It describes how to partition the system disk, mirror it, and create and maintain a contingency boot disk. If i have to install the latest version what does it mean by requires solaris easy. The switch user command su is used to change between different users on a system. How to remove a mirror and submirrors disksuite tool next. Use click, shiftclick, controlclick, and the set and. The operating system is mirrored between the two devices, with slices five and six on each disk employed for state database replicas. Each chapter includes both hardware and software high availability solutions. Basically im looking for advice on what os i should learn with. Most of the information in this article was taken directly from the solstice disksuite 4. The following command creates three replicas of metadb on three disk slices. File systems are used on data storage devices such as a hard disks or cdroms to maintain the physical location of the files. Pc mac open a web browser and go to the url listed in the upperright corner of the solstice pods welcome screen. Jul 02, 2015 solaris volume managersolstice disksuite.
As far as growfs, i would recomend not using the command line and using the gui section. I havent got any spare slices to move the damaged slice to as suggested with the. This book provides a cookbook approach for a variety of solutions that ensure system disk availability. Use click, shiftclick, controlclick, and the set and clear buttons to select the desired subset of oss. The solstice client is available for mac, windows, and mobile devices. As more and more missioncritical applications are migrated from proprietary mainframes to open platforms, the need for robust storage management increases. Easiest way to do this is to copy the partition table from the root mirror c0t1d0s2 to the new disk. Without a file system, data placed in a storage medium would be one large body of data with no way to tell where one piece of data stops and the next begins. Two commands, metadb1m and metastat1m, check the status of disksuite objects. Notes on disaster recovery of solaris boxes using sun disksuite package general musings and departmentally specific background. Solstice disksuite comes bundled with the solaris 8 operating system. How to remove a mirror and submirrors command line. Storage veritas storage foundation basic command t.
Netra 440 server diagnostics and troubleshooting guide istorage. How to replace a disk which contained soft partitions by ramdev published february 4, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 when trying to access a soft partition after a disk replacement, the metareplace command or any direct io to a soft partition will fail with the following types of errors. Sorry for the long winded details, but id imagine the more details the better. Below is a section of the output from metastat t what basically seems to have happened is that the mirror has got itself confused as it needs repairing. Disksuite, and later solstice disksuite is a software package for creating, modifying and controlling. H how to increase the number of default metadevices command line 262. Actually growfs comes with solstice disksuite and was around in 2. Rosetta stone for unix this custom drawing feature now works in mozilla, in opera 7.
How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice. Configuring bootrootswap provides configuration and recovery information for sun servers. Oct 03, 2003 when adding or removing hardware in a solaris system, it may be necessary to perform a reconfiguration boot. This page contains some notes on how to recover from failed disks, etc. Os notes, the open source foundation for mac os x, descended from nextstep. Sun fire v490 server administration guide istorage networks. Solaris on sparc system administrator penguintutor. Solstice disksuite is a free raid volume manager from sun microsystems. Following are the minimum required packages sunwmdr solstice disksuite drivers root sunwmdu solstice disksuite commands. How do i set terminal scripts to run at start up on mac os x. Does anyone know where i can find step by step instructions to perform these tasks. How to use solaris system information commands 197. It can only be used on disksuite metadevices anyway.
How can i set some simple terminal commands to run on start up as if i was opening up terminal and putting those commands in myself. A sysadmins unixersal translator rosetta stone or what do they call that in this world. I basically need to start a few server daemons on start up. Emc host connectivity guide for sun solaris docdeveloppement. When the f option is used, all knowledge of the diskset is removed from the local host. The metastat command output reports that all submirrors on the bad disk are at a state of needs maintenance. With odbc, you can access the cms data directly from your application, without needing to understand database connectivity or format. Oct 07, 2016 the solaris volume manager svm is a free component of solaris 9 and solaris 10. Disk management from the commandline, part 1 the instructional. Solstice disksuite is a volume management solution designed to meet the demands of missioncritical business applications. Media access controller hardware address of a device connected to a network. Aix, aux, dgux, freebsd, hpux, irix, linux, mac os x, ncr unix, netbsd, openbsd, reliant, sco openserver, solaris, sunos 4, tru64, ultrix, unicos. The following example, with metadevice d8 that cannot be repaired, illustrates such a recovery.
Essentially, it organizes these files into a database for the storage, organization, manipulation, and retrieval by the computers operating system. The disksuite packages have moved around a bit with each release of solaris. Creating trans metadevices 91 preliminary information for creating trans metadevices 91 h how to create a trans metadevice for a file system that can be unmounted. One of the most confusing issues for novice users of solaris is understanding the solaris file access permissions system. Mar 10, 2014 disk management from the commandline, part 1 march 10, 2014 disk utility within mac os x provides a range of disk management tools, from erasing and repartitioning hard disks to restoring images and repairing volumes. If disksuite is good enough it is free so that is why you would wnat to use it. Seit mac os x lion ist ein lvm unter dem namen corestorage. This article describes the method of mirroring a boot drive using solstice disksuite via the command line.
Commands used only with ha failover configurations. Solstice disksuite sds metattach command fails with cant attach labeled submirror to an unlabel. To perform a reconfiguration boot from a solaris prompt, create a file called reconfigure. Open database connectivity odbc is an optional avaya call management system cms feature that allows you to access data in the cms database for use in other software applications such as spreadsheet programs. A file system often also written as filesystem is a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data. With solaris volume manager you can clear any metadevice and recreate it without losing data. It is best used as an example or reference rather than a complete learning tool. Autorebuild if true, the system attempts to rebuild degraded mirrored volumes automatically. Veritas has better performance and configurability, but depending on your needs disksuite may be good enough. Each interface is configured with a unique media access control mac. How to remove a mirror and submirrors command line you can use this task for any file system or nonufs application that uses a mirror. How to view the contents of sun cluster command logs. These days its called svm solaris volume manager but the commands are unchanged. A quick way to open the disk management utility in any version of windows is from the command prompt.
Eva appclient or commandview eva initialized stora. Solstice disksuite sds metattach command fails with can. The host which owns the diskset cannot be deleted from the diskset without using the f option to override this restriction. Disksuite command line messages solstice disksuite 4. Download free solaris volume manager configuration files software. File system microsoft wiki fandom powered by wikia. H how to create a raid5 metadevice command line 90 4 solstice disksuite 4. Everything is back to normal except solstice disksuite is not installed. This indicates that disksuite has automatically disabled the submirrors, so there is no need to metadetach the submirrors. Configuring boot disks with solstice disksuite software. Configuring boot disks with solstice disksuite software this document is a practical guide for system disk configuration.
With solaris 8, disksuite moved to the solaris 8 software cdrom number two, in the ea directory. In the example below, the server pegasus has two internal disks c0t0d0 and c0t1d0 under disksuite control. We attempt to cover a wide range of availability requirements by presenting two, three, and fourdisk. Restore the vmp files stored under with the following command. I know how to install unix or linux on my mac using bootcamp, i installed the ubuntu distribution of linux on my mac. Umm, disk suite and volume manager are the same thing. Just type a short command and the disk management utility starts instantly. I am brand new to unix and have been given the task to remove veritas volume manager 3. This document provides the steps involved for installing solstice disksuite 4. Mar 11, 2020 file system in computing, a file system or filesystem often abbreviated to fs, controls how data is stored and retrieved. This custom drawing feature now works in mozillafirefox, in opera 7. Hi, i had to rebuild a production server operating system only from solaris 2. Veritas volmgr or sun solstice disksuite techrepublic.
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