Category: Veritas Administration for unixadmin

Below example will display all the existing DMP devices : # /etc/vx/bin/vxgetdmpnames enclosure vendor=SEAGATE product=ST336607LSUN36G serial=DISKS name=disk     dmpnode serial=303432354139303747590000 name=disk_0     dmpnode serial=30343235413930424C300000 name=disk_1     dmpnode serial=30343238413933595A360000 name=disk_2 enclosure vendor=HITACHI product=DF600F serial=77011046 name=ams_wms0     dmpnode serial=0008 name=ams_wms0_8     dmpnode serial=0009...

To initialize a disk for regular use, enter: # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i c2t1d0 or if enclosure-based naming is in use: # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i sena1_4  

  To import the disk group, mydg: # vxdg import mydg To display the free space in the disk group, mydg: # vxdg -g mydg free

VxVM uses several Default Values during volume management tasks. To display all defaults: # vxdefault list  

The vxdctl utility manages aspects of the state of the volume configuration daemon, vxconfigd, sets the default disk group for the system, and also sets up the boot disk group if the root disk is under Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) control. The volboot file forms a...

::: Simple/Nopriv Disks in the Boot Disk Group If simple or nopriv disks in the boot disk group, bootdg, go into the “error” state, use the following procedure: 1. Use the vxdiskadm command to change back to the c#t#d#s# based naming scheme. 2. Either shut down...

You can enable direct vxconfigd logging with the -x log argument, and turn it off with the -x nolog argument. Logging is disabled by default. If direct logging is enabled, the default log file is /var/vxvm/vxconfigd.log. This option can be used in conjunction with syslog |...

Disk Group Configuration Backup : Back up the configuration of the mydg disk group to the directory /dgbackup/mydg: # vxconfigbackup -l /dgbackup/mydg mydg The vxconfigbackupd daemon automatically backs up a disk group’s new configuration to the default backup directory whenever the configuration is changed. The vxconfigbackup...

Check if the disk group, mydg, and all its disks can be made portable: # vxcdsconvert -g mydg -A group Make the disk group, mydg, and all its disks portable while its volumes are still online: # vxcdsconvert -g mydg -o novolstop group