metaimport(1M)						  System Administration Commands					    metaimport(1M)

NAME

       metaimport - imports disk sets into existing Solaris Volume Manager configurations

SYNOPSIS

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

       metaimport -r [-v] [disks]...

       metaimport -V

       metaimport -?

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

       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  cor-
		     rupt  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  cor-
		     rupted 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 operation, 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, metaimport 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.

		     This option can be used in conjunction with the -v option to give verbose output on each disk set reported.

       -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. It also provides detailed information
		     about the disk set configuration and status similar to the "metastat -c" output.

       -V	     Version information.

       -?	     Display a help message.

EXAMPLES

       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

EXIT STATUS

       0     Successful completion.

       >0    An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

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

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

SEE ALSO

       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), metastat(1M), metasync(1M), metattach(1M),	md.tab(4),  md.cf(4),  mddb.cf(4),
       attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    28 Oct 2005 						    metaimport(1M)