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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: