Hot Spare Pool and Hot Spare Status (Command Line) (Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide)

Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide

Running the metastat(1M) command on a hot spare pool shows the status of the hot spare pool and its hot spares.

Here is sample hot spare pool output from metastat.

# metastat hsp001
hsp001: 1 hot spare
        c1t3d0s2                Available       16800 blocks

Table 3-13 explains hot spare pool states and possible actions to take.

Table 3-13 Hot Spare Pool States (Command Line)


State	Meaning	Action
Available	The hot spares are running and ready to accept data, but are not currently being written to or read from.	None.
In-use	Hot spares are currently being written to and read from.	Diagnose how the hot spares are being used. Then repair the slice in the metadevice for which the hot spare is being used.
Attention	There is a problem with a hot spare or hot spare pool, but there is no immediate danger of losing data. This status is also displayed if there are no hot spares in the Hot Spare Pool or all the hot spares are in use or any are broken.	Diagnose how the hot spares are being used or why they are broken. You can add more hot spares to the hot spare pool if desired.