Disk Commands

Operation

Command

Example

Initialise Disks

vxdisksetup

vxdisksetup -i c0t0d0

Un-Initialise Disks

vxdiskunsetup

vxdiskunsetup -C c0t0d0

List Disks

vxdisk list

List Disk Header

vxdisk list

vxdisk list disk1

List Disk Private Region

vxprivutil list

vxprivutil list
/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2

Reserve a disk

vxedit

vxedit -g my-dg set

reserve=on my-disk

Disk Group Commands

Operation

Command

Example

Create disk group

vxdg init

vxdg init my-dg

disk01=c4t4d4

Remove Disk Group

vxdg destroy

vxdg destroy my-dg

Add disk

vxdg adddisk

vxdg -g my-dg adddisk

disk02=c1t5d0

Remove disk

vxdg rmdisk

vxdg -g my-dg rmdisk disk02

Import Disk group

vxdg import

vxdg import otherdg

Deport Disk group

vxdg deport

vxdg deport my-dg

List Disk Groups

vxdg list

List Free Space

vxdg free

vxdg -g my-dg free

List Total Free Space

vxassist

vxassist -g my-dg maxsize

layout=concat

Plex Commands
Operation

Command

Example

Create a plex

vxmake

vxmake -g my-dg plex myplex sd=my-sd

Associate a plex

vxplex

vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol

my-plex

Dis-associate a plex

vxplex

vxplex -g my-dg dis my-plex

Attach a plex

vxplex

vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol

my-plex

Detach a plex

vxplex

vxplex -g my-dg det my-plex

List Plexes

vxprint

vxprint -lp

Remove a plex

vxedit

vxedit -g my-dg rm my-plex

Subdisk commands

Operation

Command

Example

Create subdisk

vxmake sd

vxmake -g my-dg my-sd

disk1,1,5000

Remove Subdisk

vxedit rm

vxedit -g my-dg rm -my-sd

Display subdisk info

vxprint -st

Associate subdisk to plex

vxsd assoc

vxsd -g my-dg assoc my-plex

my-sd

Disassociate subdisk

vxsd dis

vxsd -g my-dg dis my-sd

Volume Commands
Operation

Command

Example
vxassist -g my-dg make myvol 1G

Create a volume

vxassist

Delete a volume

vxedit

vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol

Display volume info

vxprint

vxprint -g my-dg -vt

Display volume info

vxinfo

vxinfo -g my-dg my-vol

vxassist make my-vol 1G

layout=stripe

vxassist -g my-dg growto myvol 2G

Resize a volume

vxassist

Start a volume

vxvol

vxvol -g my-dg start my-vol

Stop a volume

vxvol

vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol

Initialise a volume

vxvol

vxvol -g my-dg init active myvol

Recover a volume

vxrecover

vxrecover -g my-dg my-vol

Mirror a volume

vxassist

vxassist -g my-dg mirror myvol

Add log to a volume

vxassist

vxassist -g my-dg addlog myvol

vxassist -g my-dg growby myvol 600M

vxassist -g my-dg snapstart

my-vol
Snapshot a volume

vxassist

Change volume layout

vxassist

vxassist -g my-dg snapshot

my-vol my-snap
vxassist -g my-dg relayout
my-vol layout=stripe

Convert Volume type

vxassist -g my-dg convert myvol layout=stripe-mirror

vxassist

Summary of plex states

State

Description

Comments

CLEAN

When the volume is started

Plex is up to date the volume
other plexes can sync from
is shutdown
this

ACTIVE

The plex is active

Plex is working in the volume

STALE

Plex needs to be resynced

Plex must be synced with

other plexes to make it active

EMPTY

No data on the plex or veritas

All plexes are this state at
does not know what state the
creation time may be for
data is in

OFFLINE

The pex is not currently

participating in the volume

IOFAIL

The only way to fix this is to

The plex is detached from the replace the failed disk but
volume
veritas can still read the
private region on the disk

NODEVICE

No disk access recorded

The disk can not be read at all

REMOVED

Disk device for the plex is

removed

The disk has been manually

removed

When brought back on line the

plex goes into a stale state

Changing state of plexes

From

To

How

Any

EMPTY

vxmend fix empty plex name

Any

OFFLINE

vxmend fix off

OFFLINE

STALE

vxmend fix on

STALE

CLEAN

vxmend fix clean

CLEAN

STALE

vxmend fix stale

STALE

ACTIVE

vxmend fix active

EMPTY

CLEAN

vxvol init clean

CLEAN

ACTIVE

vxvol start

STALE

ACTIVE

vxplex att

Normal State Changes

ACTIVE

CLEAN

vxvol stop

ACTIVE

STALE

vxplex det

IOFAIL or NODEV

REMOVED

vxdiskadm (option 4)

REMOVED

STALE

vxdiskadm (option 5)

ACTIVE

STALE

vxplex det