[SunHELP] Disksuite & metainit

[David Morley]

Mike,
    The databases that DiskSuite is complaining about are the metadatabases
that DiskSuite needs to keep track of rest of your mirrors.  I believe that
you need at least 4 metadatabases for the system to be bootable.  You will
need a slice on one or more of your disk to hold the metadatabases.
    To initialize them the command would be /usr/opt/SUNWmd/sbin/metadb -a
-f -c 4 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d1s7.  Change the device to the controller/slice that
you have set aside to hold them.

Dave

"Michael S. Schiller" wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to setup a software RAID using Disksuite, but I can't seem to
> get anywhere! I've read parts of the manual (no, not the whole thing)
> and I've edited the /etc/lvd/md.tab file according to the manual, but
> when I try and create the state database I keep getting an error message
> saying that there are no existing databases! I KNOW THAT. How do I get
> metainit or metadb or whatever to CREATE the needed files?
>
> This has got me VERY frustrated, and if I can't figure it out soon,
> I might have a used Sun for sale with a few bulletholes in it :)
>
> -Mike
>
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