Index

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block address
.....range	60
booting
.....from alternate root file system	120
browsers
.....accessing objects	51
.....overview	46
.....setting filters	50
button
.....definition	4


cascading menu
.....definition	4
checking status of
.....concatenations	91
.....hot spares	191
.....mirrors	141
.....RAID	217
.....state database replicas	234
.....stripes	91
.....trans devices	165
clearing metadevices	84
component
.....definition	4
.....replacing within a submirror	134
concatenated stripe	74 to 79
.....definition	4
concatenation
.....clearing	84
.....compared to striping	61
.....conceptual overview	59 to 61
.....definition	4
.....of metadevices	63 to 67
.....of stripes	74 to 79
.....overview	27
configuration guidelines	57
configuration log window
.....overview	53
confirmation dialog box	53
considerations
.....hardware and software	63
creating replicas	225
customer service	3


icon
......definition	5
information dialog box	53
information screens
......concat	87
......disk	43
......hot spares	188
......metadevice database replicas	231
......mirror	137
......overview	42


.....RAID	214
.....slice	44
.....stripe	89
.....trans	163
installation
.....basic steps	10
interlace
.....changing the value on RAIDs	202
.....changing the value on stripes	68, 71, 77, 90, 216
.....default value	60
.....definition	5
.....specifying	60
interlace value
.....default	62
invoking DiskSuite Tool	30


MANPATH variable	23
master device
.....definition	5
menu bar
.....definition	5
metadevice
......and file system commands	62
......as concatenated stripes	74 to 79
......as logging devices	162
......clearing	84
......concatenated	63 to 67
......definition	5
......overview	26
......striped	68 to 73
......used as a raw device	62
metadevice browser	47
metadevice editor window
......overview	32
metadevice editor window messages	280 to 286
metadevice state database
......definition	5
metadriver
......definition	6
metamirror
......and failed componentreplacement	167
mirror
......See alsosubmirror
......as logging devices	162
......definition	6
mirroring
......and online backups	137
......components on the same disk	94
......conceptual overview	94
......definition	6
......existing file systems	100
......file systems you cannot umount	110
......naming of metadevices	94
......overview	27
......unused slices	95
mirroring options
......pass (resync)	139
......reads	140
......writes	140
mirrors
......checking status	141
......creating	95


RAID
.....assigning hot spare pools	208
.....concatenating components	204
.....conceptual overview	197
.....creating RAID metadevices	199
.....definition	6
.....hardware and softwareconsiderations	199
......information screen	214
......operations supported	198
......replacing components	210
RAID devices
......overview	28
reconfiguring submirrors	121
recovery from failed boots	56
related documentation	xvii
removing
......hot spares	179 to 180
......replicas	228
removing Online: DiskSuite product	22
replacing
......submirror components	134
replica
......definition	6
replicas
......and planning locations	221
......and reserved space	219
......conceptual overview	219 to 221
......creating	225
......minimum number	221
......removing	228
resync region
......definition	6
resyncing
......definition	6


UFS
.....definition	7
UFS logging
.....and log location	146
.....and shared devices	150 to 154
.....conceptual overview	144
......definition	7
......overview	27
......removing	154 to 156
unmirroring
......file systems	108
......file systems you cannot umount	120


warning dialog box	53
warning log messages	290 to 292