The custom jumpstart installation method and solaris live upgrade support a subset of the features that are available in the solaris volume manager software. To start with here is what i laid out my filesystem to be when i initially installed solaris 10. Be sure to back up the system before using the upgrade option. Beware that the root partition cant be used yet with zfs though. Software raid is one of the greatest feature in linux to protect the data from disk failure. I installed a ufs filesystem solaris 10 update 10 and updated it with a fixpack and thought i was through, however the application, apart from the root, usr, swap and the partition representing the disk, wants 10 additional partitions a. This section contains instructions on how to create raid volumes using the solaris os commands. Svm relies on the solaristm operating environment to supply it with each disks correct devid when a disk fails and is replaced, a specific procedure is required for scsi disks to make sure that. Now solaris volume manager software is integrated with the solaris operating environment solaris oe and does not require additional license fees. In solaris 9 the solaris volume manager is your tool for software raid. Lets continue on from the example in unmirroring a raid 1 root volume on solaris we have two disks, c1t0d0 and c1t1d0. Since were upgrading from solaris 9 to solaris 10, well be upgrading from ufs to ufs file systems. In solaris 9, a whole raid 0 contains 2 disk must be configure, then, raid 1 mirroring slice by slice. Also, since we are upgrading from one disk to another, we will copy all filesystems from c1t0d0 to c1t1d0 no filesystems will be shared.
For example, if your current os is the solaris 9 release and you want to upgrade to the oracle solaris 10 811 release, you need to install the live upgrade packages from the oracle solaris 10 811 release. A guide for system administrators mark brown chuck davis william dy paul ionescu jeff richardson kurt taylor robbie williamson a comprehensive reference for a quick transition presents a taskbased grouping of differences between the operating system environments additional content about how to optimize linux on ibm. Solaris 10 910 u9 added physical to zone migration, zfs triple parity raidz and oracle solaris auto registration. Solaris makes it easy to erase a disk so that all the data cant be restored, even with sophisticated methods. Dos 81 minix old lin bf solaris 1 fat12 27 hidden ntfs win 82 linux swap so. This guide explains how to set up software raid1 on an already running debian squeeze system. Install software raid 1 on sun solaris 9 solutions. It will overwrite the selected area of your disk usually s2 a total of four times with different patterns to achieve this. Enter s to skip this disc and go on to the next one. Limitedtime offer applies to the first charge of a new subscription only. Solaris volume manager in the solaris 9 operating environment.
I try make software raid on x86 server with solaris 10. Limitations exist with certain device drivers in solaris 10 os 65 dvdromcdrom drives on headless systems 66 6 solaris 10 release notes january 2005 10 61 61. The initial option overwrites the system disks with the new version of the solaris os software. It is a method of storing information on multiple hard disks for greater protection andor performance. Ssh into your server as root and run cat procmdstat to view the current status of the servers software raided disks. We have lvm also in linux to configure mirrored volumes but software raid recovery is much easier in disk failures compare to linux lvm. A raid 10 device consists of nested raid 1 mirroring and raid 0 striping arrays. I have seen some of the environments are configured with software raid and lvm volume groups are built using raid devices. Solaris 10 811 u10 added zfs speedups and new features, oracle database optimization, faster reboot on sparc system. If you can afford it i would recomend using identically sized drives. Liveupgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 sysadmins journey.
Use the solaris volume manager gui or the metattach command to attach a submirror. Zfs equally as mobile between solaris, opensolaris, freebsd, osx, and linux under fuse. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. Plan to use software raid veritas volume mgr on c1t2d0 disk. Synology diskstation ds, buffalo terastation, are examples.
We are running the console remotely, so to run smc on our workstation we have to run. Oracle solaris 10 910 key features and benefits file systems should some event disrupt the writes. Zfs is scalable, and includes extensive protection against data corruption, support for high storage capacities, efficient data compression, integration of the concepts of filesystem and volume management, snapshots and copyonwrite clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, raidz. With this enhancement storage administrators can check the integrity of previous versions of the uber block the root of a zfs file system stepping back in time until a stable file system is found. Software raid is used exclusively in large systems mainframes, solaris risc, itanium, san systems found in enterprise computing. This article provides specific solaris volume manager tips for system, storage, and database administrators who want get the most of solaris volume manager software in their data centers. Heres how to leverage liveupgrade to safely upgrade from solaris 9 to solaris 10 using a spare disk. Software raid on top of hardware raid unix and linux forums. I make mirroring all data partitions it normally working. When you are working with raid1 volumes mirrors and raid0 volumes singleslice concatenations, consider the following guidelines. Some levels can be combined to produce a twodigit raid level. In my attached file, there is demonstration by image. When you create a disk stripe on two or more drives, the data on all of the drives will be lost.
To any customer who wishes to acquire copies of solaris 8 or 9 media. The solaris management console smc comes with the solaris 9 distribution, and allows you to configure your software raid, among other things. Just to note up front i used identical maxtor 80gb drives for this raid setup. Find answers to raid 5 on solaris 9 from the expert community at experts exchange. The grub2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails no matter which one. If the volume is set up as a raw device for database management software or. Custom jumpstart and solaris live upgrade guidelines. I have found some info on how to mirror the 250gb drives but i havent been able to find very detailed on how to setup the raid 5. On native platforms not linux solaris is faster that ntfs. After a creating a raid volume using raidctl, use format1m to configure and label the volume before attempting to use it in the solaris operating system start the format utility.
Zfs is a combined file system and logical volume manager designed by sun microsystems. Find answers to install software raid 1 on sun solaris 9 from the expert community at experts exchange. Creating a software raid configuration for a packet m1. Creating a raid1 volume solaris volume manager administration. Creating a disk stripe with the solaris os commands. How to set up software raid1 on a running system incl. Disk devrdskc0t1d0sx first we must get the partition table from the first disk to the second.
Chapter 10 raid 1 mirror volumes tasks solaris volume. The release of the live upgrade packages must match the release of the os you are upgrading to. Make sure that you know for sure which level of solaris you are using by looking at the etcrelease file on your system. No data is ever deleted, and to roll back to solaris 9, all you need is one command and a reboot. Login or register for dates, times and to reply thread tools. If you are using solaris 10 or newer, i would suggest to use zfs raid capabilities, they are far easier to manage than other technologies. Normal install process would be to use the dvd supplied by sonus to do a reinstall from scratch in the event of failure. Read overview of replacing and enabling components in raid 1 and raid 5 volumes and background information for raid 1 volumes. For information about related concepts, see chapter 9, raid 1 mirror. Solaris volume manager formerly solstice disksuite is a. When you create mirrored file systems with these installation programs, consider the following guidelines. There is a subcommand analyzepurge in the command format1m that does it all for you. The companion cd files install in subdirectories of the optsfw file system rather than in usrlocal. Use one of the following methods to replace a submirror.
The solaris volume manager administration guide provides instructions on using. I have a number of solaris 9 and 10 sparc servers no raid that are custom dvd jumpstarts provided by sonus networks for their softswitch voip products. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Configure a hardware raid volume for the solaris os sun. On a side note, if youre using software raid its about a million times easier to setup a zfs pool, if you have solaris 10 1106 or later installed. Just create two partitions of the same size on each disk, and have them mirrored, thats it. In solaris 9, a whole raid 0 contains 2 disk must be configure, then, raid 1 mirroring slice by slice inside. There are several different storage methods, named levels, numbered from 0 to 9. From the enhanced storage tool within the solaris management console, open the volumes node, choose the mirror, then choose actionproperties and click the components tab.
Zfs is also much faster at raidz that windows is at software raid5. An quick howto for mirroring your system disk to the 2. Please insert the cddvd for solaris 9 software 2 of 2 1202 sparc platform edition. The grubbased installation program of the solaris 10 106 software and.
The upgrade option updates the solaris os software to the new release and saves as many modifications to the previous version of solaris software as possible. This software is licensed for use only in conjunction with intel. Configure a hardware raid volume for the solaris os. Software raid in solaris 10 ars technica openforum. We have just received a sun ultra 40 box that has 6 drives 2x250gb and 4x500gb i m trying to setup a software raid 5 on the 500gb drives with one spare and also mirror the 250gb drives.
Ive just been given the assignment of installing an application cisco transport manager on a t5120 sparc with 2 300 gigabyte drives. You may not copy, modify, rent, sell, distribute or transfer any part. Raid is an acronym for redundant array of independent or inexpensive disks. The programs were ported to all versions of solaris from 2.
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