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Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) How to Mirror the Boot / Root Disk Partitions for Solaris 10 x86 (Doc ID 1007887.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 07, 2022

Applies to:

Sun Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) - Version 11.9.0 to 11.10.0 [Release 11.0]
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on x86 (32-bit)

Goal

This document describes the steps to mirror the Solaris Operating System x86 boot disk
- using Solaris Volume Manager on Solaris 10 x86 Update 1 (1/06) release or later
The reason for this is that GRUB was introduced with Solaris 10 x86 Update 1 (1/06) release.

Earlier Solaris Versions are not covered by this document. For earlier Solaris versions than  Solaris 10 x86 Update 1 (1/06)  refer to Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide
- x86: How to Create a RAID-1 Volume From the root (/) File System by Using DCA
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18752_01/html/816-4520/tasks-mirrors-21.html#frkde

Boot disk mirroring with Solaris Volume Manager is no longer supported on Solaris 11.

Starting in the Solaris 10 10/08 Update6 release, you can install and boot from a ZFS root file system.
Details in Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide - Installing and Booting an Oracle Solaris ZFS Root File System (Overview)

If you like migrate from ufs boot to zfs boot refer to 'Migrating a UFS Root File System to a ZFS Root File System (Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade)'

For SPARC refer to:
<Document 1011940.1> Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) - How To Mirror The Boot / Root Disk Partitions

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