Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
    
A
 
 adding hot spares ( Index Term Link )
 
 alternate boot device, IA ( Index Term Link )
 
 alternate boot path ( 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
 
 concatenated stripe
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  example with three stripes ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link )
 
 concatenated volume
  See concatenation
 
 concatenation
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  example with three slices ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
  expanding UFS file system ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for recreating ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link )
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 configuration planning
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  overview ( Index Term Link )
  trade-offs ( Index Term Link )
 
 cron command ( Index Term Link )
    
D
 
 disk set ( Index Term Link )
  adding another host to ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  adding disks to ( Index Term Link )
  adding drives to ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  administering ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  checking status ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  displaying owner ( Index Term Link )
  example with two shared disk sets ( Index Term Link )
  inability to use with /etc/vfstab file ( Index Term Link )
  increasing the default number ( Index Term Link )
  intended usage ( Index Term Link )
  placement of replicas ( Index Term Link )
  relationship to volumes and hot spare pools ( Index Term Link )
  releasing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  reservation behavior ( Index Term Link )
  reservation types ( Index Term Link )
  reserving ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  Solstice HA ( Index Term Link )
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 DiskSuite Tool
  See graphical interface
    
E
 
 enabling a hot spare ( Index Term Link )
 
 enabling a slice in a RAID 5 volume ( Index Term Link )
 
 enabling a slice in a submirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 Enhanced Storage
  See graphical interface
 
 errors, checking for using a script ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/lvm/md.cf file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/lvm/mddb.cf file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/rc2.d/S95lvm.sync file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/rcS.d/S35lvm.init file ( Index Term Link )
 
 /etc/vfstab file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from improper entries ( Index Term Link )
    
F
 
 failover configuration ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 file system
  expanding by creating a concatenation ( Index Term Link )
  expansion overview ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  growing ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  panics ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
 
 fmthard command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 format command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 fsck command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
G
 
 general performance guidelines ( Index Term Link )
 
 graphical interface, overview ( Index Term Link )
 
 growfs command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 GUI, sample ( Index Term Link )
    
H
 
 hot spare ( Index Term Link )
  adding to a hot spare pool ( Index Term Link )
  conceptual overview ( Index Term Link )
  enabling ( Index Term Link )
  replacing in a hot spare pool ( Index Term Link )
 
 hot spare pool ( Index Term Link )
  administering ( Index Term Link )
  associating ( Index Term Link )
  basic operation ( Index Term Link )
  changing association ( Index Term Link )
  conceptual overview ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  example with mirror ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
    
I
 
 I/O ( Index Term Link )
 
 interfaces
  See Solaris Volume Manager interfaces
 
 interlace, specifying ( Index Term Link )
    
K
 
 /kernel/drv/md.conf file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
L
 
 local disk set ( Index Term Link )
 
 lockfs command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 log device
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  problems when sharing ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from errors ( Index Term Link )
  shared ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  sharing ( Index Term Link )
  space required ( Index Term Link )
 
 logging device, hard error state ( Index Term Link )
    
M
 
 majority consensus algorithm ( Index Term Link )
 
 master device, definition ( Index Term Link )
 
 md.cf file ( Index Term Link )
  recovering a Solaris Volume Manager configuration ( Index Term Link )
 
 md.tab file ( Index Term Link )
  overview ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaclear command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadb command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadetach command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metadevice
  See volume
 
 metahs command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metainit 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 ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaoffline command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaonline command ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaparam command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metarename command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metareplace command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaroot command ( Index Term Link )
 
 metaset command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metastat command ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 metasync command ( Index Term Link )
 
 metattach 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 )
  changing options ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  detach vs. offline ( Index Term Link )
  example with two submirrors ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( 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 components ( Index Term Link )
  maintenance vs. last erred ( Index Term Link )
  maximum number of submirrors ( Index Term Link )
  options ( Index Term Link )
  overview of replacing and enabling components ( Index Term Link )
  overview of replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  resynchronization ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  sample status output ( Index Term Link )
  three-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
  two-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 mirroring
  availability considerations ( Index Term Link )
  file system that can be unmounted ( Index Term Link )
  read and write performance ( Index Term Link )
  root (/), /usr, and swap ( Index Term Link )
  unused slices ( Index Term Link )
    
N
 
 newfs command ( Index Term Link )
    
O
 
 online backup ( Index Term Link )
    
P
 
 pass number
  and read-only mirror ( Index Term Link )
  defined ( Index Term Link )
    
R
 
 RAID, levels supported in Solaris Volume Manager ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID 5 parity calculations ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID 5 volume
  and interlace ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID 0 volume
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID 5 volume
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  enabling a failed slice ( Index Term Link )
  example with an expanded device ( Index Term Link )
  example with four slices ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
  explanation of error states ( Index Term Link )
  information for replacing and enabling components ( Index Term Link )
  initializing slices ( Index Term Link )
  maintenance vs. last erred ( Index Term Link )
  overview of replacing and enabling slices ( Index Term Link )
  parity information ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  replacing a failed slice ( Index Term Link )
  resynchronizing slices ( Index Term Link )
 
 RAID 0 volume
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 random I/O ( Index Term Link )
 
 raw volume ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 read policies overview ( Index Term Link )
 
 releasing a disk set ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 renaming volumes ( Index Term Link )
 
 replica ( Index Term Link )
 
 reserving a disk set ( Index Term Link )
 
 resynchronization
  full ( Index Term Link )
  optimized ( Index Term Link )
  partial ( Index Term Link )
 
 root (/)
  mirroring ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
    
S
 
 SCSI disk
  replacing ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 sequential I/O ( Index Term Link )
 
 shared disk set ( Index Term Link )
 
 simple volume, See RAID 0 volume ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
 
 slices
  adding to a RAID 5 volume ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft partition
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  deleting ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
  growing ( Index Term Link )
  recovering configuration for ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link )
 
 soft partitioning
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  locations ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris Volume Manager
  See Solaris Volume Manager
  configuration guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  recovering the configuration ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris Volume Manager elements, overview ( Index Term Link )
 
 Solaris Volume Manager interfaces
  command line ( Index Term Link )
  sample GUI ( Index Term Link )
  Solaris Management Console ( Index Term Link )
 
 state database
  conceptual overview ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  corrupt ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from stale replicas ( Index Term Link )
 
 state database replicas ( Index Term Link )
  adding larger replicas ( Index Term Link )
  basic operation ( Index Term Link )
  creating additional ( Index Term Link )
  creating multiple on a single slice ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  errors ( Index Term Link )
  location ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  minimum number ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from stale replicas ( Index Term Link )
  two-disk configuration ( Index Term Link )
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 status ( Index Term Link )
 
 stripe
  creating ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  example with three slices ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
  information for creating ( Index Term Link )
  information for recreating ( Index Term Link )
  removing ( Index Term Link )
 
 striped volume
  See stripe
 
 striping, definition ( Index Term Link )
 
 submirror ( Index Term Link )
  attaching ( Index Term Link )
  detaching ( Index Term Link )
  enabling a failed slice ( Index Term Link )
  operation while offline ( Index Term Link )
  placing offline and online ( Index Term Link )
  replacing a failed slice ( Index Term Link )
  replacing entire ( Index Term Link )
 
 swap
  mirroring ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
 
 system files ( Index Term Link )
    
T
 
 three-way mirror ( Index Term Link )
 
 transactional volume
  and /etc/vfstab file ( Index Term Link )
  creating for a file system that cannot be unmounted ( Index Term Link )
  creating using metarename ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  creating using mirrors ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  determining file systems to log ( Index Term Link )
  example with mirrors ( Index Term Link )
  example with shared log device ( Index Term Link )
  expanding ( Index Term Link )
  guidelines ( Index Term Link )
  recovering from errors ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  removing using metarename ( Index Term Link )
  states ( Index Term Link )
  usage ( Index Term Link )
 
 troubleshooting, general guidelines ( Index Term Link )
    
U
 
 UFS logging, definition ( Index Term Link )
 
 /usr
  logging ( Index Term Link )
  mirroring ( Index Term Link )
  unmirroring ( Index Term Link )
    
V
 
 /var/adm/messages file ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 volume
  checking status ( Index Term Link )
  conceptual overview ( Index Term Link )
  default number ( Index Term Link )
  definition ( Index Term Link )
  expanding disk space ( Index Term Link )
  increasing the default number ( Index Term Link )
  name switching ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  naming conventions ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  renaming ( Index Term Link )
  types ( Index Term Link )
  uses ( Index Term Link )
  using file system commands on ( Index Term Link )
  virtual disk ( Index Term Link )
 
 volume name switching ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
    
W
 
 write policies overview ( Index Term Link )
    
X
 
 x86
  See IA