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Operating Systems Solaris Disk Mirror Question Post 302521866 by sadekunbi on Thursday 12th of May 2011 01:40:36 PM
Old 05-12-2011
try running command below

confirm primary & secondary
# metastat -p

detach mirror
# metadetach d## d##

confirm detachment ( u will se concat/stripe)
# metastat

change vfstab and system file in mirror disk
# mount /dev/dsk/c#t#d#s0 /mnt
# vi /mnt/etc/vfstab
# vi /mnt/etc/system

# umount /mnt

confirm boot paths in case, u don't have in eeprom

# prtconf -vp | grep -i bootpaths
# /etc/vx/bin/vxeeprom devalias
# cd /dev/rdsk/
# ls -l | grep c#t#d#s0
# ls -l | grep c#t#d#s0

# sync;sync
# halt

Verify both disks are bootable.

ok> boot primary-disk
ok> boot secon-disk
 

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NAME
install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system SYNOPSIS
install-solaris install-solaris invokes the Solaris Install program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation, install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer. The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation: For SPARC machines: 128 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 128 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 384 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation For x86 machines: 256 MB Minimum physical memory for all installation types 256 MB Minimum physical memory required for windowing system 512 MB Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number of fea- tures available. install-solaris exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the for more details. install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the installation media. Refer to the for disk space requirements. Refer to the for more information on the various menus and selections. See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcdrom (Solaris instal- | | |lation media) | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5) It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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