Appendix B Solaris Volume Manager Quick Reference

This appendix provides quick access information about the features and functions available with Solaris Volume Manager.

Command-Line Reference

Listed here are all the commands that you use to administer Solaris Volume Manager. For more detailed information, see the man pages.

Table B–1 Solaris Volume Manager Commands


Solaris Volume ManagerCommand	Description	Man page
`growfs`	Expands a UFS file system in a nondestructive fashion.	growfs(1M)
`metaclear`	Deletes active volumes and hot spare pools.	metaclear(1M)
`metadb`	Creates and deletes state database replicas.	metadb(1M)
`metadetach`	Detaches a volume from a RAID-0 or RAID-1 (mirror) volume, or a log device from a transactional volume. Note – Transactional volumes are no longer supported.	metadetach(1M)
`metadevadm`	Checks device ID configuration.	metadevadm(1M)
`metahs`	Manages hot spares and hot spare pools.	metahs(1M)
`metaimport`	Import disk sets, including replicated disk sets, into existing Solaris Volume Manager configurations that have device ID support in the disk set.	metaimport(1M)
`metainit`	Configures volumes.	metainit(1M)
`metaoffline`	Places submirrors offline.	metaoffline(1M)
`metaonline`	Places submirrors online.	metaonline(1M)
`metaparam`	Modifies volume parameters.	metaparam(1M)
`metarecover`	Recovers configuration information for soft partitions.	metarecover(1M)
`metarename`	Renames and exchanges volume names.	metarename(1M)
`metareplace`	Replaces components in submirrors and RAID-5 volumes.	metareplace(1M)
`metaroot`	Sets up system files for mirroring the root (`/`) file system.	metaroot(1M)
`metaset`	Administers disk sets.	metaset(1M)
`metastat`	Displays the status of volumes or hot spare pools.	metastat(1M)
`metasync`	Resynchronizes volumes during reboot.	metasync(1M)
`metattach`	Attaches a component to a RAID-0 or RAID-1 volume.	metattach(1M)