Replace a failed boot disk managed by SVM

Hi,
I'm new to SVM and would like to seek assistance in replacing a failed boot disk on a SunFire V490. The disk is managed by SVM.
Would anyone have a list of the steps/commands in order that will need to be followed in order to replace a failed boot disk that is managed by SVM?
Here is the output of 'metastat' and 'metadb' from my system (sorry for the long message):
metadb -i
flags first blk block count
Wm p l 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s7
W p l 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c2t0d0s7
a p luo 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s7
a p luo 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s7
metastat
d34: Mirror
Submirror 0: d14
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d24
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 102411264 blocks (48 GB)
d14: Submirror of d34
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d34 c2t0d0s4 <new device>
Size: 102411264 blocks (48 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s4 0 No Maintenance Yes
d24: Submirror of d34
State: Okay
Size: 102411264 blocks (48 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s4 0 No Okay Yes
d33: Mirror
Submirror 0: d13
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d23
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 40968576 blocks (19 GB)
d13: Submirror of d33
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d33 c2t0d0s3 <new device>
Size: 40968576 blocks (19 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s3 0 No Maintenance Yes
d23: Submirror of d33
State: Okay
Size: 40968576 blocks (19 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s3 0 No Okay Yes
d31: Mirror
Submirror 0: d11
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d21
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
d11: Submirror of d31
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d31 c2t0d0s1 <new device>
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s1 0 No Maintenance Yes
d21: Submirror of d31
State: Okay
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s1 0 No Okay Yes
d30: Mirror
Submirror 0: d10
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d20
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
d10: Submirror of d30
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d30 c2t0d0s0 <new device>
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s0 0 No Maintenance Yes
d20: Submirror of d30
State: Okay
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s0 0 No Okay Yes
d35: Mirror
Submirror 0: d15
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d25
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
d15: Submirror of d35
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d35 c2t0d0s5 <new device>
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s5 0 No Maintenance Yes
d25: Submirror of d35
State: Okay
Size: 24585216 blocks (11 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s5 0 No Okay Yes
d36: Mirror
Submirror 0: d16
State: Needs maintenance
Submirror 1: d26
State: Okay
Pass: 1
Read option: roundrobin (default)
Write option: parallel (default)
Size: 65553792 blocks (31 GB)
d16: Submirror of d36
State: Needs maintenance
Invoke: metareplace d36 c2t0d0s6 <new device>
Size: 65553792 blocks (31 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t0d0s6 0 No Maintenance Yes
d26: Submirror of d36
State: Okay
Size: 65553792 blocks (31 GB)
Stripe 0:
Device Start Block Dbase State Reloc Hot Spare
c2t1d0s6 0 No Okay Yes
hsp001: is empty
Device Relocation Information:
Device Reloc Device ID
c2t1d0 Yes id1,ssd@n500000e01495a300
c2t0d0 Yes id1,ssd@n500000e01495b9b0

High level instructions:
Use 'metadb -d' to delete any replicas on the failed disk.
If all the metadevices on the disk have already failed, remove disk.
Replace disk.
Partition disk.
Use 'metadb -a' to add replicas to new disk.
Use 'metareplace' (as shown in metastat output) to replace each of the failed metadevices (You don't actually have to list the new storage. It'll try the old name by default).
Everything should be green after that.
http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Replacing_a_failed_disk_with_DiskSuite.html
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