How to Replace a Hot Spare in a Hot Spare Pool

1. Verify whether the hot spare is currently being used by using one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action->Properties, then choose the Hot Spares panel and follow the instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metastat command:

     metastat hot-spare-pool-name

     See the metastat(1M) man page.

2. To replace the hot spare, use one of the following methods:

   • From the Enhanced Storage tool within the Solaris Management Console, open the Hot Spare Pools node and select a hot spare pool. Choose Action->Properties, then choose the Hot Spares panel and follow the instructions. For more information, see the online help.

   • Use the following form of the metahs command:

     metahs -r hot-spare-pool-name current-hot-spare replacement-hot-spare

     -r

     Specifies to replace disks in the hot spare pool named.

     hot-spare-pool

     Is the name of the hot spare pool, or the special keyword all to change all hot spare pool associations.

     current-hot-spare

     Is the name of the current hot spare that will be replaced.

     replacement-hot-spare

     Is the name of the slice to take the place of the current hot spare in the named pools.

     See the metahs(1M) man page for more information.

Example—Replacing a Hot Spare in One Hot Spare Pool

# metastat hsp003
hsp003: 1 hot spare
        c0t2d0s2                Broken       5600 blocks
# metahs -r hsp003 c0t2d0s2 c3t1d0s2
hsp003: Hotspare c0t2d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2

In this example, the metastat command makes sure that the hot spare is not in use. The metahs -r command replaces hot spare /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s2 with /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s2 in the hot spare pool hsp003.

Example—Replacing a Hot Spare in All Associated Hot Spare Pools

# metahs -r all c1t0d0s2 c3t1d0s2
hsp001: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2
hsp002: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2
hsp003: Hotspare c1t0d0s2 is replaced with c3t1d0s2

In this example, the keyword all replaces hot spare /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 with /dev/dsk/c3t1d0s2 in all its associated hot spare pools.