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


Preface	xv
1. Introduction	1
...Getting Help	2
...Supported Peripherals	2
......Disk Naming	3
...Definition of Terms	3
2. Installation and Setup	7
...Converting to Solstice DiskSuite 4.0	8
......Before You Begin the Installation	8
......After the Installation	10
...Preparing for Installation	11
......Local Installation	11
......Remote Installation	12
...Adding Packages	13
...Viewing Installed Packages	20


...Removing Packages	21
...Path Requirements	21
...Viewing AnswerBook Online Documentation	22
...Creating Replicas of the Metadevice State Database	22
......Creating Space for Metadevice State Database Replicas	22
......Creating Replicas on Metadevice Components	24
......Allocating Space From the `swap` Partition for Replicas	25
......Creating Replicas on Unused Disk Partitions	33
......What to Do Next	35
3. Overview of Solstice DiskSuite	37
...Elements of the Metadisk Driver	38
......Metadevices	39
......Concatenation and Striping	40
......Mirroring	41
......UNIX File System Logging	42
......Hot Spares	45
......Disksets	45
......RAID Devices	45
...State Database Replicas	46
...Expanding Mounted File Systems	47
...DiskSuite Commands and Utilities	47
...System Files Associated with DiskSuite	49
4. Concatenating and Striping	51
...Using Concatenations and Stripes	51


...Defining Metadevice Configurations	53
......Concatenated Metadevices	53
......Striped Metadevices	54
......Metadevices Defined as Concatenated Stripes	56
...Replacing Failed Components	57
...Clearing Concatenations and Stripes	58
...Hardware and Software Considerations	59
......Assigning Interlace Values	59
......Mixing Different Size Components	59
......Using Components With Different Geometry	60
......Controllers	60
......Bus Load	60
...Examples	61
......Striping Three Components	61
......Concatenating Eight Components	62
......Concatenating Stripes of Components	63
5. Mirroring	65
...Operation of Mirrors	66
......Defining Metamirrors	69
......Metamirror Options	70
......Resyncing Mirrors	72
......Checking the Status of Mirrors	73
......Mirroring Existing File Systems	77
......Unmirroring File Systems	77


...`root`, `swap`, and `/usr` Mirroring	78
......Mirroring `/usr`	79
......Mirroring `root`	81
......Mirroring `swap`	91
......Unmirroring `root` and `swap` File Systems	92
...Reconfiguring Submirrors	94
......Attaching and Detaching Submirrors	95
......Placing Submirrors Online and Offline	95
......Replacing and Enabling Submirror Components	96
......Changing Metamirror and Submirror Options	97
...Using Mirrors for Online Backup	98
......Performing Online Backups -- for Mirrors	98
......Performing Online Backups -- for Nonmirrors	100
...Examples	103
......Mirroring an Existing File System	103
......Adding Submirrors	105
......Watching the Progress of a Resync Using `metastat`	106
6. UFS Logging	109
...Overview of UFS Logging	110
...Setting Up UFS Logging	110
......How Much Log Space is Required?	111
......Which File Systems Should Be Logged?	111
......Where Should the Log Be Located?	112
......How To Set Up UFS Logging	112


......How to Share a Log Between File Systems	114
......Removing UFS Logging	115
......Logging a File System That Cannot Be Unmounted	117
......Removing Logging from a File System That Cannot be
........Unmounted	118
...Creating Metatrans Namespace for Exported File Systems	119
...How DiskSuite Commands Relate to Logging	120
...Using Metadevices and Metamirrors	121
...Metatrans Device States	122
...Recovering from Device Errors	122
...Recovering from File System Panics	124
7. Hot Spares	125
...Overview of Hot Spares	125
...Defining Hot Spares	126
...Hot Spare Conditions to Avoid	128
...Manipulating Hot Spare Pools	128
......Adding Hot Spares	129
......Deleting Hot Spares	129
......Replacing Hot Spares	130
......Enabling Hot Spares	131
......Changing the Associated Hot Spare Pool	131
......Checking the Status of Hot Spares	132
...Examples	132
......Setting up Hot Spare Pools	133


......Adding Hot Spares to Hot Spare Pools	134
......Deleting Hot Spares From Hot Spare Pools	134
......Replacing Hot Spares Within Hot Spare Pools	135
8. Disksets	137
...Overview of Disksets	138
......Database Replicas and Disksets	139
......Naming Conventions	139
......DiskSuite Commands and Disksets	140
...Defining Disksets	141
...Administering Disksets	144
......Reserving a Diskset	144
......Releasing a Diskset	145
......Removing Hosts and Drives From a Diskset	146
......Adding Drives or Hosts to an Existing Diskset	148
9. RAID Devices	151
...RAID Overview	151
...Operation of RAID	152
...Creating RAID Metadevices	153
...Resyncing RAID Devices	153
...Reconfiguring RAID Devices	154
......Concatenating Components	154
......Replacing Components	155
......Changing Hot Spare Pool Association	156
...Checking Status	156


...Hardware and Software Considerations	158
......Assigning Interlace Values	158
......Concatenating to a Device	158
......Write Performance	159
......Performance of a Degraded Device	159
......RAID as a Component to a Device	159
......Mixing Different Size Components	159
......Using Components with Different Geometry	160
......Controllers	160
...Examples	160
......Defining a RAID device	161
......Concatenating to a RAID Device	162
......Recovering from Component Errors	164
10. State Database Replicas	167
...Overview of the State Database Replicas	168
...Basic State Database Operation	169
...Planning Locations of Replicas	170
...Creating a State Database	171
...Creating Replicas	171
...Removing Replicas	172
...Checking the Status of Replicas	173
...Examples	174
......State Database Replicas on a New System	174
......State Databases on Existing Systems	175


11. Expanding a File System	177
...File System Expansion Overview	177
...Nonexpandable File Systems	178
...Adding Components	178
...The `growfs` Command	179
...Examples	179
......Expanding a Nonmetadevice Component	179
......Expanding a Mounted File System	181
......Expanding a Mounted File System
........ to an Existing Metamirror	181
......Expanding an Unmounted File System	182
......Expanding a Mounted File System Using Stripes	183
12. Configuration Guidelines	185
...Performance Considerations	185
...Availability Considerations	187
...Capacity Considerations	189
...Labeled Partitions	190
...Security Considerations	190
...Compatibility Considerations	190
A. Solstice DiskSuite Files	191
B. Solstice DiskSuite Messages	197
C. Recovery From Failed Boots	231
D. Upgrading to Other Solaris Versions	247
E. Using Solstice DiskSuite 4.0 with the
...SPARCstorage Array 100	251


F. Man Pages	255
Index	257