Steps to repair SVM on rootdisk

Hi - I have a T2000 server that failed to boot after patching, I booted from "disk1" so it's running again as it was prior to patching just that I have no disk redundancy now. My question is does anyone have any steps on how I can setup SVM again? At present I have:
df -h |grep dsk
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0 12G 8.8G 3.0G 75% /
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s3 3.9G 3.0G 897M 78% /var
/dev/md/dsk/d7 33G 17G 15G 53% /logs
/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s5 17G 272M 16G 2% /export
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s0 135G 2.9G 130G 3% /export/zones
The only partition I didn't split prior to patching was /logs
I have a few ideas on what I should be doing but could do with guidance if anyone has done this in the past, my main concern is I don't have console access to this server so working remotely and if I reboot this server again I need to make sure it's going to come back up.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks - Julian.

Hello,
As I understand, you want to mirror (RAID1) the root disk using SVM? If yes, you need a spare disk with the same size of the root disk.
If you assume that all below file systems should be mirrored follow this procedure:
/var
/logs
/export
1. Prepare the spare disk by having the same VTOC as your current root disk:
#prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s2 > /tmp/c0t1d0s2.txt
#fmthard -s /tmp/c0t1d0s2.txt /dev/dsk/<sparedisk>
2. Create state database replicas (if they do not exist):
#metadb -f -a <slice> //creates 1 state replica, at least 3 must exist
#metadb //print state database replicas
3. Create metadevices:
mirror /var filesystem
#metainit -f d11 1 1 c0t1d0s3
#metainit -f d12 1 1 <slice on spare disk>
#metainit d10 -m d11
edit the /etc/vfstab by replacing the /var line to use metadevices:
/dev/md/dsk/d10 /dev/md/rdsk/d10
4. Repeat step 3 for each non root filesystem by creating new metadevices.
5. Reboot
6. After reboot issue:
#metattach d10 d12 //create a mirror volume
For the root file system you should use the metaroot command so the system uses metadevices to boot.
There is also useful guide on Solaris library on how to do it, but basically this is the procedure for full mirroring the root disk using SVM.
Regards,
Rei
Edited by: Reidod on May 17, 2013 1:24 PM

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Word 2010 seems to force the page orientation settings.
Inserting the documents 90° rotated is not an option, since it causes problems with the printing margins.
This is very annoying, since we have to print official documents of a municipality (driver's licences).
Is there a workaround for this issue?
Regards,
Laurent Grandgaignage
Sysadmin Gemeentebestuur Stabroek, Belgium

Hi
Thank you for using
Microsoft Office for IT Professionals Forums.
From your description, we can follow these steps to test this issue
Step 1: Repair Office 2010
1.
Click
Start, and then click Control Panel.
2.
Click
Programs and Features.
3.
Click the
Office 2010 program that you want to repair, and then click
Change.
4.
Click
Repair, and then click Continue. You might need to restart your computer after the repair is complete.
Step 2:
Rename the global template (Normal.dotm)Follow the steps for the operating system that you are using:
Windows Vista and Windows 7
a)
Exit Word 2010
b)
Click
Start.
c)
In the
Start Search box, type the following text, and then press
ENTER:
1.
%userprofile%\appdata\roaming\microsoft\templates
d)
Right-click
Normal.dotm, and then click Rename.
e)
Type
Oldword.old, and then press ENTER.
Microsoft Windows XP
a)
Exit Word 2010
b)
Click
Start, and then click Run.
c)
In the
Open box, type the following text, and then press ENTER:
%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
d)
Right-click
Normal.dotm, and then click Rename.
e)
Type
Oldword.old, and then press ENTER.
f)
Close Windows Explorer.
How to troubleshoot print failures in Word 2010, Word 2007, and Word 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826845
Please take your time to try the suggestions and let me know the results at your earliest convenience. If anything is unclear or if there is anything
I can do for you, please feel free to let me know.
Hope that helps.
Sincerely
William Zhou CHNPlease remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

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I have tried these steps to fix the problem with no success.
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com.apple.iChat.SubNet.plist
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Step 4 - Reinstalled the **** thing.
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I have been in several forums and no one was able to fix this issue! Can some official Apple guy help with this!!! I mean, ****!! What an annoying bug!! I really on iChat to communicate with co-workers and etc as I work remotely. If Adium had video support I wouldn't even wast my time to get this thing working, but iChat is still my best option(when the **** thing works)
Please any help is greatly appreciated.
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I had the same problem a month or two ago. I spent a few hours on the phone with an Apple tech and after the fourth time calling back was transferred to a Product Specialist (the highest level of Apple technicians). The specialist recommended creating a test account on my Mac and trying to launch iChat to see if the problem was system-wide or a user based issue. When that didn't work I was out of options. What it unfortunately came down to was having to do an Archive and Install (which didn't work) and after hours of backing up did an Erase and Install. After all the smoke cleared and my computer was back to normal, iChat was back and fully functional as before.
IF YOU ARE USING TIME MACHINE:
*DO NOT* copy all of your files back onto your Mac. Only copy your documents and music, preferences and nothing else. Chances are you backed up the problem without even knowing it and you would just end up back where you started.
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