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Actually have a few different issues, wondering if I could get input on (tried reading/searching for an answer, with no luck)

1. Have a v240 running sol9 that needs a bad disk replaced. So, here are the steps I took:
a. detached from mirroring
b. cleared mirroring (metaclear)
c. removed from db (metadb -d)
d. viewed disk in cfgadm -al
e. unconfig'd (cfgadm -c unconfigure <disk>)
f. verified disk no longer in cfgadm -al
g. blue light came on, disk replaced.
h. tried to reconfigure (cfgadm -c configure <disk>)
this is where it's broke (attachment point not found).
i. tried to force (cfgadm -f -c configure <disk>)
worse: failed to configure SCSI device: I/O error

Here's the second issue, same device:

2. Want to rename disk from c0::sd2 to c0::dsk/c0t2d0
a. unconfigured the disk (spare disk)
cfgadm -c unconfigure c0::sd2
b. disk shows unconfigured (no blue light), but not removed
still shows up under cfgadm -al
c. tried reseating the disk, but no change.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

really that bad?

Before step h, did you confirm you could see the disk via format and then get its new label via cfgadm -al ?

If the disk doesn't show up with a format, you might need to run devfsadm

thanks for the reply. i did not verify with <format> that i could see the disk before unconfiguring, however, after unconfiguring, replacing, and failed attempt to reconfigure... the format output does not recognize the disk.

I'll give the devfsadm a try and post back with results.

Thanks again.

Before starting any work, here are some command outputs.

# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0 disk connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t3d0 disk connected configured unknown
c0::sd2 disk connected unconfigured unknown

>> Had tech remove disk and re-insert

# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
1. c0t3d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> data
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@3,0

# devfsadm
#

# format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
1. c0t3d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> data
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@3,0

At this point i'm going to have the disks shipped back (even though i don't believe the disks are the problem (same issue on two different v440's).

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Vlad

PS> I tried using the disconnect / remove options with cfgadm -c, but received "operation not supported for scsi device" and "operation not supported" respectively.