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Old 05-06-2011
Unable to remove links of Cleared metas
Hi, have few meta devices which were cleared some year ago but still appear in /dev/md/rdsk.
If I create a same meta device again, it shows old timestamp of 2009yr

I tried devfsadm -C to clear unlinked links but of no use.
What am I missing ?
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 05-06-2011 at 01:24 PM..
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Old 05-06-2011
have a look at the "metaclear" command.

UNIX man pages : metaclear (1M)

if nothing else work, try a "reboot -- -r" or a "touch /reconfigure && init 6" which is a softer version of a reboot...
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Old 05-06-2011
Thanks for reply.

I dont have any idea about how those were cleared but mostly it must be just "metaclear /full_path_to_devicename"
yup reboot with reconfiguration is last option.

How do I update time stamp of that meta-device link or do I have to update it manually using touch command.( I am unsure about using touch in this case).
Last edited by tuxian; 05-06-2011 at 01:57 PM..
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