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restricts PV's in extendlv

I have a datavg with 4 disks (all internal) . I want to mirror these disks so that all primary partitions are on hdisk0 and hdisk1 and all mirror copies are on hdisk 4 and hdisk5

$ lspv
hdisk0 00036daf54d98a4d datavg01 active
hdisk1 00036daf5a19d9f4 datavg01 active
hdisk2 00036daf5463d8ea rootvg active
hdisk3 00036daf67a51383 None
hdisk4 00036daf54d98b0b datavg01 active
hdisk5 00036daf5a19dad8 datavg01 active
hdisk6 00036daf69bfd009 rootvg active


I created a LV and FS with upperbound set as 4 and stripped the LV across hdisk0 and hdisk1

I then, created mklvcopy lvname 2 hdisk4 hdisk5.

This works fine, Now if I have to extend the FS or LV, I am running into issues when i issue the below commands.

extendlv lvname 40 hdisk0 hdisk1

Mirror copies are also spread across hdisk0 and hdisk1.

Can someone let me know how can I prevent mirror copies from using hdisk0 and hdisk1.

I read about mirror pools, but I don't think they would prevent this situation.

Any advise ?
 
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metaparam(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     metaparam(1M)

NAME
metaparam - modify parameters of metadevices SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/metaparam -h /usr/sbin/metaparam [-s setname] [concat/stripe or RAID5 options] concat/stripe RAID /usr/sbin/metaparam [-s setname] [mirror options] mirror DESCRIPTION
The metaparam command is used to display or modify current parameters of metadevices. If just the metadevice is specified as an argument to the metaparam command, the current settings are displayed. The metaparam command enables most metadevice (volume) parameters to be changed. Only the interlace value cannot be changed by metaparam, because it is established when the metadevice is created and cannot be changed thereafter. OPTIONS
Root privileges are required for all of the options. The following options are supported: -h Displays usage message. -s setname Specify the name of the diskset on which metaparam works. Using the -s option causes the command to perform its administrative function within the specified diskset. Without this option, the command performs its function on local metadevices. CONCAT
/STRIPE OR RAID5 OPTIONS -hhot_spare_pool | none Specifies the hot spare pool to be used by a metadevice. If none is specified, the metadevice is disassociated with the hot spare pool assigned to it. If the metadevice is currently using a hot spare, then metaparam cannot replace the hot spare pool. concat/stripe |RAID Specifies the metadevice name of the concatenation, stripe, or concatenation of stripes, or of the RAID5 metadevice. MIRROR OPTIONS
-r roundrobin | geometric | first Modifies the read option for a mirror. The -r option must be followed by either roundrobin, geometric, or first. roundrobin, which is the default action under the metainit command, specifies reading the disks in a round-robin (load balancing) method. geometric allows for faster performance on sequential reads. first specifies reading only from the first submirror. -w parallel | serial Modifies the write option for a mirror. The -w option must be followed by either parallel or serial. parallel, the default action under the metainit command, specifies that all writes are parallel. serial specifies that all writes are serial. -p pass_number A number from 0-to-9 that specifies the order in which a mirror is resynced during reboot. The default is 1. Smaller pass numbers are resynced first. Equal pass numbers are run concurrently. If 0 is used, the mirror resync is skipped. 0 should only be used for mirrors mounted as read-only, or as swap. mirror Specifies the metadevice name of the mirror. EXAMPLES
Example 1 Associating Hot Spare Pool with RAID5 Metadevice This example associates a hot spare pool, user_pool, with a RAID5 metadevice, user_raid. # metaparam -h user_pool user_raid Example 2 Changing Read Option to Geometric This example changes the read option on a mirror d50 from the default of roundrobin to geometric. # metaparam -r geometric d50 EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 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), 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) SunOS 5.11 26 Mar 2006 metaparam(1M)