Solstice
DiskSuite runs on all SPARC
DiskSuite's diskset feature is supported only on the SPARC platform edition of Solaris. This feature is not supported on x86 systems.
Solstice DiskSuite 4.1 Reference replaces these two books previously released with DiskSuite:
This book targets system administrators and others who manage disk storage.
This manual is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, "Introduction to DiskSuite," gives an overview of DiskSuite and various DiskSuite objects, such as metadevices.
Chapter 2, "Metadevices," gives an overview of DiskSuite metadevices.
Chapter 3, "Hot Spare Pools," describes DiskSuite hot spares and hot spare pools.
Chapter 4, "DiskSuite Tool," describes the DiskSuite graphical user interface.
Chapter 5, "Disksets," describes shared disksets.
Chapter 6, "The md.tab and md.cf Files," describes how to use various DiskSuite files to perform specific functions.
Chapter 7, "Configuration Guidelines," provides configuration and planning information for using DiskSuite.
Appendix A, "DiskSuite Error Messages," describes DiskSuite Tool's error, status, and log messages, and the command line error and log messages.
Appendix B, "Upgrading to Other Solaris Versions," describes how to upgrade to later versions of Solaris while using DiskSuite metadevices.
"Glossary," provides definitions of DiskSuite terminology.
Sun documentation related to DiskSuite and disk maintenance and configuration includes:
The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.
Table P-1 Typographic Conventions
| Typeface or Symbol | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| AaBbCc123 | The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail. |
| AaBbCc123 | What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
| AaBbCc123 | Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value | To delete a file, type rm filename. |
| AaBbCc123 | Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized | Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.
These are called class options. You must be root to do this. |
The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Table P-2 Shell Prompts
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Shell Prompt --------------------------------------------
C shell prompt machine_name%
C shell superuser prompt machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
prompt
Bourne shell and Korn shell #
superuser prompt
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