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Solaris 9 Volume Manager Installation Guide

The document provides information about installing and using Solaris Volume Manager in Solaris 9. It notes that Volume Manager is automatically installed with Solaris 9 using various install options, unlike in Solaris 8 where it had to be manually installed. It then lists the Solaris Volume Manager related packages and provides an overview of various Volume Manager commands and their descriptions.

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Solaris 9 Volume Manager Installation Guide

The document provides information about installing and using Solaris Volume Manager in Solaris 9. It notes that Volume Manager is automatically installed with Solaris 9 using various install options, unlike in Solaris 8 where it had to be manually installed. It then lists the Solaris Volume Manager related packages and provides an overview of various Volume Manager commands and their descriptions.

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Installing Solaris Volume Manager - (Solaris 9)

by Jeff Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator

Volume Manager is included and automatically installed with the Solaris 9 operating
environment using either the Entire+OEM, Entire, Developer, or End User install option.

NOTE: Users of Solaris 8 will recall that Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 had to be installed
manually after installing the Solaris operating environment!

Here is a listing of the packages related to Solaris 9 Volume Manager:

• SUNWmdr - Solaris Volume Manager driver


• SUNWmdu - Solaris Volume Manager commands
• SUNWmdx - Solaris Volume Manager drivers (64-bit)
• SUNWlvma - Solaris Volume Management APIs
• SUNWlvmg - Solaris Volume Management Application
• SUNWlvmr - Solaris Volume Management (root)
• SUNWvolg - Volume Management Graphical User Interface

Command Line Interface - Overview

Volume Manager Command Description

growfs(1M)
Expands a UFS file system in a non-destructive
fashion.
The mdlogd daemon and [Link] configuration file
mdlogd(1M) enable DiskSuite to send generic SNMP trap
messages.
metaclear(1M) Deletes active metadevices and hot spare pools.
metadb(1M) Creates and deletes state database replicas.

metadetach(1M)
Detaches a metadevice from a mirror, or a logging
device from a trans metadevice.
metahs(1M) Manages hot spares and hot spare pools.
metainit(1M) Configures metadevices.
metaoffline(1M) Places submirrors offline.
metaonline(1M) Places submirrors online.
metaparam(1M) Modifies metadevice parameters.
metarename(1M) Renames and switches metadevice names.

metareplace(1M)
Replaces slices of submirrors and RAID5
metadevices.
metaroot(1M) Sets up system files for mirroring root (/).
metaset(1M) Administers disksets.
metastat(1M) Displays status for metadevices or hot spare pools.
metasync(1M) Resyncs metadevices during reboot.
metatool(1M) Runs the DiskSuite Tool graphical user interface.

metattach(1M)
Attaches a metadevice to a mirror, or a logging
device to a trans metadevice.

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