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# 1  
Old 10-07-2012
How to get spare disks working

Dears how can i make this spare disks working online to replace a defective disks

Code:
vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE      DISK         GROUP        STATUS
c0t10d0s2    sliced    -            -            error
c0t11d0s2    sliced    disk08       rootdg       online
c1t16d0s2    sliced    solaris10      solaris        online
c1t17d0s2    sliced    solaris11      solaris        online
c1t19d0s2    sliced    solaris02      solaris        online
c1t21d0s2    sliced    solaris03      solaris        online
c1t22d0s2    sliced    solaris04      solaris        online
c2t48d0s2    sliced    solaris13      solaris        online
c2t49d0s2    sliced    solaris01      solaris        online
c2t51d0s2    sliced    solaris05      solaris        online
c2t54d0s2    sliced    solaris14      solaris        online
c2t55d0s2    sliced    solaris15      solaris        online spare
c2t58d0s2    sliced    solaris16      solaris        online spare
c3t0d0s2     sliced    solaris06      solaris        online spare
c3t5d0s2     sliced    solaris07      solaris        online spare
c3t10d0s2    sliced    solaris17      solaris        online spare
c4t32d0s2    sliced    solaris08      solaris        online spare
c4t37d0s2    sliced    solaris09      solaris        online spare
c4t42d0s2    sliced    solaris18      solaris        online spare

# 2  
Old 10-10-2012
no update Smilie
# 3  
Old 10-12-2012
Hi,

You will have to set the disk as the hot spare for the disk group like;

Code:
vxedit -g "group_name" set spare=on "disk"

I can't remember if you have to add the disk to the group, but if you do you'll have to use the following;

Code:
vxdg -g "group" adddisk "disk"="device"

Regards

Dave
# 4  
Old 10-13-2012
thanks dave for your replay what i was askin i want to make the spare disi working as normal disk becouse i have a lot of un-used spare disks Smilie
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