Replace the mirror root drive Reply from sachin.

tupe on 6/13/2007 2:44:00 AM Hi, PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING MIRRORED DISKS Given all of the above, the following set of commands should work in all cases (though depending on the system configuration, some commands may not be necessary): To replace a Solaris VM-controlled disk which is part of a mirror, the following steps must be followed: 1. Run 'metadetach' to detach all submirrors on the failing disk from their respective mirrors: metadetach -f Note: If the "-f" option is not used, the following message will be returned: "Attempt an operation on a submirror that has erred component". Then run 'metaclear' (**) on those submirror devices: metaclear Verify there are no existing metadevices left on the disk by running: metastat -p | grep c#t#d# 2. If there are any replicas on this disk, remove them using: metadb -d c#t#d#s# Verify there are no existing replicas left on the disk, by running: metadb | grep c#t#d# 3. If there are any open filesystems on this disk (not under Solaris VM control), unmount them. 4. Run the 'cfgadm' command to remove the failed disk. cfgadm -c unconfigure c#::dsk/c#t#d# NOTE: Use the "cfgadm -al" command to obtain the variable "c#::dsk/c#t#d #". The variable will be listed under the 'Ap_Id' column from the "cfg adm -al" command's output.

NOTE: if the message "Hardware specific failure: failed to unconfigure S CSI device: I/O error" appears, check to make sure that you cleared al l replicas and metadevices from the disk, and that the disk is not b eing accessed. NOTE: To replace internal FC-AL disks, follow InfoDoc 76438. 5. Insert and configure the new disk. cfgadm -c configure c#::dsk/c#t#d# cfgadm -al (to confirm that disk is configured properly) 6. Run 'format' or 'prtvtoc' to put the desired partition table on the new disk 7. If necessary, recreate any replicas on the new disk: metadb -a c#t#d#s# 8. Recreate each metadevice to be used as a submirror, then use 'metattach' to attach those submirrors to the mirrors and start the resync. Note: If the submirror was something other than a simple one-slice conca t device, the metainit command will be different than shown here. metainit 1 1 metattach 9. Run 'metadevadm' on the disk, which will update the New DevID. metadevadm -u c#t#d# NOTE: If you get the message "Open of /dev/dsk/c#t#d#s0 failed", it can safely be ignored (this is a known bug pending a fix). I hope this is help you. sachin