Example -- Reserving a Diskset Safely

red# metaset
...
Set name = relo-red, Set number = 2
 
Host                Owner
  red
  blue
...
red# metaset -s relo-red -t
red# metaset
...
Set name = relo-red, Set number = 2
 
Host                Owner
  red                Yes
  blue
...

In this example, host red communicates with host blue and ensures that host blue has released any reservation of the diskset before host red attempts to reserve the set.

In this example, if host blue owned the set relo-red, the "Owner" column in the above output would still have been blank. The metaset(1M) command only shows whether the issuing host owns the diskset, and not the other host.