metadevadm(1M)                                            System Administration Commands                                            metadevadm(1M)

NAME

       metadevadm - update metadevice information

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/metadevadm [-h] [-n] [ [-l]-r] [-s setname] [-u disk_specifier] [-v]

DESCRIPTION

       The  metadevadm  command  facilitates the administration of device ID entries in Solaris Volume Manager. Use this command when the pathname
       stored in the metadevice state database no longer correctly addresses the device or when a disk drive has had its device ID changed.

       This command requires root privileges.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported.

       -h                      Provide a help display.

       -l                       Specify that metadevadm log to syslog(3C). metadevadm logs to the the DAEMON facility at the ERR level by default.
                               See syslog.conf(4) for additional information on changing logging levels.

                               Use this option anytime. It is most useful in startup scripts and less useful interactively.

       -n                      Emulate the effect of a command, without making any changes to the system.

       -r                      Recompute  the  pathname  and  disk specifier (including slice) associated with all devices in the metadevice state
                               database if the device supports device IDs. If a device does not support device IDs or the device is not available,
                               then no action is taken for that device.

                               Use this option when the disk has been moved or readdressed.

                               This option is run automatically at boot time to detect device ID changes and update the state database.

       -s setname              Specify  the name of the disk set on which metadevadm works. This option causes the command to perform its adminis-
                               trative function within the specified disk set. Without this option, the command performs its function  on  devices
                               in the local disk set.

       -u disk_specifier       Obtain the device ID associated with the disk_specifier (for example, c1t2d0) of a device and update the metadevice
                               state database. If the device ID has not changed this option does nothing. Use this option when a  disk  drive  has
                               had its device ID changed during a firmware upgrade or due to changing the controller of a storage subsystem.

       -v                      Execute in verbose mode. This option has no effect when used with -u. Verbose is the default.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Updating Device ID of Disk

       The following example updates the device c2t3d0:

       # metadevadm -u c2t3d0
       Updating SLVM device relocation information for c2t3d0.
       Old device reloc information: id19280192391293123012012010012012091398
       New device reloc information: id19380192391293123012012010012012091398

       The following example is a variation of the preceding, using the full pathname.

       # metadevadm -u /dev/dsk/c2t3d0

       The  following example uses the -n option, which means that the command is emulated, but does not take effect. Note that when the -v option
       is used with -u, -v has no effect (verbose is the default).

       # metadevadm -u -v -n c2t3d0
       Updating SLVM device relocation information for c2t3d0.
       Old device reloc information: id19280192391293123012012010012012091398
       New device reloc information: id19380192391293123012012010012012091398

       Example 2: Recomputing Pathnames

       In the following example, all device names are valid.

       # metadevadm -r
       Disk movement detected.
       Updating device names in SLVM.

       In the following example, once again device names are valid.

       # metadevadm -r -v
       Disk movement detected.
       Updating device names in SLVM.
       c0t0d0s0 changed to c0t0d1s0 from device relocation information
       id12098123lkmklsdjaasdkfjadfjakds

       In the following example, metadevadm detects an invalid device name.

       # metadevadm -r
       Invalid device relocation information detected in SLVM.
       Please check status of following disk(s):
       c3t0d0

RETURN VALUES

       The following exit values are returned:

       0        Command was successful.

       1        metadevadm encountered an error condition.

       2        An invalid device ID was detected when using the -r option. This is for use in the rc2.d script. See init.d(4).

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWmdu                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       mdmonitord(1M), metaclear(1M),  metadb(1M),  metadetach(1M),  metahs(1M),  metainit(1M),  metaoffline(1M),  metaonline(1M),  metaparam(1M),
       metarecover(1M),  metarename(1M),  metareplace(1M),  metaroot(1M),  metaset(1M),  metassist(1M), metastat(1M), metasync(1M), metattach(1M),
       md.tab(4), md.cf(4), mddb.cf(4), md.tab(4), attributes(5), md(7D)

       Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

SunOS 5.10                                                          13 Sep 2004                                                     metadevadm(1M)