Clarify the synchronization options in additional plexes to a volume.

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grog 1999-03-18 23:17:05 +00:00
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@ -1210,7 +1210,15 @@ not known, but they are certainly not consistent. As a result, by default
.Nm
sets the state of all newly-created plexes except the first to
.Ar stale .
.sp
In order to synchronize them with the first plex, you must
.Nm start
their subdisks, which causes
.Nm
to copy the data from a plex which is in the
.Ar up
state. Depending on the size of the subdisks involved, this can take a long
time.
.Pp
In practice, people aren't too interested in what was in the plex when it was
created, and other volume managers cheat by setting them
.Ar up
@ -1220,8 +1228,8 @@ provides two ways to ensure that newly created plexes are
.Ar up :
.Bl -bullet
.It
Create the plexes and then initialize them with
.Nm vinum init .
Create the plexes and then synchronize them with
.Nm vinum start .
.It
Create the volume (not the plex) with the keyword
.Ar setupstate ,