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Preface

1.  Getting Started With Solaris Volume Manager

2.  Storage Management Concepts

3.  Solaris Volume Manager Overview

4.  Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster (Overview)

5.  Configuring and Using Solaris Volume Manager (Scenario)

6.  State Database (Overview)

7.  State Database (Tasks)

8.  RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Overview)

9.  RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Tasks)

10.  RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Overview)

11.  RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Tasks)

12.  Soft Partitions (Overview)

13.  Soft Partitions (Tasks)

14.  RAID-5 Volumes (Overview)

15.  RAID-5 Volumes (Tasks)

16.  Hot Spare Pools (Overview)

17.  Hot Spare Pools (Tasks)

18.  Disk Sets (Overview)

19.  Disk Sets (Tasks)

20.  Maintaining Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks)

21.  Best Practices for Solaris Volume Manager

22.  Top-Down Volume Creation (Overview)

23.  Top-Down Volume Creation (Tasks)

24.  Monitoring and Error Reporting (Tasks)

25.  Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks)

Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Task Map)

Overview of Troubleshooting the System

Prerequisites for Troubleshooting the System

General Guidelines for Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager

General Troubleshooting Approach

Replacing Disks

How to Replace a Failed Disk

Recovering From Disk Movement Problems

Disk Movement and Device ID Overview

Resolving Unnamed Devices Error Message

Device ID Discrepancies After Upgrading to the Solaris 10 Release

Recovering From Boot Problems

Background Information for Boot Problems

How to Recover From Improper /etc/vfstab Entries

Recovering the root (/) RAID-1 (Mirror) Volume

How to Recover From a Boot Device Failure

Recovering From State Database Replica Failures

How to Recover From Insufficient State Database Replicas

Recovering From Soft Partition Problems

How to Recover Configuration Data for a Soft Partition

Recovering Storage From a Different System

How to Recover Storage From a Local Disk Set

Recovering Storage From a Known Disk Set

How to Print a Report on Disk Sets Available for Import

How to Import a Disk Set From One System to Another System

Recovering From Disk Set Problems

What to Do When You Cannot Take Ownership of A Disk Set

How to Purge a Disk Set

Performing Mounted Filesystem Backups Using the ufsdump Command

How to Perform a Backup of a Mounted Filesystem Located on a RAID-1 Volume

Performing System Recovery

How to Recover a System Using a Solaris Volume Manager Configuration

A.  Important Solaris Volume Manager Files

B.  Solaris Volume Manager Quick Reference

C.  Solaris Volume Manager CIM/WBEM API

Index

Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Task Map)

The following task map identifies some procedures that are needed to troubleshoot Solaris Volume Manager.

Task
Description
For Instructions
Replace a failed disk
Replace a disk, then update state database replicas and logical volumes on the new disk.
How to Replace a Failed Disk
Recover from disk movement problems
Restore disks to original locations or contact product support.
Recovering From Disk Movement Problems
Recover from improper /etc/vfstab entries
Use the fsck command on the mirror, then edit the /etc/vfstab file so that the system boots correctly.
How to Recover From Improper /etc/vfstab Entries
Recover from a boot device failure
Boot from a different submirror.
How to Recover From a Boot Device Failure
Recover from insufficient state database replicas
Delete unavailable replicas by using the metadb command.
How to Recover From Insufficient State Database Replicas
Recover configuration data for a lost soft partition
Use the metarecover command to recover configuration data for a soft partition.
How to Recover Configuration Data for a Soft Partition
Recover a Solaris Volume Manager configuration from salvaged disks
Attach disks to a new system and have Solaris Volume Manager rebuild the configuration from the existing state database replicas.
How to Recover Storage From a Local Disk Set
Recover storage from a different system
Import storage from known disk sets to a different system.
Recovering Storage From a Different System
Purge an inaccessible disk set.
Use the metaset command to purge knowledge of a disk set that you cannot take or use.
Recovering From Disk Set Problems
Recover a system configuration stored on Solaris Volume Manager volumes.
Use Solaris OS installation media to recover a system configuration stored on Solaris Volume Manager volumes.
Performing System Recovery
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