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Old 09-01-2014
Wrench Removing a disk from SUN Fire V440 running Solaris 8

Hi,

I have a SUN Fire V440 server running Solaris 8. One of the 4 disks do not appear when issued the format command. The "ready to remove" LED is not on either.

Metastat command warns that this disk "Needs maintenace". Can I just shutdown and power off the machine and then insert an identical new disk?

Thanks a lot.
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Old 09-01-2014
Yes that is safe, unless it is the boot disk.
And then there is manual work:
eventually a label is to be installed, the new disk needs to be partitioned, eventually a boot block needs to be installed, a metadb needs to be installed, and each partition needs to be synced.
Please give output of metastat and metadb!
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Old 09-01-2014
First of all make sure that you have backed up the data for the disk you are replacing. Then replace the disk. Partition it. Create the metadb. Mirror it. Resync it. Fill the disk with earlier data. Also make the entries in /etc/vfstab.
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Old 09-02-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Yes that is safe, unless it is the boot disk.
And then there is manual work:
eventually a label is to be installed, the new disk needs to be partitioned, eventually a boot block needs to be installed, a metadb needs to be installed, and each partition needs to be synced.
Please give output of metastat and metadb!
Hi, this is not the boot disk, so I guess there is no need for boot block.
Thanks for the information you provided.

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Originally Posted by RAHUL RATHORE
First of all make sure that you have backed up the data for the disk you are replacing. Then replace the disk. Partition it. Create the metadb. Mirror it. Resync it. Fill the disk with earlier data. Also make the entries in /etc/vfstab.
Hi, this disk does not appear in the "format" command output and it was a member of a mirror. So the backup is not possible and not necessary I think.

Thanks for the information.
# 5  
Old 09-04-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by MadeInGermany
Yes that is safe, unless it is the boot disk.
And then there is manual work:
eventually a label is to be installed, the new disk needs to be partitioned, eventually a boot block needs to be installed, a metadb needs to be installed, and each partition needs to be synced.
Please give output of metastat and metadb!
Hi, attached is the output of metastat and metadb commands.
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Old 09-04-2014
If the broken disk is hot-swappable, you can pull it online.
But shut down critical services (e.g. a database).

Insert the new disk. Wait a minute for detection and spin-up.

Run format, in order to verify that the disk can be accessed.
Eventually write a label to it (any suggested label works).
Copy the partition table from the other disk,
either in format or with the command
Code:
prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2 | fmthard -s - /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2

They must look identical:
Code:
prtvtoc -h /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
prtvtoc -h /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s2

Create new copies of the state database:
Code:
metadb
metadb -d c1t2d0s7
metadb
metadb -a -c 3 c1t2d0s7
metadb

Sync the first partition; metastat suggests a command that must be slightly modified:
Code:
metastat d0
metareplace -e d0 c1t2d0s0

Check the progress
Code:
metastat d0

Wait until d0 is 100% = Okay.

Repeat with the other partitions.

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