How do you replace a failed boot disk under meta in solaris?
Step by step explanation?
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Answer / supreme
1. we should delete meta database replicas that corresponds
to the failed disk
2. detattach the meta device from the mirror
3. clear the meta device
4.unconfigure the failed disk
5.delete the unassigned links
6.replace the disk physically.
7.configure the disk
8.create new meta device data base replica
9.initialize the disk
10.attach the disk to mirror
11.Sync
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Answer / vadivel s
1) Detach the meta device from the mirror
2) Clear the Meta devices
3) Delete the Meta db replicas for the failed disk
4) unconfigure the failed disk
5) Remove the failed disk
6) Replace the disk physically
7) Configure the disk and verify through cfgadm and format
command
8)prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 |fmthard -s -
/dev/rdsk/newdisk
9)Create a meta db replicas for the new disk
10)Create a meta devices to the new disk
11)attach the disk to the mirror to sync
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Answer / venkatesh
1) Detach the meta device from the mirror
2) Clear the Meta devices
3) Delete the Meta db replicas for the failed disk
4) copy the VTOC of a failed disk to one file.
5) unconfigure the failed disk.cfgadm -c unconfigure <disk id>
note:you can get disk id's by following command
#cfgadm -al
5) Remove the failed disk.
6) Replace the disk physically.
7) detect the new disk by using "devfsadm -Cv"
8) Configure the disk and verify through cfgadm and format
command.cfgadm -c configure <disk id>
8)copy the VTOC to new disk by using below command.
fmthard -s <VTOCfile> /dev/rdsk/newdisk
9)Create a meta db replicas for the new disk
10)Create a meta devices to the new disk
11)attach the disk to the mirror to sync.
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