> I can set up mirroring within 45 seconds, blindfolded > with both hands tied behind my back:
I could barely read through this in 45 seconds, let alone type it and run it, and hope to not make typos at every step along the way. > metadb -a -f -c 3 c0d0s7 c1d0s7 SVM is the only volume manager that I can think of where I have to manually set up any metadata. VxVM handles it automatically, ZFS handles it automatically, I think (although it's been awhile since I worked with it) AIX's LVM even handles it automatically. > metainit -f d1 1 1 c0d0s0 > metainit d2 1 1 c1d0s0 Why do I need to include the number of slices? Why can't it default to the number of command line arguments; which is what it should normally be (give me a -n # if I want to do something funky). Why do I need to provide the stripe width; again it should default (with a -w # if I want to go outside the norms). These commands should be: metainit -f d1 c0d0s0 metainit d2 c1d0s0 > metainit d0 -m d1 > metaroot d0 Why multiple steps (including after a reboot) to set up a mirror? metainit d0 -m d1 d2 should be enough, and the system should take care of things after the reboot by itself. Actually, really nice would be something along the lines of metainit -r d0 -m d1=c0d0s0 d2=c1d0s0 (-r to show it is a root device) > And that's it. You're done. Piece of cake, a walk > in the park. No other volume manager is so easy. Other VMs make some things easier, although not necessarily the specifics of the rootdisk. Ever so, SVM still has much room for improvement. -spp This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
