Document Information
Preface
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview)
2. Managing Removable Media (Tasks)
3. Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)
4. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
5. Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)
6. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
7. Using USB Devices (Overview)
8. Using USB Devices (Tasks)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
10. Managing Disks (Overview)
11. Administering Disks (Tasks)
Administering Disks (Task Map)
Identifying Disks on a System
How to Identify the Disks on a System
Formatting a Disk
How to Determine if a Disk Is Formatted
How to Format a Disk
Displaying Disk Slices
How to Display Disk Slice Information
Creating and Examining a Disk Label
How to Label a Disk
How to Examine a Disk Label
Recovering a Corrupted Disk Label
How to Recover a Corrupted Disk Label
Adding a Third-Party Disk
How to Create a format.dat Entry
Automatically Configuring SCSI Disk Drives
How to Automatically Configure a SCSI Drive
Repairing a Defective Sector
How to Identify a Defective Sector by Using Surface Analysis
How to Repair a Defective Sector
Tips and Tricks for Managing Disks
12. SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
16. The format Utility (Reference)
17. Managing File Systems (Overview)
18. Creating UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
19. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
20. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
21. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
22. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
23. UFS File System (Reference)
24. Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)
25. Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)
26. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
27. Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)
28. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
29. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
30. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Index
Task
Description
For Instructions
Identify the disks on a system.
If you are not sure of the types of disks on a system, use the format utility to identify the disk types.
Format the disk.
Determine whether a disk is already formatted by using the format utility.
In most cases, disks are already formatted. Use the format utility if you need to format a disk.
Display slice information.
Display slice information by using the format utility.
Label the disk.
Create the disk label by using the format utility.
Examine the disk label.
Examine the disk label by using the prtvtoc command.
Recover a corrupted disk label.
You can attempt to recover a disk label that was damaged due to a system or power failure.
Create a format.dat entry.
Create a format.dat entry to support a third-party disk.
Automatically configure a SCSI disk.
You can automatically configure a SCSI disk with the SCSI-2 specification for disk device mode sense pages even if the specific drive type is not listed in the /etc/format.dat file.
Identify a defective disk sector.
Identify a defective disk sector by using the format utility.
If necessary, fix a defective disk sector.
Fix a defective disk sector by using the format utility.