Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) How to recover mirrored metadevice with both submirrors in a "Needs Maintenance" state caused by a bad disk block
Last updated on NOVEMBER 09, 2017
Applies to:
Sun Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) - Version 11.9.0 to 11.11 [Release 11.0]Solstice DiskSuite Software - Version 4.2.1 to 4.2.1 [Release 4.0]
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (32-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
Symptoms
There may be times when trying a metareplace or metasync fails and the metadevice is still left in a "Needs Maintenance" state. One of the disks maybe experiencing a problem on a sector.
In this example, the mirror d10 is in a "Need Maintenance" state for both submirrors:
Changes
Cause
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