Help with resizing adjacent partitions on mirrored drives - Solaris 9 V240

Hi,
I need some help here. I'm very new to unix administration. I am running out of space on my /var directory. I have a set of 72G disks that are mirroring each other. The /var is mounted on /dev/md/dsk/d5 which has only 262M available out of 5.8G. Meanwhile the partition adjacent to it /dev/md/dsk/6 which has the /opt/app directory mounted has 5.8G available out of 13G.
Is it possible for me to take space from the slice 6 and give it to slice 5? How do I do this without loosing any data?
Here is some info about my system:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
1. c1t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
2. c2t5d0 <Symbios-StorEDGEA1000-0301 cyl 17344 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64>
/pseudo/rdnexus@2/rdriver@5,0
3. c2t5d1 <Symbios-StorEDGEA1000-0301 cyl 17344 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64> APP02
/pseudo/rdnexus@2/rdriver@5,1
# df -h
Filesystem      size      used      avail      capacity      Mounted on
/dev/md/dsk/d0 15G 14G 1.5G 91%           /
/proc      0K 0K 0K 0%           /proc
mnttab      0K 0K 0K 0%           /etc/mnttab
fd      0K 0K 0K 0%           /dev/fd
/dev/md/dsk/d5 5.8G 5.5G 264M 96%           /var
swap 16G 168K 16G 1%           /var/run
/dev/dsk/c2t5d1s3 15G 26M 15G 1%           /u1
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s0 5.9G 3.0G 2.7G 53%           /u2
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s5 5.9G 1.2G 4.4G 22%           /u3
/dev/md/dsk/d3 4.8G 3.1G 1.7G 65%           /opt
/dev/md/dsk/d4 4.8G 2.8G 2.0G 59%           /tmp
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s3 5.9G 882M 4.8G 16%           /opt/devbkup
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s4 5.9G 630M 5.0G 11%           /opt/workarea
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s6 3.9G 2.4G 1.3G 65%           /opt/patch
/dev/dsk/c2t5d0s7 5.7G 1.9G 3.5G 36%           /opt/app
/dev/md/dsk/d6 13G 7.5G 5.8G 57%           /opt/app2
/export/home/jason 15G 14G 1.5G 91%           /home/jason
Current Disk = c1t0d0
<SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
Volume name = < >
ascii name = <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
pcyl = 14089
ncyl = 14087
acyl = 2
nhead = 24
nsect = 424
Part     Tag     Flag     Cylinders     Size     Blocks
0     root     wm     0 - 3220     15.63GB     (3221/0/0)     32776896
1     swap     wu     3221 - 5636     11.72GB     (2416/0/0)     24585216
2     backup     wm     0 - 14086     68.35GB     (14087/0/0)     143349312
3     unassigned     wm     5637 - 6643     4.89GB     (1007/0/0)     10247232
4     unassigned     wm     6644 - 7650     4.89GB     (1007/0/0)     10247232
5     var     wm     7651 - 8858     5.86GB     (1208/0/0)     12292608
6     unassigned     wm     8859 - 1167     13.67GB     (2818/0/0)     28675968
7     unassigned     wm     11677 - 11685     44.72MB     (9/0/0)     91584
Current Disk = c1t1d0
<SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
Volume name = < >
ascii name = <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
pcyl = 14089
ncyl = 14087
acyl = 2
nhead = 24
nsect = 424
Part     Tag     Flag     Cylinders     Size     Blocks
0     root     wm     0 - 3220     15.63GB     (3221/0/0)     32776896
1     swap     wu     3221 - 5636     11.72GB     (2416/0/0)     24585216
2     backup     wm     0 - 14086     68.35GB     (14087/0/0)     143349312
3     unassigned     wm     5637 - 6643     4.89GB     (1007/0/0)     10247232
4     unassigned     wm     6644 - 7650     4.89GB     (1007/0/0)     10247232
5     var     wm     7651 - 8858     5.86GB     (1208/0/0)     12292608
6     unassigned     wm     8859 - 11676     13.67GB     (2818/0/0)     28675968
7     unassigned     wm     11677 - 11685     44.72MB     (9/0/0)     91584
If this isn't possible, it looks like I have about 12G of free space. Partition 7 is only using from 11677-11685 while I could take it up to 11677-14086. I would then have to create the mirror metattach for that partition and then would I just unmount /var and remount it on the new /dev/md/dsk/d7? I'll need help with that. Then what would I do with the unused d5?
A step by step response would be great! Thanks!

# metadb
flags first blk block count
a m p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7
a p luo 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7
a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s7
a p luo 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s7
# metastat | more
d0: Mirror
Submirror 0: d20
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d10
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 32776896 blocks (15 GB)
d20: Submirror of d0
State: Okay
Size: 32776896 blocks (15 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s0 0 No Okay Yes
d10: Submirror of d0
State: Okay
Size: 32776896 blocks (15 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s0 0 No Okay Yes
d1: Mirror
Submirror 0: d21
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d11
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
d21: Submirror of d1
State: Okay
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s1 0 No Okay Yes
d11: Submirror of d1
State: Okay
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s1 0 No Okay Yes
d3: Mirror
Submirror 0: d23
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d13
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 10247232 blocks (4.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s3 0 No Okay Yes
d13: Submirror of d3
State: Okay
Size: 10247232 blocks (4.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s3 0 No Okay Yes
d4: Mirror
Submirror 0: d24
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d14
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 10247232 blocks (4.9 GB)
d24: Submirror of d4
State: Okay
Size: 10247232 blocks (4.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s4 0 No Okay Yes
d14: Submirror of d4
State: Okay
Size: 10247232 blocks (4.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s4 0 No Okay Yes
d6: Mirror
Submirror 0: d26
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d16
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 28675968 blocks (13 GB)
d26: Submirror of d6
State: Okay
Size: 28675968 blocks (13 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s6 0 No Okay Yes
d16: Submirror of d6
State: Okay
Size: 28675968 blocks (13 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s6 0 No Okay Yes
d5: Mirror
Submirror 0: d25
State: Okay
Submirror 1: d15
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 12292608 blocks (5.9 GB)
d25: Submirror of d5
State: Okay
Size: 12292608 blocks (5.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t1d0s5 0 No Okay Yes
d15: Submirror of d5
State: Okay
Size: 12292608 blocks (5.9 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c1t0d0s5 0 No Okay Yes
Device Relocation Information:
Device Reloc Device ID
c1t1d0 Yes id1,sd@SSEAGATE_ST373207LSUN72G_3532DM4K____________3KT2DM4K
c1t0d0 Yes id1,sd@SSEAGATE_ST373207LSUN72G_4032QM28____________3KT2QM28
I thank you for any help you can give! Thanks!

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Hello,
Could someone help me with a script that would do the following:
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I then need another that would change the Location from "Home" to "Work"
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~Von

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end tell
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