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Checking the status of the disks
Issue 1.0 December 2003 53
Checking the status of the disks
Verify that the disk drives are in good condition by checking their status.
To check the status of the disk drives:
1. Enter:
. /opt/informix/bin/setenv
2. Enter:
onstat -d | egrep “PD|X” | pg
One of the following occurs:
● If nothing other than the command prompt is displayed, continue with Step 3.
● If any lines are displayed, the disk may require maintenance. Escalate through
normal channels.
3. Enter:
metadb -i
Messages similar to the following are displayed:
This command shows the database replicas. There should be three replicas for the
boot disk. If the correct number of replicas are not shown, escalate using the normal
channels.
4. Enter:
metastat | grep State: | grep -v Okay | pg
This reports the state of each disk segment and metadevice. One of the following
occurs:
● If nothing is displayed, continue with Step 5.
● If any lines are displayed, the disk may require maintenance. Escalate through
normal channels.
5. Continue with Activating customer options
on page 54.
flags first blk block count
a u 16 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1
a u 8208 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1
a u 16400 8192 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1