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Solstice DiskSuite 4.0 Administration Guide

Cover
Credits
Contents
Figures
Preface
1 Introduction
- Getting Help
- Supported Peripherals
- Definition of Terms
2 Installation and Setup
- Converting to Solstice DiskSuite 4.0
- Preparing for Installation
- Adding Packages
- Viewing Installed Packages
- Removing Packages
- Path Requirements
- Viewing AnswerBook Online Documentation
- Creating Replicas of the Metadevice State Database
3 Overview of Solstice DiskSuite
- Elements of the Metadisk Driver
- State Database Replicas
- Expanding Mounted File Systems
- DiskSuite Commands and Utilities
- System Files Associated with DiskSuite
4 Concatenating and Striping
- Using Concatenations and Stripes
- Defining Metadevice Configurations
- Replacing Failed Components
- Clearing Concatenations and Stripes
- Hardware and Software Considerations
- Examples
5 Mirroring
- Operation of Mirrors
- root , swap , and /usr Mirroring
- Reconfiguring Submirrors
- Using Mirrors for Online Backup
- Examples
6 UFS Logging
- Overview of UFS Logging
- Setting Up UFS Logging
- Creating Metatrans Namespace for Exported File Systems
- How DiskSuite Commands Relate to Logging
- Using Metadevices and Metamirrors
- Metatrans Device States
- Recovering from Device Errors
- Recovering from File System Panics
7 Hot Spares
- Overview of Hot Spares
- Defining Hot Spares
- Hot Spare Conditions to Avoid
- Manipulating Hot Spare Pools
- Examples
8 Disksets
- Overview of Disksets
- Defining Disksets
- Administering Disksets
9 RAID Devices
- RAID Overview
- Operation of RAID
- Creating RAID Metadevices
- Resyncing RAID Devices
- Reconfiguring RAID Devices
- Checking Status
- Hardware and Software Considerations
- Examples
10 State Database Replicas
- Overview of the State Database Replicas
- Basic State Database Operation
- Planning Locations of Replicas
- Creating a State Database
- Creating Replicas
- Removing Replicas
- Checking the Status of Replicas
- Examples
11 Expanding a File System
- File System Expansion Overview
- Nonexpandable File Systems
- Adding Components
- The growfs Command
- Examples
12 Configuration Guidelines
- Performance Considerations
- Availability Considerations
- Capacity Considerations
- Labeled Partitions
- Security Considerations
- Compatibility Considerations
A Solstice DiskSuite Files
- Introduction
- The mddb.cf File
- The md.tab File
- The md.cf File
- The md.conf File
B Solstice DiskSuite Messages
- Introduction
- Error Messages
- Log Messages
C Recovery From Failed Boots
- Introduction
- Improper /etc/vfstab Entries
- Stale Metadevice Database
- Boot Device Fails
D Upgrading to Other Solaris Versions
- Introduction
- Upgrading Solaris With Solstice DiskSuite
E Using Solstice DiskSuite 4.0 with the SPARCstorage Array 100
- Installation
- SSA Specific Operations
- Device Naming
- Configuring for Online Replacement
- Mirrors
- Replacing a Disk Drive in a Mirror
- RAID-5 Metadevices
- Replacing a Disk Drive in a RAID-5 Metadevice
F Man Pages
- Introduction
Index