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/usr/sbin/metaclear -h
/usr/sbin/metaclear [-s setname] -a [-f]
/usr/sbin/metaclear component
/usr/sbin/metaclear [-s setname] [-f] metadevice... hot_spare_pool...
/usr/sbin/metaclear [-s setname] -r [-f] metadevice... hot_spare_pool...
/usr/sbin/metaclear [-s setname] -p component
/usr/sbin/metaclear [-s setname] -p metadevice
The metaclear command deletes the specified metadevice or hot_spare_pool, or purges all soft partitions from the designated component. Once a metadevice or hot spare pool is deleted, it must be re-created using metainit before it can be used again.
Any metadevice currently in use (open) cannot be deleted.
Root privileges are required for all of the following options except -h.
-a
Deletes all metadevices and configured hot spare pools in the set named by -s, or the local set by default.
-f
Deletes (forcibly) a metadevice that contains a subcomponent in an error state.
-h
Displays usage message.
-p
Deletes (purges) all soft partitions from the specified metadevice or component.
-r
Recursively deletes specified metadevices and hot spare pools, but does not delete metadevices on which others depend.
-s setname
Specifies the name of the diskset on which metaclear will work. Using the -s option causes the command to perform its administrative function within the specified diskset. Without this option, the command performs its function on local metadevices and/or hot spare pools.
metadevice ...
Specifies the name(s) of the metadevice(s) to be deleted.
component
Specifies the c*d*t*s* name(s) of the components containing soft partitions to be deleted.
hot_spare_pool ...
Specifies the name(s) of the hot spare pools to be deleted. Names for hot spare pools can be any legal file name that is composed of alphanumeric characters, a dash ("-"), an underscore ("_"), or a period ("."). Names must begin with a letter. The words "all" and "none" are reserved and cannot be used.
Example 1 Deleting Various Devices
The following example deletes a metadevice named d10.
# metaclear /dev/md/dsk/d10
The following example deletes all local metadevices and hot spare pools on the system.
# metaclear -a
The following example deletes a mirror, mymirror, with a submirror in an error state.
# metaclear -f mymirror
The following example deletes a hot spare pool, hsp001.
# metaclear hsp001
The following example deletes a soft partition, d23.
# metaclear d23
The following example purges all soft partitions on the slice c2t3d5s2 if those partitions are not being used by other metadevices or are not open.
# metaclear -p c2t3d5s2
The following example purges soft partitions from a metadevice.
# metaclear -p d2 d3: Soft Partition is cleared d4: Soft Partition is cleared d5: Soft Partition is cleared
The following exit values are returned:
0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Interface Stability | Stable |
mdmonitord(1M), metadb(1M), metadetach(1M), metahs(1M), metainit(1M), metaoffline(1M), metaonline(1M), metaparam(1M), metarecover(1M), metarename(1M), metareplace(1M), metaroot(1M), metaset(1M), metassist(1M), metastat(1M), metasync(1M), metattach(1M), md.tab(4), md.cf(4), mddb.cf(4), md.tab(4), attributes(5), md(7D)