metaimport(1M)															    metaimport(1M)

NAME

       metaimport - imports disk sets into existing Solaris Volume Manager configurations

SYNOPSIS

       metaimport -s setname [-n] [-v] [-f] [disks...]

       metaimport -r [disks...]

       metaimport -V

       metaimport -?

       The  metaimport command allows the importing of disk sets, including replicated disk sets, into an existing Solaris Volume Manager configu-
       ration. Replicated disk sets are disk sets created using remote replication software.

       The default Solaris Volume Manager configuration specifies a maximum number of disk sets that can be  configured.  The  metaimport  command
       fails  if importing the disk set would result in exceeding the number of disk sets configured on the system. To increase the number of disk
       sets allowed on a system, see the .

       Use metaset(1M) or metastat(1M) to view the configuration of the imported set.

       You must run metaimport as root.

       metaimport requires a functional Solaris Volume Manager configuration before it runs.

       The following options are supported:

       -f		       Force the import, even if a quorum of replicas from the imported disk set  is  not  available.  This  option  could
			       result  in  corrupt  configurations  and  should  only  be used when metaimport fails with the "Insufficient quorum
			       detected; exiting" error. If only a partial disk set is available, this option might be necessary  to  successfully
			       import.	Some or all data could be corrupted or unavailable when importing a partial set or a set lacking a replica
			       quorum.

       -n		       Does not actually perform the operation, but shows the output or errors that would have resulted  from  the  opera-
			       tion, had it been run.

       -r		       Report  on  the	non-configured	disk  sets  found on the system. If no disk device or LUN is specified, metaimport
			       reports on all non-configured disk sets attached to the system. When the name of one disk is specified,	metaimport
			       reports on the disk set (or virtual LUN) containing the specified disk. If two or more disks are specified, metaim-
			       port reports on the set (or sets, if they belong to different disk sets) containing the specified disks. If two	or
			       more disks are specified, metaimport reports on the set (or sets, if they belong to different disk sets) containing
			       the specified disks.

       -s setname	       Specify the disk set name to use when importing. The imported disk set will be called setname,  without	regard	to
			       the name it may have had on a different system.

       -v		       Verbose. Provides detailed information about the metadb replica location and status.

       -V		       Version information.

       -?		       Display a help message.

       Example 1: Importing a Disk Set

       The  following example creates a disk set called blue and identifies c1t5d0 as a disk containing a state database replica from the disk set
       being imported.

       # metaimport -s blue c1t5d0

       Example 2: Reporting Disk Sets to Import

       The following example scans all disks and LUNs attached to the system and configured as part of the system. It scans for disks  that  could
       be part of a disk set to be imported. Components that are already part of the Solaris Volume Manager configuration are ignored.

       This use of metaimport provides suggested forms of the metaimport command to use to actually import the disk sets that have been found. You
       can specify a component on the command line to reduce the scope of the scan and generate results more quickly.

	# metaimport -r

       0	       Successful completion.

       >0	       An error occurred.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWmdu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Stable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       mdmonitord(1M), metaclear(1M),  metadb(1M),  metadetach(1M),  metahs(1M),  metainit(1M),  metaoffline(1M),  metaonline(1M),  metaparam(1M),
       metarecover(1M), metareplace(1M), metaroot(1M), metaset(1M), metasync(1M), metattach(1M), md.tab(4), md.cf(4), mddb.cf(4), attributes(5)

								    16 May 2005 						    metaimport(1M)