Step By Step Procedure for Beginners to replace failed SCSI disk under SVM in Solaris First of all take

the backups of following (necessary): # metastat p >/var/tmp/metastat-p-b4repalcement # metastat t >/var/tmp/metastat-t-b4replacement # metadb i >/var/tmp/metadb-i-b4replacement # echo | format >/var/tmp/format-b4replacement # iostat en >/var/tmp/iostat-en-b4repalcement # ifconfig a >/var/tmp/ifconfig-a-b4repalcement 1. Identify the failed disk by following commands: # echo | format OR # iostat en or iostat En (for complete details regarding failed disk) OR # By identifying the logs (/var/adm/messages) & dmesg. 2. Run metadetach command to detach the failed disks submirrors (Break the mirror) # metastat -p, metastat -ac (for sol. 10) and metastat -t (for all sol. versions) --> to check the disk status, it will show the disk in maintenance state which is faulty. # metadetach -f <mirror> <submirror-of-failed-disk> -> -f for forcefully # metaclear <submirror-of-failed-disk> # metastat -p | grep i <failed disk> ---to check the submirrors has been cleared or not. 3. Delete the statedata base replica's of the failed disk: # metadb -i # metadb -d /dev/dsk/<failed disk with slice s7> # metadb -i | grep -i <failed disk> 4. Remove the hard drive from the device tree, type the following command: # cfgadm al # cfgadm c unconfigure c1::dsk/<failed-disk> 5. Verify the device has been removed from the device tree, type following command: # cfgadm al 6. Remove failed disk form the server and insert new disk. 7. Configure the new hard drive, type following command: # cfgadm c configure c1:dsk/<failed-disk> 8. Verify the device has been added to the device tree, type following command: # cfgadm -al 9. Check the disk status in the server by applying: # echo | format OR # iostat en If disk is not visible in the server apply devfsadm C command to reconfigure the attached devices, for reconfigure all disk apply:

# devfsadm C c disks # echo | format OR # iostat -en 10. Check the vtoc table for root disk and replaced disk, if not same then use fmthard (It would not be the same for the replaced disk). # prtvtoc /dev/dsk/<root disk with s2> # prtvtoc /dev/dsk/<replaced disk with s2> Copy the VTOC to the replaced disk: # prtvtoc /dev/dsk//<root disk with s2> | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/<replaced disk with s2> 11. Create the statedata base devices on replaced disk. # metadb -a -f -c 3 /dev/dsk/<replaced disk with slice s7> as s7 we have preserved for statedata base devices/replicas. 12. Reattach the mirrors and wait untill all mirrors will syncned. # metainit <submirror> 1 1 <disk partition----c#t#d#s#> # metattach <mirror> <submirror> to# metastat ac OR metastat t ---- check syncing status 13. Safe to run metadevadm command to update the new devID. # metadevadm -u <c#t#d#> ---> replaced disk (this command is mandatory else it would cost SVM databases to corrupted state and disk will show the status as faulty) metadevadm To update metadevice information.