metaimport(1M) System Administration Commands metaimport(1M)NAMEmetaimport - imports disk sets into existing Solaris Volume Manager
configurations
SYNOPSISmetaimport-s setname [-n] [-v] [-f] [disks...]
metaimport-r [disks...]
metaimport-V
metaimport -?
DESCRIPTION
The metaimport command allows the importing of disk sets, including
replicated disk sets, into an existing Solaris Volume Manager configu‐
ration. Replicated disk sets are disk sets created using remote repli‐
cation software.
The default Solaris Volume Manager configuration specifies a maximum
number of disk sets that can be configured. The metaimport command
fails if importing the disk set would result in exceeding the number of
disk sets configured on the system. To increase the number of disk sets
allowed on a system, see the Solaris Volume Manager Administration
Guide.
Use metaset(1M) or metastat(1M) to view the configuration of the
imported set.
You must run metaimport as root.
metaimport requires a functional Solaris Volume Manager configuration
before it runs.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-f Force the import, even if a quorum of replicas
from the imported disk set is not available.
This option could result in corrupt configura‐
tions and should only be used when metaimport
fails with the "Insufficient quorum detected;
exiting" error. If only a partial disk set is
available, this option might be necessary to
successfully import. Some or all data could be
corrupted or unavailable when importing a par‐
tial set or a set lacking a replica quorum.
-n Does not actually perform the operation, but
shows the output or errors that would have
resulted from the operation, had it been run.
-r Report on the non-configured disk sets found on
the system. If no disk device or LUN is speci‐
fied, metaimport reports on all non-configured
disk sets attached to the system. When the name
of one disk is specified, metaimport reports on
the disk set (or virtual LUN) containing the
specified disk. If two or more disks are speci‐
fied, metaimport reports on the set (or sets,
if they belong to different disk sets) contain‐
ing the specified disks. If two or more disks
are specified, metaimport reports on the set
(or sets, if they belong to different disk
sets) containing the specified disks.
-s setname Specify the disk set name to use when import‐
ing. The imported disk set will be called set‐
name, without regard to the name it may have
had on a different system.
-v Verbose. Provides detailed information about
the metadb replica location and status.
-V Version information.
-? Display a help message.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Importing a Disk Set
The following example creates a disk set called blue and identifies
c1t5d0 as a disk containing a state database replica from the disk set
being imported.
# metaimport-s blue c1t5d0
Example 2: Reporting Disk Sets to Import
The following example scans all disks and LUNs attached to the system
and configured as part of the system. It scans for disks that could be
part of a disk set to be imported. Components that are already part of
the Solaris Volume Manager configuration are ignored.
This use of metaimport provides suggested forms of the metaimport com‐
mand to use to actually import the disk sets that have been found. You
can specify a component on the command line to reduce the scope of the
scan and generate results more quickly.
# metaimport-r
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWmdu │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Stable │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOmdmonitord(1M), metaclear(1M), metadb(1M), metadetach(1M), metahs(1M),
metainit(1M), metaoffline(1M), metaonline(1M), metaparam(1M), metare‐
cover(1M), metareplace(1M), metaroot(1M), metaset(1M), metasync(1M),
metattach(1M), md.tab(4), md.cf(4), mddb.cf(4), attributes(5)
Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
SunOS 5.10 16 May 2005 metaimport(1M)
