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Starting the Volume Manager Console GUI - (Solaris 9

Volume Manager)
by Jeffrey Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator

Solaris Volume Manager includes a graphic user interview (GUI) named Enhanced
Storage which is part of the Solaris Management Console.

To start the Volume Manager GUI:

1. First, start the Solaris Management Console (SMC) on the host system using the
following command:

# /usr/sbin/smc

NOTE: The first time the SMC is started on the host, it may take several minutes.

2. Expand the item This Computer


3. Expand the item Storage
4. Double-click the item Enhanced Storage. (You may be prompted for the root
password for the host.)
5. Double-click the appropriate icon to manage volumes, hot spare pools, state
database replicas, and disk sets.

Here is a screenshot of the Solaris Management Console and the Enhanced Storage Tool:

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