Index

A

adding a host to a disk set, How to Add Another Host to a Disk Set

adding disks to a disk set, How to Add Disks to a Disk Set

adding hot spares, How to Add Additional Slices to a Hot Spare Pool

administering disk sets, Solaris Volume Manager Disk Set Administration

application based recovery, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Sets

automatic disk partitioning, Automatic Disk Partitioning

autotake disk set, Introduction to Disk Sets

B

boot problems, Recovering From Boot Problems

booting into single-user mode, The Affect of Booting Into Single-User Mode on RAID-1 Volumes

C

changing default values, Changing Solaris Volume Manager Default Values

checking status of a disk set, How to Check the Status of a Disk Set

component, definition of, Overview of RAID-0 Volumes

concatenated stripe

See RAID–0 (concatenated stripe volume

definition

See also RAID–0 (concatenated stripe) volume

removing, How to Remove a RAID-0 Volume

concatenation

creating, How to Create a RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume

definition

See also RAID–0 (concatenation) volume

example with three slices, Scenario—RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume

expanding, How to Expand an Existing RAID-0 Volume

expanding UFS file system, RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume

removing, How to Remove a RAID-0 Volume

usage, RAID-0 (Concatenation) Volume

concatenation volume, See RAID–0 (concatenation) volume

configuration, viewing, Viewing the Solaris Volume Manager Configuration

configuration file, creating, Working With Configuration Files

configuration planning

guidelines, Configuration Planning Guidelines

overview, Configuration Planning Guidelines

trade-offs, General Performance Guidelines

creating a disk set, How to Create a Disk Set

creating components in a disk set, How to Create Solaris Volume Manager Components in a Disk Set

creating configuration files, Working With Configuration Files

cron command, How to Automate Checking for Errors in Volumes

D

deleting a disk set, How to Delete a Host or Disk Set

deleting a host from a disk set, How to Delete a Host or Disk Set

deleting disks from a disk set, How to Delete Disks From a Disk Set

device ID, formats of, Device ID Discrepancies After Upgrading to the Solaris 10 Release

directed mirror reads, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Sets

disk set, Introduction to Disk Sets

adding disks to, How to Add Disks to a Disk Set

adding host to, How to Add Another Host to a Disk Set

administering, Solaris Volume Manager Disk Set Administration

asynchronous shared storage, Asynchronous Shared Storage in Disk Sets

automatic disk partitioning, Automatic Disk Partitioning

autotake, Introduction to Disk Sets

checking status, How to Check the Status of a Disk Set

creating, How to Create a Disk Set

creating components, How to Create Solaris Volume Manager Components in a Disk Set

definition

Overview of Solaris Volume Manager Components

Disk Sets

deleting a disk set, How to Delete a Host or Disk Set

deleting a host from a disk set, How to Delete a Host or Disk Set

deleting disks, How to Delete Disks From a Disk Set

example with two shared disk sets, Example—Two Shared Disk Sets

guidelines, Guidelines for Working With Disk Sets

importing, Importing a Disk Set

local, Introduction to Disk Sets

multi-owner, Introduction to Disk Sets

See multi-owner disk set

named, Introduction to Disk Sets

naming conventions, Disk Set Name Requirements

releasing

Releasing a Disk Set

How to Release a Disk Set

reserving

Reserving a Disk Set

How to Take a Disk Set

scenario, Scenario—Disk Sets

shared, Introduction to Disk Sets

taking, How to Take a Disk Set

usage, Introduction to Disk Sets

disk sets

importing, Importing Disk Sets

maximum number supported, Changing Solaris Volume Manager Default Values

DiskSuite Tool, See graphical interface

E

enabling a slice in a RAID-5 volume, How to Enable a Component in a RAID-5 Volume

enabling a slice in a submirror, How to Enable a Slice in a Submirror

Enhanced Storage, See graphical interface

error checking, Configuring the mdmonitord Command for Periodic Error Checking

errors, checking for using a script, Monitoring Solaris Volume Manager With a cron Job

/etc/lvm/md.cf file, System Files and Startup Files

/etc/lvm/mddb.cf file, System Files and Startup Files

/etc/rc2.d/S95lvm.sync file, System Files and Startup Files

/etc/rcS.d/S35lvm.init file, System Files and Startup Files

/etc/vfstab file, How to Unmirror a File System

recovering from improper entries, How to Recover From Improper /etc/vfstab Entries

exchanging volume names, Exchanging Volume Names

F

failover configuration, Disk Sets

file system

expanding, Expanding a File System Using the growfs Command

expanding by creating a concatenation, How to Expand Storage Capacity for Existing Data

expansion overview

Volume and Disk Space Expansion Using the growfs Command

guidelines, File System Guidelines

unmirroring, How to Unmirror a File System That Cannot Be Unmounted

first read policy, RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies

fmthard command

How to Recover From a Boot Device Failure

How to Recover From Insufficient State Database Replicas

format command

How to Recover From a Boot Device Failure

How to Recover From Insufficient State Database Replicas

G

general performance guidelines, General Performance Guidelines

geometric read policy, RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies

graphical interface, overview, How Solaris Volume Manager Manages Storage

growfs command

Expanding a File System Using the growfs Command

Command-Line Reference

growfs command

Volume and Disk Space Expansion Using the growfs Command

How to Expand a File System

GUI, sample, How to Administer Solaris Volume Manager