............................Contents


1. Introduction	1
..DiskSuite and DiskSuite Tool Functionality	2
..Getting Help	3
..Supported Software and Hardware	3
....Disk Naming	4
..Definition of Terms	4
2. Installation and Setup	9
..Preparing for Installation	10
....Local Installation	10
....Remote Installation	11
..Adding Packages	12
..Viewing Installed Packages	21
..Removing Packages	22
..Path Requirements	23
..Viewing AnswerBook Online Documentation	24


..What to Do Next	24
3. Overview of DiskSuite Tool	25
..DiskSuite Description	25
....Metadevices	26
....Concatenations and Stripes	27
....Mirroring	27
....UFS Logging	27
....Hot Spares	28
....Disksets	28
....RAID Devices	28
....Metadevice State Database Replicas	28
....Expanding Mounted File Systems	29
..DiskSuite Tool's User Interface	29
..Starting DiskSuite Tool	30
....Metadevice Editor Window	32
....Disk View Window	38
....Information Windows	42
....Browsers	46
....Dialog Boxes	52
....Configuration Log Window	53
....Problem List Window	54
....Accessing and Using Help	55
..DiskSuite Recovery and Guidelines	56
....Recovery From Failed Boots	56


....Configuration Guidelines	57
4. Concatenating and Striping	59
..Overview of Concatenating and Striping	59
..Using Concatenations and Stripes	61
..Hardware and Software Considerations	63
..Defining Metadevice Configurations	63
....Concatenated Metadevices	63
....Striped Metadevices	68
....Metadevices Defined as Concatenated Stripes	74
..Replacing Failed Components	80
..Clearing Concatenations and Stripes	84
..Concat Information Window	87
..Stripe Information Window	89
..Checking the Status of Concatenations and Stripes	91
5. Mirroring	93
..Overview of Mirroring	94
..Operation of Mirrors	94
..Creating Mirrors	95
....Mirroring Unused Slices	95
..Mirroring Existing File Systems	100
..Unmirroring File Systems	108
..Mirroring File Systems You Cannot Unmount	110
..Unmirroring File Systems You Cannot Unmount	120
..Recording and Booting From Alternate Root File Systems	120


..Reconfiguring Submirrors	121
....Replacing Submirrors	121
....Attaching and Detaching Submirrors	126
....Placing Submirrors Online and Offline	130
....Replacing and Enabling Submirror Components	134
..Using Mirrors for Online Backup	137
..Mirror Information Window	137
..Checking the Status of Mirrors	141
6. UFS Logging	143
..Overview of UFS Logging	143
....How UFS Logging Works	144
....Space Requirements for Logs	145
....Selecting Which File Systems Should Be Logged	145
....Determining the Location of Logs	146
..How to Set Up UFS Logging on an Existing File System	146
..How to Share a Log Between File Systems	150
..Removing UFS Logging	154
..Logging a File System That You Cannot Unmount	157
..Removing UFS Logging From a File Systems You Cannot
....Unmount	162
..Using Metadevices and Mirrors as Trans Components	162
..Trans Information Window	163
..Checking the Status of Trans Metadevices	165
..Recovering From Device Errors and File System Panics	165


7. Hot Spares	167
..Overview of Hot Spares	167
..Hot Spare Conditions to Avoid	168
..Defining Hot Spares	168
....Associating Hot Spare Pools	172
..Manipulating Hot Spare Pools	175
....Adding Hot Spares	176
....Deleting Hot Spares	179
....Replacing Hot Spares	180
....Enabling Hot Spares	183
....Changing the Associated Hot Spare Pool	186
..Hot Spare Information Window	188
..Checking the Status of Hot Spares	191
8. Administering Metadevices in Disksets	193
..Overview of Disksets	193
..Administering Disksets	195
9. RAID Devices	197
..RAID Overview	197
....Operation of RAID	198
..Hardware and Software Considerations	199
..Creating RAID Metadevices	199
..Reconfiguring RAID Metadevices	204
....Concatenating Components	204
....Assigning a Hot Spare Pool	208


.....Replacing Components	210
..RAID Information Window	214
..Checking the Status of RAID Metadevices	217
10. State Database Replicas	219
..Overview of the State Database Replicas	219
.....Performing the Memory Service	220
..Planning Locations of Replicas	221
..Creating the Initial State Database Replicas	222
..Adding Replicas	225
..Removing Replicas	228
..Metadevice State Database Information Window	231
..Checking the Status of Replicas	234
11. Expanding a File System	235
..File System Expansion Overview	235
..Nonexpandable File Systems	236
..Growing File Systems	236
.....Adding a Slice to a Metadevice	237
.....Adding a Slice to a RAID Metadevice	242
.....Adding Slices to Submirrors	247
A. Example Use of DiskSuite Tool	253
..Overview of the Example	253
..Planning for Availability	256
.....Planning the Layout of the Data	257
..Setting Up the Configuration Using DiskSuite Tool	262


B. DiskSuite Tool Messages	265
..State Information Terms	265
..Metadevice Editor Messages	266
..Dialog Box Error Messages	267
..Dialog Box Warning Messages	271
..Dialog Box Information Messages	279
..Metadevice Editor Window Messages	280
.....Messages Displayed When Dragging an Object	281
..Disk View Window Messages	286
.....Messages Displayed When Pointing at an Object	287
.....Messages Displayed When Dragging an Object	287
..Log Messages	288
.....Notice Log Messages	288
.....Warning Log Messages	289
.....Panic Log Messages	292
C. Man Page	295