Document Audience: SPECTRUM Document ID: 18595 Title: Sun Enterprise[TM] 3500 Server - How to Replace a Disk Under

Veritas Volu me Manager Control Update Date: Mon Dec 06 00:00:00 MST 2004 Products: Sun Enterprise 3500 Server, Sun StorEdge Volume Manager 2.6, VERITA S Volume Manager 3.0.2 Software, Sun Enterprise Volume Manager 2.4 Technical Areas: Disk, Fiber, Disk --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Keyword(s):SEVM, VxVM, Volume Manager, upgrade, upgrading, recovery, recover, co nfigure, configured, configuration Problem Statement The Sun Enterprise[TM] 3500 server (E3500) is a special case when replacing internal disks that are under Sun Enterprise Volume Manager[TM] (SEVM) 2.x, or Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 3.x control. The E3500 has dual ported FC-AL drives, making it similar to the Sun StorEdge[TM] A5x00 array. This procedure should be used for the following: Replacing a simple data disk Replacing a mirrored disk under Veritas Volume Manager control The procedures are all individually explained in various documents for the A5x00 , and Veritas Volume Manager related documents. The purpose of this document is to bring these procedures together in one document for FC-AL disks in the E3500 enclosure .

Resolution REPLACING A SIMPLE DATA DISK 1. Ensure the following patches are installed: Solaris[TM] 9 Luxadm patch 113049-01 or higher

Solaris[TM] 8 Luxadm patch - 109529-06 or higher Solaris 7 IB & Luxadm patch - 107473-07 or higher Solaris 2.6 sf/socal/ib/luxadm patch - 105375-10 or higher ssd patch - 105356-08 or higher Solaris 2.5.1 sf/socal/ib/luxadm patch - 105310-08 or higher ssd patch - 104708-16 or higher These provide support for the luxadm commands on the E3500.

2. Unmount the disk and then stop it with the command luxadm stop <logical path or physical path or WWN ...> 3. Remove the device entries, the following command will complete this luxadm remove_device <logical path or physical path or WWN ...> 4. Replace the disk, then luxadm insert <no arguments required> This will recreate the device entries, the device is now ready to be used. REPLACING A MIRRORED DISK UNDER VOLUME MANAGER CONTROL 1. Ensure the following patches are installed: Solaris 9 Luxadm patch

113049-01 or higher

Solaris 8 Luxadm patch - 109529-06 or higher Solaris 7 IB & Luxadm patch - 107473-07 or higher Solaris 2.6 sf/socal/ib/luxadm patch - 105375-10 or higher ssd patch - 105356-08 or higher Solaris 2.5.1 sf/socal/ib/luxadm patch - 105310-08 or higher ssd patch - 104708-16 or higher These provide support for the luxadm commands on the E3500. 2. Inform Volume Manager you wish to remove the disk vxdiskadm option 4 (Remove a disk for replacement) 3. Take the disk offline vxdiskadm option 11 (Disable (offline) a disk device) 4. Remove the device entries, the following command will complete this luxadm remove_device <logical path or physical path or WWN ...> 5. Replace the disk, then

luxadm insert <no arguments required> or luxadm insert_device <logical path or physical path or WWN ...> 6. Inform Volume Manager of the new device vxdctl enable 7. Bring the disk back online vxdiskadm option 5 (Replace a failed or removed disk)