metatool (1M)

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NAME

metatool - create and administer DiskSuite configurations

SYNOPSIS

metatool [ -s diskset ] [ -r registry-file ]

AVAILABILITY

/usr/opt/SUNWmd/sbin

DESCRIPTION

The metatool command runs DiskSuite Tool, Solstice DiskSuite's graphical user interface. metatool displays a graphical representation of all metadevices, hot spare pools, and the metadevice state database, and a drag-anddrop interface for manipulation of these objects.

All functionality available using the DiskSuite command line interface is available from metatool, with the exceptions of the creation of disksets and the unmirroring of file systems you cannot umount. Disksets must be created using the DiskSuite command-line utilities. Metadevices and hot spare pools within disksets can then be displayed and administered by metatool using the -s option.

When you run metatool on a system with an existing DiskSuite configuration, you see all existing metadevices, hot spare pools, and the metadevice state database in the Objects list of the Metadevice Editor window for that diskset, either local or shared.

When you run metatool on a system that has no DiskSuite configuration, you see an empty MetaDB (metadevice state database) object in the Objects list of the Metadevice Editor window. This object must be populated with a minimum of three state database replicas before metadevices can be created.

OPTIONS

The following options can be used with metatool:

-s diskset: Display metadevices configured in the specified diskset.

-r registry-file: Load the Tools pulldown menu using entries from registry-file instead of the default registry /usr/opt/SUNWmd/lib/metatool-toolsmenu.

ENVIRONMENT

metatool supports the standard X11 environment variables.

RESOURCES

The file, /usr/opt/SUNWmd/lib/X11/app-defaults/Metatool, contains a list of all the X resources used by metatool.