How to Create a Hot Spare Pool (Command Line)

After checking the prerequisites ("Prerequisites for Creating DiskSuite Objects"), and the preliminary information ("Preliminary Information for Creating Hot Spare Pools"), use the metainit(1M) command to create a hot spare pool. Refer to the metainit(1M) man page for more information.

Example -- Creating a Hot Spare Pool

# metainit hsp001 c2t2d0s2 c3t2d0s2
hsp001: Hotspare pool is setup

The hot spare pool hsp001 contains two disks as the hot spares. The system verifies that the hot spare pool has been set up.

Where to Go From Here

To add more hot spares to the hot spare pool, refer to "How to Add a Hot Spare Slice to a Hot Spare Pool (Command Line)". After creating the hot spare pool, you need to associate it with a submirror or RAID5 metadevice. See "How to Associate a Hot Spare Pool (Command Line)".