I have a T2000 server with Solaris 10 installed on it. Disk 0 is the only disk currently being used, as I do NOT have a RAID set up. Disk 1 is just sitting there looking pretty.
I'd like to set up a mirrored RAID in order to fully utilize both of my disks. However, I do NOT want to lose all the data that I already have on Disk 0 and I don't want to reinstall Solaris.
So I guess my question is this : Is there an easy way to setup this hardware RAID after Solaris has already been installed ?? I just want all the data on Disk 0 synced up with Disk 1, without losing everything I have on Disk 0.
I'm pretty sure the RAID chip on the T2000 is an LSI 1064-based SAS controller.
Go to LSI's web site and find the "lsiutil" utility for Solaris SPARC. You should be able to use that to set up a RAID-1 mirror without having to do a reinstall or lose any data.
A working LSI raid utility would be great. If someone has a link please provide it. In my experience I've had to create T2000 RAIDs from the OK prompt and the process does destroy all data plus it changes the drive size so each drive must be re-labeled after the procedure. It's been over a year since I've had to do that so newer releases might not be so crappy.
The link for "LSI Util" is at the bottom, under "Miscellaneous". It's a pretty simple command-line program, but it's also pretty powerful and given some of the commands you can run I'd bet it's more than capable of bricking your RAID controller.
FWIW, I tried it on an LSI 3041X that I have installed in a Supermicro box, and I can find any option that allows me to create a RAID mirror in a non-destructive manner. Yet, I know i've done that many times on LSI RAID controllers.