3-109container Commandscontainer splitTo split a mirror set or a multilevel array of mirror sets into twoseparate single-partition volume sets or two multilevel arrays ofsingle-partition volume sets, use the container splitcommand. Once this command completes execution, the twovolume sets cannot be merged.Before using this command to split an array, shut down systemapplications (such as, databases) in order to flush application datato the controller.When you split a mirror set or a multilevel array of mirror sets, thesystem creates a new (referred to as the split) array. The split arraycontains half of the storage data from the original (referred to as themaster) array (mirror set). In addition, the split array has anidentical copy of the data from the old disk at the time of the splitoperation.In Windows, the split array’s file system may be inconsistent andyou should verify and repair it as follows: Assign a drive letter to the split array using the containerassign drive_letter command. Run the DOS CHKDSK command with the /F switch. Fordetails, refer to your Windows documentation.On UnixWare, before splitting a mirror set that contains a volumetable of contents, run the edvtoc command and change thevolume label to a series of twelve spaces. You can then use thecontainer split command to split the mirror set.Syntaxcontainer split {container}Parameters{container}Specifies the ID number (0 to 63) of the array (mirror set ormultilevel array of mirror sets) to split into two separate arrays.
