PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Solaris(TM) Operating System)
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Chapter 6 Backing Up and Restoring> 6.2 Backing Up and Restoring a System Disk through an Alternative Boot Environment

6.2.1 System Configuration

In preparation for alternative boot environment creation, mirror system disks. This sub-section provides an example of mirroring system disks in the configuration as shown in the figure below.


System disk mirroring is not required. A configuration without c1t0d0 and c1t0d1 in the following figure is also available. However, the mirroring configuration as shown in the following figure is recommended for systems that require high availability.

[Figure: System Disk Configuration]


The disk areas (proxy groups) for backing up system disks are necessary.


Mirroring of the disk areas for backup is not required. A configuration without c3t0d0 and c3t0d1 in the following figure is also available. However, the mirroring configuration as shown in the following figure is recommended for systems that require high availability.

[Figure: Proxy Group Configuration]


[Figure: Joining Proxy Groups]



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