| Document Information Preface 1.  Getting Started With Solaris Volume Manager 2.  Storage Management Concepts 3.  Solaris Volume Manager Overview 4.  Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster (Overview) 5.  Configuring and Using Solaris Volume Manager (Scenario) 6.  State Database (Overview) 7.  State Database (Tasks) 8.  RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Overview) 9.  RAID-0 (Stripe and Concatenation) Volumes (Tasks) 10.  RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Overview) 11.  RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes (Tasks) 12.  Soft Partitions (Overview) 13.  Soft Partitions (Tasks) 14.  RAID-5 Volumes (Overview) 15.  RAID-5 Volumes (Tasks) 16.  Hot Spare Pools (Overview) 17.  Hot Spare Pools (Tasks) 18.  Disk Sets (Overview) 19.  Disk Sets (Tasks) 20.  Maintaining Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks) 21.  Best Practices for Solaris Volume Manager 22.  Top-Down Volume Creation (Overview) 23.  Top-Down Volume Creation (Tasks) 24.  Monitoring and Error Reporting (Tasks) 25.  Troubleshooting Solaris Volume Manager (Tasks) A.  Important Solaris Volume Manager Files B.  Solaris Volume Manager Quick Reference C.  Solaris Volume Manager CIM/WBEM API Managing Solaris Volume Manager Index |       	 
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RAID, levels supported in Solaris Volume Manager, RAID Levels 
RAID-0 (stripe) Volume, example with three slices, RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume 
RAID-0+1, Providing RAID-1+0 and RAID-0+1 
RAID-0 volume
definition, Overview of RAID-0 Volumesusage, Overview of RAID-0 Volumes 
RAID-1+0, Providing RAID-1+0 and RAID-0+1 
RAID-1 Volume, Overview of RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumes
booting into single-user mode, The Affect of Booting Into Single-User Mode on RAID-1 Volumes 
RAID-1 volume
creating, Creating a RAID-1 Volumeinformation for replacing and enabling components, Background Information for Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumesmaintenance vs. last erred, Maintenance and Last Erred States 
RAID-1 Volume
mirror, Overview of RAID-1 (Mirror) Volumesoptions, About RAID-1 Volume Optionspass number, Pass NumberRAID-0+1, Providing RAID-1+0 and RAID-0+1RAID-1+0, Providing RAID-1+0 and RAID-0+1read-and-write policies, RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies 
RAID-1 volume
replacing and enabling components, Overview of Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumes 
RAID-1 Volume
submirror
Overview of RAID-1 (Mirror) VolumesOverview of Submirrors 
RAID-5 volume
and interlace, Requirements for RAID-5 Volumeschecking status of, How to Check the Status of a RAID-5 Volumecreating, Creating RAID-5 Volumesdefinition
RAID LevelsClasses of Volumesenabling a component, How to Enable a Component in a RAID-5 Volumeenabling a failed slice, How to Enable a Component in a RAID-5 Volumeexample with an expanded device, Example—Concatenated (Expanded) RAID-5 Volumeexample with four disks, Example—RAID-5 Volumeexpanding
How to Expand a RAID-5 VolumeHow to Expand a RAID-5 Volumeguidelines, Guidelines for RAID-5 Volumesinformation for replacing and enabling components, Background Information for Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumesmaintenance vs. last erred, Maintenance and Last Erred Statesoverview, Overview of RAID-5 Volumesparity calculations, Guidelines for RAID-5 Volumesparity information
Overview of RAID-5 VolumesExample—Concatenated (Expanded) RAID-5 Volumereplacing a component, How to Replace a Component in a RAID-5 Volumereplacing a failed slice, How to Replace a Component in a RAID-5 Volumereplacing and enabling components
Overview of Replacing and Enabling Slices in RAID-5 VolumesOverview of Replacing and Enabling Components in RAID-1 and RAID-5 Volumesrequirements for, Background Information for Creating RAID-5 Volumesresynchronizing slices, Overview of RAID-5 Volumesslice states, Overview of Checking Status of RAID-5 Volumesstates, Overview of Checking Status of RAID-5 Volumestasks, RAID-5 Volumes (Task Map) 
RAID–0 (concatenated stripe) volume
example with three stripes, Example—RAID-0 (Concatenated Stripe) Volumeinterlace value for, RAID-0 (Concatenated Stripe) Volume 
RAID–0 (concatenation) volume, information for creating, Background Information for Creating RAID-0 Volumes 
RAID–0 (stripe) volume, RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume
information for creating, Background Information for Creating RAID-0 Volumes 
RAID–0 volume
guidelines, RAID-0 Volume Guidelinestypes of, Overview of RAID-0 Volumes 
random I/O, Random I/O and Sequential I/O Optimization 
releasing a disk set
Releasing a Disk SetHow to Release a Disk Set 
renaming volumes, Background Information for Renaming Volumes 
repartitioning a disk, Automatic Disk Partitioning 
replica, State Database and State Database Replicas 
reserving a disk set, Reserving a Disk Set 
resynchronization
canceling, How to Cancel a Volume Resynchronization Processfull, Full Resynchronizationoptimized, Optimized Resynchronizationpartial, Partial Resynchronizationresuming, How to Resume a Volume Resynchronization Process 
round-robin read policy, RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies S
SCSI disk
replacing
Replacing DisksHow to Replace a Failed DiskRecovering From Disk Movement Problems 
sequential I/O, Sequential Access I/O 
serial write policy, RAID-1 Volume Read-and-Write Policies 
Service Management Facility (SMF), See SMF 
shared disk set, Introduction to Disk Sets 
simple volume, definition, Classes of Volumes 
slices, expanding, How to Expand Storage Capacity for Existing Data 
small servers, overview of deploying, Deploying Small Servers 
SMF
Solaris Volume Manager services, Upgrading to Solaris Volume Managerupgrading Solaris Volume Manager and, Upgrading to Solaris Volume Manager 
soft partition
creating, How to Create a Soft Partitiondeleting, How to Remove a Soft Partitionrecovering configuration for, How to Recover Configuration Data for a Soft Partitionremoving, How to Remove a Soft Partition 
soft partitions, Overview of Soft Partitions
checking status of, Maintaining Soft Partitionsdefinition, Overview of Soft Partitionsexpanding, How to Expand a Soft Partitionguidelines, Configuration Guidelines for Soft Partitionslocations, Overview of Soft Partitionsmaintaining, Maintaining Soft Partitionstasks, Soft Partitions (Task Map) 
Solaris Volume Manager
See Solaris Volume Managerconfiguration guidelines, General Guidelinesnetworked storage devices and, Using Solaris Volume Manager With Networked Storage DevicesOracle Real Applications Clusters and, Introduction to Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Clusterrecovering the configuration, How to Initialize Solaris Volume Manager From a Configuration FileSun Cluster and, Introduction to Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster 
Solaris Volume Manager elements, overview, Overview of Solaris Volume Manager Components 
Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster
application based recovery, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Setsconfiguration, Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster Configurationdata management and recovery, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Setsdirected mirror reads, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Setsoptimized resynchronization, RAID–1 (Mirror) Volumes in Multi-Owner Disk Setssoftware components, Prerequisite: Required Software Components for Multi-Owner Disk Set Functionalitytimeouts, Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster Configuration 
Solaris Volume Manager interfaces
command line, How to Administer Solaris Volume Managersample GUI, How to Administer Solaris Volume ManagerSolaris Management Console, How to Administer Solaris Volume Manager 
state database
conceptual overview
State Database and State Database ReplicasAbout the Solaris Volume Manager State Database and Replicascorrupt, About the Solaris Volume Manager State Database and Replicasdefinition
Overview of Solaris Volume Manager ComponentsState Database and State Database Replicas 
state database replica
criteria for disk set, Automatic Disk Partitioningsize of, Automatic Disk Partitioning 
state database replicas, State Database and State Database Replicas
adding larger replicas, How to Delete State Database Replicasbasic operation, About the Solaris Volume Manager State Database and Replicascreating multiple on a single slice, Administering State Database Replicasdefinition, State Database and State Database Replicaserrors, Handling State Database Replica Errorslocation
State Database and State Database ReplicasAdministering State Database ReplicasAdministering State Database Replicasminimum number
Administering State Database ReplicasAdministering State Database Replicastwo-disk configuration, Handling State Database Replica Errorsusage, About the Solaris Volume Manager State Database and Replicas 
status, How to Check the Status of a Disk Set 
stripe
creating, How to Create a RAID-0 (Stripe) Volumedefinition
expanding, How to Expand an Existing RAID-0 VolumeSee also RAID–0 (stripe) volumeremoving, How to Remove a RAID-0 Volume 
stripe volume, See RAID–0 (stripe) volume 
striping, definition, RAID-0 (Stripe) Volume 
submirror, Overview of Submirrors
See RAID-1 Volumeattaching, Overview of Submirrorsdetaching, Overview of Submirrorsenabling a failed slice, How to Enable a Slice in a Submirroroperation while offline, Overview of Submirrorsreplacing a failed slice, How to Replace a Slice in a Submirrorreplacing entire, How to Replace a Submirror 
Sun Cluster, Introduction to Solaris Volume Manager for Sun Cluster 
svc-mdmonitor script, Configuring the mdmonitord Command for Periodic Error Checking 
swap, unmirroring, How to Unmirror a File System That Cannot Be Unmounted 
system files, System Files and Startup Files 
system recovery from install program, Performing System Recovery |