We use metareplace usually when we have have faulty

submirrors and once replaced it resyncs with the failed

components.

1) Find the meta state databases on the slice

#metadb -i

2) If any meta state databases exist remove them

#metadb –d c0t0d0sX where x is slice number

3) Once the meta state databases are removed we can use

cfgadm to unconfigure the device

#cfgadm -c unconfigure diskname

Once unconfigured replace the disk and configure it as

below

4)#cfgadm –c configure diskname

5) Now copy the Volume Table Of Contents (VTOC) to the new

disk

#prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/devicename | fmthard -s -

/dev/rdsk/devicename

6) Once the VTOC is in place now use metareplace command to

replace the faulty meta devices

#metareplace -e d11 devicename ( Where d11 is the

meta device )