Solaris Volume Manager – Delete replicas of the metadevice state database

In this Solaris server, one of the disks needs replacement

root@solaris # echo | format
Searching for disks…done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t2d0 <drive not available>
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/sd@2,0
1. c0t3d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/scsi@2/sd@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):

Checking replicas of the metadevice state database

root@solaris # metadb
flags first blk block count
M p 16 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s4
M p 8208 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s4
M p 16400 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s4
M p 16 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
M p 8208 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
M p 16400 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
a m p lu 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5

Deleting metadevice state database on the slices of the bad disk. First slice 4

root@solaris # metadb -d /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s4
metadb: solaris: Bad address

root@solaris # metadb
flags first blk block count
M p 16 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
M p 8208 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
M p 16400 unknown /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
a m p lu 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5

And then in slice 5

root@solaris # metadb -d /dev/dsk/c0t2d0s5
metadb: solaris: Bad address

root@solaris # metadb
flags first blk block count
a m p lu 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s4
a p l 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5
a p l 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s5

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