Command-Line Reference

Listed here are all the commands that you use to administer Solaris Volume Manager. For more detailed information, see the man pages.

Table B-1 Solaris Volume Manager Commands

Solaris Volume ManagerCommand	Description	Man page
`growfs`	Expands a UFS file system in a nondestructive fashion.	`growfs`(1M)
`metaclear`	Deletes active volumes and hot spare pools.	`metaclear`(1M)
`metadb`	Creates and deletes state database replicas.	`metadb`(1M)
`metadetach`	Detaches a volume from a RAID-0 or RAID-1 (mirror) volume, or a log device from a transactional volume. Note - Transactional volumes are no longer supported.	`metadetach`(1M)
`metadevadm`	Checks device ID configuration.	`metadevadm`(1M)
`metahs`	Manages hot spares and hot spare pools.	`metahs`(1M)
`metaimport`	Import disk sets, including replicated disk sets, into existing Solaris Volume Manager configurations that have device ID support in the disk set.	`metaimport`(1M)
`metainit`	Configures volumes.	`metainit`(1M)
`metaoffline`	Places submirrors offline.	`metaoffline`(1M)
`metaonline`	Places submirrors online.	`metaonline`(1M)
`metaparam`	Modifies volume parameters.	`metaparam`(1M)
`metarecover`	Recovers configuration information for soft partitions.	`metarecover`(1M)
`metarename`	Renames and exchanges volume names.	`metarename`(1M)
`metareplace`	Replaces components in submirrors and RAID-5 volumes.	`metareplace`(1M)
`metaroot`	Sets up system files for mirroring the root (`/`) file system.	`metaroot`(1M)
`metaset`	Administers disk sets.	`metaset`(1M)
`metastat`	Displays the status of volumes or hot spare pools.	`metastat`(1M)
`metasync`	Resynchronizes volumes during reboot.	`metasync`(1M)
`metattach`	Attaches a component to a RAID-0 or RAID-1 volume.	`metattach`(1M)

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