Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide
    
A
 
 adding hot spares ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 allocating space for replicas ( Index Term Link )
 
 alternate boot device
  SPARC ( Index Term Link )
  x86 ( Index Term Link )
 
 alternate boot path ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 assigning interlace value ( Index Term Link )
    
B
 
 boot device, recovering from failure ( Index Term Link )
 
 boot problems ( Index Term Link )
 
 booting into single-user mode ( Index Term Link )
    
C
 
 checking status of DiskSuite objects ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 Concat/Stripe object ( Index Term Link )
 
 concatenated metadevice
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for recreating ( Index Term Link )
  recreating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 concatenated stripe
  creating from scratch ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 concatenation ( Index Term Link )
 
 configuration planning ( Index Term Link )
 
 cron(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
    
D
 
 detaching a submirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 device statistics
  graphing ( Index Term Link )
  viewing ( Index Term Link )
 
 Disk Manager
  batching ( Index Term Link )
  description ( Index Term Link )
  main window ( Index Term Link )
  property book ( Index Term Link )
  selecting multiple disks ( Index Term Link )
 
 disk quotas, and trans metadevices ( Index Term Link )
 
 Disk View window
  selecting objects ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 diskset
  adding additional drives to ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  adding another host to ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  adding drives to ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  configuring disk drive device names ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating a file system on ( Index Term Link )
  creating a mirror on ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  displaying owner ( Index Term Link )
  increasing the default number ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  releasing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing a drive from ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing a host from ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  reserving ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 DiskSuite
  and Prestoserve ( Index Term Link )
  checking for errors ( Index Term Link )
  configuration guidelines ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  configuration planning ( Index Term Link )
  configuring SNMP support ( Index Term Link )
  recovering the configuration ( Index Term Link )
 
 DiskSuite Tool
  changing default colors and fonts ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  Concat/Stripe object ( Index Term Link )
  filtering for slice replacement ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  filtering for slice size ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  integrating with Storage Manager ( Index Term Link )
  launching from SunNet Manager ( Index Term Link )
  launching Storage Manager ( Index Term Link )
  limitations ( Index Term Link )
  restoring uncommitted saved configuration changes ( Index Term Link )
  saving uncommitted configuration changes ( Index Term Link )
  starting ( Index Term Link )
  tips on using the Metadevice Editor ( Index Term Link )
  using to check status ( Index Term Link )
    
E
 
 enabling a hot spare ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 enabling a slice in a RAID5 metadevice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 enabling a slice in a submirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 enablng a slice in a submirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 errors, checking for using a script ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/dfs/dfstab file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/init.d/lvm.init file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/init.d/prestoserve file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/lvm/md.cf file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/lvm/mdlogd.cf file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/system file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/vfstab file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  and disksets ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from improper entries ( Index Term Link )
    
F
 
 fdisk(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 file system
  as a shared (exported) resource ( Index Term Link )
  creating on a metadevice ( Index Term Link )
  expanding by creating a concatenation ( Index Term Link )
  growing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  panics ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring using metarename(1M) ( Index Term Link )
 
 File System Manager ( Index Term Link )
  description ( Index Term Link )
  main window ( Index Term Link )
  property book ( Index Term Link )
 
 fmthard(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 format(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 fsck(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
G
 
 growfs(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 growing a file system ( Index Term Link )
    
H
 
 hot spare ( Index Term Link )
  adding to a hot spare pool ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  enabling ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  removing from a hot spare pool ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing in a hot spare pool ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 hot spare pool ( Index Term Link )
  associating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  changing association ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for replacing ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
  status keywords ( Index Term Link )
 
 Hot Spare Pool Information window ( Index Term Link )
    
I
 
 interlace
  changing on mirrored stripes ( Index Term Link )
  default ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  specifying ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
K
 
 /kernel/drv/md.conf file ( Index Term Link )
    
L
 
 labeled partitions ( Index Term Link )
 
 local diskset ( Index Term Link )
 
 lockfs(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 logging device ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  hard error state ( Index Term Link )
  problems when sharing ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from errors ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  sharing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  space required ( Index Term Link )
    
M
 
 master device ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  and metadevice name switching ( Index Term Link )
  using a striped metadevice as ( Index Term Link )
 
 md.cf file, recovering a DiskSuite configuration ( Index Term Link )
 
 md.tab file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mdlogd daemon ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaclear(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadb(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 MetaDB object ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  status fields ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadetach(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadevice
  checking status ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating a file system on ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  default number ( Index Term Link )
  general status keywords ( Index Term Link )
  increasing the default number ( Index Term Link )
  information for expanding ( Index Term Link )
  information on monitoring and graphing performance ( Index Term Link )
  name switching ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  naming conventions ( Index Term Link )
  renaming ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadevice name switching ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadevice state database ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from stale replicas ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link )
 
 Metadevice State Database Information window ( Index Term Link )
 
 metahs(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metainit(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaoffline(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaonline(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaparam(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metarename(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metareplace(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaroot(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaset(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metastat(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metatool(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metattach(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mirror ( Index Term Link )
  and disk geometries ( Index Term Link )
  and online backup ( Index Term Link )
  attaching a submirror ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  changing options ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  changing the interlace value of stripes ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating using metarename(1M) ( Index Term Link )
  detach vs. offline ( Index Term Link )
  detaching a submirror ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  explanation of error states ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  maintenance vs. last erred ( Index Term Link )
  overview of replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  pass number ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  sample status output ( Index Term Link )
  status keywords ( Index Term Link )
  three-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
  two-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 Mirror Information window ( Index Term Link )
 
 mirror policies ( Index Term Link )
 
 mirroring
  file system that can be unmounted ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  root (/), /usr, and swap ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  root (/) using the command line ( Index Term Link )
  unused slices ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 mountall(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 multi-way mirror warning ( Index Term Link )
 
 multi-way stripes and concatenations ( Index Term Link )
    
N
 
 newfs(1M) command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
O
 
 online backup ( Index Term Link )
    
P
 
 pass number ( Index Term Link )
 
 performance monitoring ( Index Term Link )
 
 Prestoserve
  configuring with DiskSuite ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
R
 
 RAID5 metadevice
  and initialization ( Index Term Link )
  and interlace ( Index Term Link )
  configuring interlace ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  enabling an errored slice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  explanation of error states ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  maintenance vs. last erred ( Index Term Link )
  overview of replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing an errored slice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  slice states ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
  status keywords ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID5 parity calculations ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID Information window ( Index Term Link )
 
 raw metadevice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 recovering DiskSuite configuration ( Index Term Link )
 
 releasing a diskset ( Index Term Link )
 
 removal of, SPARCstorage Array tray ( Index Term Link )
 
 rename busy message ( Index Term Link )
 
 renaming metadevices ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 replicas ( Index Term Link )
 
 reserving a diskset ( Index Term Link )
 
 root (/)
  mirroring ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing logging from ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
 
 root (/) mirror, recovering ( Index Term Link )
    
S
 
 SCSI disk
  replacing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 security considerations ( Index Term Link )
 
 shared diskset ( Index Term Link )
 
 slices
  adding to a RAID5 metadevice ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 SNMP alerts ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  configuring mdlogd daemon ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris partition, creating on an x86 system ( Index Term Link )
 
 SPARC, creating a root (/) mirror on ( Index Term Link )
 
 SPARCstorage Array
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  checking status of controller's fan and battery ( Index Term Link )
  critical status ( Index Term Link )
  device naming conventions ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  disabling NVRAM ( Index Term Link )
  displaying World Wide Name ( Index Term Link )
  enabling NVRAM ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  flushing writes from NVRAM ( Index Term Link )
  information for enabling and disabling NVRAM ( Index Term Link )
  information for replacing components ( Index Term Link )
  information for stopping and starting disks ( Index Term Link )
  making into a boot device ( Index Term Link )
  moving disks ( Index Term Link )
  purging fast write data from NVRAM ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from power loss ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  releasing a disk reserved by host ( Index Term Link )
  removing a tray ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing a disk in a mirror ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing a disk in a RAID5 metadevice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing a tray ( Index Term Link )
  representation in DiskSuite Tool ( Index Term Link )
  reserving a disk for exclusive host use ( Index Term Link )
  stopping and starting a disk ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  World Wide Name ( Index Term Link )
 
 ssaadm(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 state database replicas ( Index Term Link )
  adding larger replicas ( Index Term Link )
  adding multiple to the same slice ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating additional ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating initial ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating on a single slice ( Index Term Link )
  enabling ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for enabling ( Index Term Link )
  maximum number ( Index Term Link )
  modifying ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from stale replicas ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  setting up on a new system ( Index Term Link )
 
 status ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 Storage Manager ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  and DiskSuite ( Index Term Link )
  context definition ( Index Term Link )
  Disk Manager description ( Index Term Link )
  File System Manager description ( Index Term Link )
  Load Context Property Book ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  object definition ( Index Term Link )
  property book definition ( Index Term Link )
 
 stripe ( Index Term Link )
 
 striped metadevice
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for recreating ( Index Term Link )
  moving to a different controller ( Index Term Link )
  recreating ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 submirror ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  enabling an errored slice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  placing offline and online ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing an errored slice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing entire ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  slice states ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
  status keywords ( Index Term Link )
 
 SunNet Manager
  elements.schema file ( Index Term Link )
  integrating with DiskSuite ( Index Term Link )
 
 swap
  allocating space from ( Index Term Link )
  mirroring ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
    
T
 
 task summary ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 three-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 trans metadevice ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  and /etc/vfstab file ( Index Term Link )
  and Prestoserve ( Index Term Link )
  and state database replicas ( Index Term Link )
  creating for a file system that can be unmounted ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating for a file system that cannot be unmounted ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating using metarename(1M) ( Index Term Link )
  creating using mirrors ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  preliminary information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from errors ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing logging from a file system that cannot be unmounted ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing using metarename(1M) ( Index Term Link )
  rename busy error ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
  status keywords ( Index Term Link )
 
 troubleshooting, general guidelines ( Index Term Link )
    
U
 
 UFS logging ( Index Term Link )
 
 ufsdump(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 ufsrestore(1M) command ( Index Term Link )
 
 /usr
  logging ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  mirroring ( Index Term Link )
  removing logging from ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
 
 /usr/lib/lvm/metatool-toolsmenu(4) file ( Index Term Link )
    
V
 
 /var/adm/messages file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
X
 
 x86
  creating a root (/) mirror on ( Index Term Link )
  installing boot information ( Index Term Link )