solaris Volume Manager With a cron Job
How to Automate Checking for Errors in Volumes
Chapter 25 Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks)
Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Task Map)
Overview of Troubleshooting the System
Prerequisites for Troubleshooting the System
General Guidelines for Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager
General Troubleshooting Approach
Replacing Disks
How to Replace a Failed Disk
Recovering From Disk Movement Problems
Disk Movement and Device ID Overview
Resolving Unnamed Devices Error Message
Device ID Discrepancies After Upgrading to the Solaris 10 Release
Recovering From Boot Problems
Background Information for Boot Problems
How to Recover From Improper /etc/vfstab Entries
Recovering the root (/) RAID-1 (Mirror) Volume
How to Recover From a Boot Device Failure
Recovering From State Database Replica Failures
How to Recover From Insufficient State Database Replicas
Recovering From Soft Partition Problems
How to Recover Configuration Data for a Soft Partition
Recovering Storage From a Different System
How to Recover Storage From a Local Disk Set
Recovering Storage From a Known Disk Set
How to Print a Report on Disk Sets Available for Import
How to Import a Disk Set From One System to Another System
Recovering From Disk Set Problems
What to Do When You Cannot Take Ownership of A Disk Set
How to Purge a Disk Set
Performing Mounted Filesystem Backups Using the ufsdump Command
How to Perform a Backup of a Mounted Filesystem Located on a RAID-1 Volume
Performing System Recovery
How to Recover a System Using a Solaris Volume Manager Configuration
Appendix A Important Solaris Volume Manager Files
System Files and Startup Files
Manually Configured Files
Overview of the md.tab File
Appendix B Solaris Volume Manager Quick Reference
Command-Line Reference
Appendix C Solaris Volume Manager CIM/WBEM API
Managing Solaris Volume Manager
© 2010, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates