Host ID /etc/vx/volboot file contains the host ID that was on the system when we installed VxVM.

To Change the hostname in the volboot file use the command #vxdctl hosted newhostname Default Boot Disk Group To display what is defined as the default boot disk group #vxdg bootdg Display what is defined as the default disk group #vxdg defaultdg Set default disk group after VxVM installation. #vxdctl default diskgroup_name View Attributes of a disk group #vxassist g disk_group_name help showattributes View basic information about all disks #vxdisk o alldgs list Rescan for disk group changes #vxdctl enable

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Display summary of all disks #vxdisk s list Detailed information for disks #vxdisk g disk-group_name list disk_media_name Example #vxdisk g datadg list datadg01 Display free space in a disk group #vxassist g disk_group_name help space #vxdg g disk_group_name free

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Disk Configuration Stages 1. Disk drive is initialized 2. Disk is placed in disk group 3. Create volume from disk Example 1. Disk drive is initialized #vxdisksetup i c0t0d0 2. Initialize disk group by adding at least one disk. #vxdg init diskgroup_name disk_media_name=disk_access_name Example #vxdg init newdg newdg01=c0t0d0 Another example to add another disk in an existing group. #vxdg g diskgroup_name adddisk disk_media_name=disk_access_name Example #vxdg g newdg adddisk newdg02=c0t0d1 3. Create a Volume #vxassist g diskgroup_name make volume_name Example #vxassist g datadg make datavol 10g

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To create volume of specific size on specific disks Example #vxassist g datadg make datavol 10g datadg01 datadg02 To create stripped volume on specific disks #vxassist g datadg make datavol 10g layout=stripe ncol=3 stripeunit=25k datadg01 datadg02 datadg03 Evacuate Data from one disk to another #vxevac g disk_group_name Example #vxevac d datadg datadgg02 datadg03 from_disk to_disk

Evacuate Data from one disk to another disk except a particular disk. #vxevac g disk_group_name Example #vxevac d datadg datadgg02 !datadg03 from_disk !not_on_disk

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Remove a Disk from VxVM Control and Uninitialize it Step 1 #vxdg g disk_group_name rmdisk disk_media_name Example #vxdg g datadg rmdisk datadg02 Step 2 #vxdiskunsetup device_tag Example #vxdiskunsetup c0t0d0 Rename a Disk #vxedit -g disk_group_name old_disk_name new_disk_name Example #vxedit g datadg datdg02 datadg01

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How to remove a disk from VxVM #vxdisk rm disk_access_name How to remove a disk from VxVM control #/usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdiskunsetup disk_access_name Example #/usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdiskunsetup ct1t1d2 How to move volumes from a disk Example If you want to remove volumes from a disk mydg02 and move it on to any other disk, use the command. #vxassist move volume_name \!mydg02

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Deport a Disk Group #vxdg deport disk_group_name Example #vxdg deport datadg Deport a Disk Group and Rename It #vxdg n new_disk_group_name deport old_disk_group_name Example #vxdg n datadg deport olddg Deport a Disk Group and Rename New Host Owner #vxdg h new_host_name deport disk_group_name Example #vxdg h newhost deport datadg (Note unmount a Diskgroup before Deporting it) Import a Disk Group #vxdg import disk_group_name Example vxdg import datadg

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Import a Disk Group and Rename #vxdg n new_disk_group_name import old_disk_group_name Example #vxdg n newdg import olddg Destroying a Disk Group #vxdg destroy disk_group_name Example #vxdg destroy olddg (Note:Destroying a diskgroup places all its disks in a free disk pool in an uninitialized state) Displaying a Volume Information #vxprint g disk_group_name Example #vxprint g datadg ht | more Create Simple Concactenated Mirrored Volume (Non-Layered) #vxassist g Example #vxassist g datadg make datavol 10g layout=mirror-concat disk_group_name make volume_name layout=mirror-concat ht | more

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Create Simple Stripped Mirrored Volume (Non-Layered) Example #vxassist g datadg make datavol 10g layout=mirror-stripe

Creating a Mirrored Volume #vxassist -g Example #vxassist g datadg make datvol 10g layout=mirror Another Example vxassist g datadg b make datavol 10g layout=mirror Starting Volumes in a DiskGroup After Importing #vxvol -g disk_group_name Example #vxvol g datadg startvol Determine largest possible Size of a volume #vxassist g Example #vxassist g datadg maxsize layout=raid5 diskgroup maxsize attributes startall disk_group_name make volume_name size layout=mirror

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Determine how much a volume can expand #vxassist g disk_group_name maxgrow Example #vxassist g datadg maxgrow datavol volume_name

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How to Remove a Volume 1. Unmount the File System 2. Edit /etc/vfstab or /etc/fstab file to remove entry 3. #vxassit g disk_group_name remove volume volume_name Example #vxassist g datadg remove volume datavol

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How to Mirror a Volume #vxassist g disk_group_name mirror volume_name [layout=layout_type] [disk_name] Example #vxassist g datadg mirror datavol datadg02 Where datadg02 is the disk_media_name on which mirror is being created. How To Remove a Mirror From a Volume Example In this example remove the plex that contains the subdisk, that is part of a disk. State the disk name with an exclamation point before disk name. #vxassist g datadg remove mirror Another Example This method uses the plex to be removed #vxplex g disk_group_name o rm dis plex_name Volume Read Policies How to Add DRL (Dirty Region Log) #vxassist g Example #vxassist g datadg addlog datavol logtype=drl disk_group_name addlog volume_name [logtype=drl] datavol !datadg02

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How to Add DRL (Dirty Region Log) in RAID 5 Volume #vxassist g disk_group_name addlog volume_name Example #vxassist g acctdg addlog datavol

(Note in RAID 5 we do not need to mention log type) Volume Read Policies 1. Round Robin 2. Preferred 3. Selected (default) Example To select the read policy to round robin. #vxassist g datadg rdpol round datavol To select the read policy to be preferred #vxassist g volume_group_name rdpol prefer volume_name #vxassist g datadg rdpol prefer datavol datavol-02 plex_name

To select the read policy to Selected #vxassist g group_name rdpol select volume_name #vxassist g datadg rdpol select datavol

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How to create volume on a particular disk #vxassist g disk_group_name make volume_name Example #vxassist g mydg make vol23 20m How to Rename a Disk #vxedit g diskgroup rename old_disk_name new_disk_name mydg03 size media_name

How to rename a disk so that it is not used for allocating space unless specifically stated on command line? #vxedit g diskgroup_name set reserve=on disk_name How to turn off reservation on a disk? #vxedit -g diskgroup_name set reserve=off disk_name How to display free space for a disk group #vxdg g diskgroup_name free Example #vxdg g mydg free

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How to Create a new mirrored volume using selected disks In the below example we have to create a new volume (mirrored) using selected disks. 1. First, initialize the disk #vxdiskset i disk_access_name Example #vxdisksetup i c0t1d0 #vxdisksetup i c0t2d0 2. Initialize the disk group by adding disks. #vxdg init disk_group_name Example #vxdg init datadg datadg01=c0t1d0 Example #vxdg g datadg adddisk datadg02=c0t2d0 3. Create a Mirrored Volume Using these 2 Disks. #vxassist g disk_group_name make volume_name layout=mirror media_name media_name media_name=media_access_name

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Example #vxassist g datadg make datavol layout=mirror datadg01 datadg02 3a. Create a Mirrored Volume Using these 2 Disks with ordered allocation. #vxassist g disk_group_name o ordered make volume_name size layout=mirror media_name media_name Example #vxassist g datadg o ordered make datavol 2g layout=mirror datadg01 datadg02

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Resizing Volumes using vxresize command and vxassist command Examples Define new volume size #vxresize g datadg datavol 50m Add space to a volume #vxresize g datadg datavol +10m Reduce certain space from a volume #vxresize g datadg datavol -10m Specify new volume size increased #vxassist g datadg growto datavol 40m Increase Volume Space by Certain Amount #vxassist g datadg growby datavol 10m Reduce Volume Space by certain Amount #vxassist g datadg shrinkby datavol 10m Specify new volume size reduced #vxassist g datatdg shrinkto datavol 30m

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Determine how much free space is in a disk group #vxdg g group_name free Example #vxdg g datadg free Determine how much free space is in a volume Example #vxassist g datadg maxgrow datavol How to display extended device attributes? #vxdisk p list and #vxdisk -x attribute p list and #vxdisk x DDL_DEVICE_ATTR p list and #vxdisk e list

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How to resize a VxFS file System 1. First, determine the amount of free space available in a disk group. Example #vxdg g datadg free 2. Second, increase the size of the volume. Example #vxassist g datadg growto datavol 1024000 3. Next expand the file system (VxFS) Example #fsadm b 1024000 r /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol/datavol 4. Lastly, verify new expanded size. #df k /datavol (Note: File system is mounted during expansion) /datavol

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How to Display File system Type Example #fstype v /dev/vx/dsk/datadg/datavol In Solaris Environment How to Create VxFS File System Example #mkfs F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol #mkdir /data Mount the File System #mount F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/datadg/datavol /datavol

In Solaris Environment How to Create UFS File System Example #newfs /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol Create mount point #mkdir /data Mount File System #mount /dev/vx/dsk/datadg/datavol /datavol

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In Linux Environment How to Create VxFS File System #mkfs t vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol Create a Mount Point #mkdir /data Mount the File System #mount t vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/datadg/datavol /data

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How to find what is the servers default file system For Solaris and linux it is listed in /etc/default/fs In Solaris what fle systems cannot use VxFS 1. 2. 3. 4. / /usr/ /var /opt

In Solaris what is the location of VxFs Commands /opt/VRTSvxfs/bin /usr/lib/fs/vxfs /etc/fs/vxfs

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In LINUX what file systems cannot use VxFS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. / /boot /etc /lib /var /usr

In LINUX what is the location of VxFS Commands 1. /sbin 2. /usr/lib/fs/vxfs How to display file system layout versions #vxupgrade /mnt How to upgrade file system version Example To upgrade file system layout version from 4 to 6 #vxupgarde n 5 /mnt #vxupgrade n 6 /mnt Veritas File System Fragmentation Types 1. Directory Fragmentation 2. Extent Fragmentation (File Fragmentation)

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To monitor directory fragmentation Example #fsadm D /mnt1 To monitor extent fragmentation Example #fsadm E /home How to defragment Directory #fsadm d D /mnt1 How to defragment Extent #fsadm e E s /mnt1 How to Run fsck Command with and without intent Log Example To perform a full file system check without intent log #fsck [fs-type] o full,nolog /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol Example To perform file system check with intent log #fsck [fs-type] /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/datavol

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Perform Parallel file system check with intent log on 2 file systems in parallel #fsck [fs-type] o p /dev/vx/rdsk/c1t2d0s4 /dev/vx/rdsk/c1t0d0s5 How to Create a Snapshot volume Example First start creating snapshot of the original volume. #vxassist 0g datadg b snapshot datavol Next create the snapshot volume #vxassist g datadg snapshot datavol snapvol How to refersh data from original volume to snapshot volume. #vxassist g datadg snapback snapvol How to refresh data from snapshot volume to original volume Example #vxassist g datadg o resyncfromreplica snapback snapvol How to Create Completely Independent volume from Snapshot. Example #vxassist g datadg snapclear snapvol How to permanently destroy a snapshot volume #vxassist g datadg remove volume snapvol

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How to Create a File System Snapshot #mount F vxfs o snapof=/original_file_system, snapsize=size destination destination_mount_point Example #mount F vxfs o snapof=/fs01,snapsize=32768 /dev/vx/dsk/datadg/snapvol How to Remove a File System Snapshot Example #umount /snapmount How to Configure a spare Disk To mark a disk as spare 1. Initialize the disk #vxdisksetup i c1t0d1 2. Assign the disk to a disk group and give it a disk media name. #vxdg g datadg adddisk datadg=c1t0d1 3. Mark the disk as spare #vxedit -g datadg set spare=on|off datadg01 /snapvol

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How to Prevent a disks space from being used for hot relocation Example If we donot want space for subdisks to be used from disk datadg02 in that group. #vxedit g datadg set nohotuse=on|off datadg02 How to use a disk as a replacement disk if it already is in a disk group? To use a disk as a replacement disk for disk that has failed the replacement disk should be in a free disk pool but CANNOT belong to a disk group. Example #vxdg g datadg rmdisk datadg01 (Now the disk is initialized, but does notbelong to a disk group) Steps to replace a failed Disk 1. Physically replace the bad disk. 2. New disk should be recognized by the Operating System. Example #devfsadm c C disk 3. Have Veritas recognize existence of the new drie. #vxdctl enable #vxdisk list 4. Initialize the new disk #vxdisksetup i c1t1d0 5. Add the disk #vxdg k g datadg adddisk datadg01=c1t1d0 (Where k forces c1t1d0 to take datadg01 as its disk media name, datadg01 is the name of the failed disk)

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How to unrelocate a Disk. #unrelocate -f g [diskgroup] t task_tag n disk_name orig_disk_name Example #unrelocate -f g datadg n newdatadg01 orig_datadg01 How To Recover a Volume When veritas loses contact (e.g if a fibre cable is removed between a server and a storage array) with an active device, verits will place the device in a failed state. When situations like this arise, vxreattach utility can be used to reconnect veritas to lost devices. #vxreattach c #vxreattach r <-This would see if relocation is possible. If it is possible the proceed to next step) datadg01

To bring the volume back on line #vxrecover b g diskgroup_name volume_name Example #vxrecover b g datadg datavol What disks have configuration database To find out which disks in a disk group have configuration database use the command. #vxdg list diskgroup_name

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How many disk types are there? 1. 2. 3. 4. auto cds (suitable for moving from one host to another) sliced (For boot disks, not suitable for moving) none

How to convert a non-cds disk type to cds disk type. #vxcdsconvert How to control vxconfigd #vxdctl enable #vxdctl mode #vxdctl disable #vxdctl stop #vxconfigd #vxdctl support How does Volume Manager establishes ownership of physical disks? The Host ID that is used by VxVM to establish ownership of physical disks is listed in /etc/vx/volboot. How to display contents of /etc/vx/volboot #vxdctl list How to change host ID in volboot file? #vxdctl hostid new_host_id Page 29 of 57

How to Scan Operating System device tree after adding or removing LUNS (Solaris)? 1. Enter the following command #cfgadm c configure c2 (Where c2 is the controller 1D2) 2. Enter the following command #devfsadm Cv

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How to make VxVM aware of the new size of a LUN that has been resized? #vxdisk -f g disk_group_name {access_name|media_name} [length=value] How to list attributes of all HBA controllers on the system? #vxdmpadm listctlr all How to display TPD (Third Part Driver) which is monitored by DMP? #vxdmpadm getsubpaths tpdnodename=third_party_node_name Example #vxdmpadm getsubpaths tpdnodename=emcpower10s2 and #vxdmpadm getsubpaths tpdnodename=c7t0d10s2

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How to Scan for newly added devices previously unknown to VxVM? #vxdisk scandisks fabric How to scan for specific devices? Example #vxdisk scandisks device=c1t1d0.c1t2d0 How to list all controllers on a system? #vxdmpadm listctlr all How to check paths connected to a controller? #vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=controller_name Example #vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=fscsi2 How to check paths connected to a LUN? #vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=device_access_name Example #vxdmpadm getsubpaths nodename=c3t2d1 How to disable I/O to a controller to perform maintenance To disable I/O to a particular controller #vxdmpadm disable ctlr=controller_name

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How to enable I/O to a controller #vxdmpadm enable ctlr=controller_name How to gather and display I/O statistics for paths 1.Enable the gathering of statistics. #vxdmpadm iostat start [memory=size] 2.Reset, the I/O counters to zero #vxdmpadm iostat reset 3.Display the accumulated statistics for all paths. #vxdmpadm iostat show all

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Disk Errors If the volume manager can access the provate region on the disk it marks the disk as FAILING. The plex with the effected subdisks is set with the IOFAIL condition. If the volume manger cannot access provate region on the disk it marks the disk as FAILED. The plex with the effected subdisk is set with the NODEVICE state.

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How to replace a failed Drive. 1. First, physically replace the filaed drive. 2. Recognize the replacement drive at the OS level #devfsadm c C disk 3. Recognize the replacement drive at the Volume Manager level. #vxdctl enable #vxdisk list 4. Initialize the replacement drive. #vxdisksetup i c3t2d1 5. Add the replacement drive in the disk group and force it to have disk media name same as the failed drive. #vxdg k g datadg adddisk datadg02=c3t2d1 6. Recover the redundant volume (i.e if it is a mirrored volume with a failed plex) #vxplex g diskgroup att volume_name plex_name Exmaple #vxplex g datadg att vol01 vol01-02 Or Use vxrecover command #vxrecover g datadg s datavol 7. Start any non redundant volume (Only Non-redundent volume) #vxvol -g datadg f start vol02 8. Check data for consistency #fsck /dev/vx/rdsk/diskgroup_name/volume_name Example #fsck /dev/vx/rdsk/datadg/vol02

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How to deal with intermittent disk failures If the volume is redundant:Prevent read I/O from accessing the failing disk by changing the volume read policy. For example to prefer to read from plex vol01 -01instead of plex vol01-02 #vxvol g datadg rdpol prefer vol01 vol01-02 Remove the disk. To forcibly remove the disk without relocating data #vxdg k g diskgroup_name rmdisk disk_media_name Example #vxdg k g datadg rmdisk datadg02 Replace the disk Set the volume read policy back to the original policy. How to display plexes associated to a volume, and its state? #vxinfo p g disk_group volume_name Example #vxinfo p g rootdg oraunix To get more detailed information #vxprint g disk_group_name ht volume_name Example #vxprint g rootdg ht oraunix Page 36 of 57

How to change one plex of the volume to CLEAN state, so that other plexes copy data from that plex. Once data copy is completed bring the entire volume on line and fully operational? #vxvol g diskgroup init init_type volume_name Example #vxvol -g datadg init clean datavol datavol-02 Then do #vxvol g datadg init enable datavol How to enable a volume Example #vxvol g datadg init enable datavol How to change the state of the plex? #vxmend g datadg fix stale dataplex #vxmend g datadg fix clean dataplex #vxmend g datadg fix active dataplex How to take a plex offline? #vxmend -g diskgroup_name off plex_name How to make a plex online? #vxmend -g diskgroup_name on plex_name plex_name

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How To recover a volume with Plex Problem Example Say, a volume has 2 plexes vol01-01 and vol01-02 vol01-01 is in DISBLED/RECOVER state vol01-02 is in DISABLED/STALE state Since plex vol01-01 is in DISABLED/RECOVER state, its data is better than vol01-02 plex To recover the volume in this case follow the steps. 1. Bring both the plexes to STALE state. #vxmend g datadg fix stale vol01-01 #vxmend g datadg fix stale vol01-02 2. Next change the state of vol01-01 plex to clean #vxmend g datadg fix clean vol01-01 3. Recover the volume #vxrecover g datadg s vol01

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How to encapsulate a disk under VxVm Control #/etc/vx/bin/vxencp g diskgroup c media_access_name=disk_name Example #/etc/vx/bin/vxencp g rootdg c rootdg01=c0t0d0s2 Run The Script #/etc/init.d/vxvm-reconfig access_name Example #/etc/init.d/vxvm-reconfig c0t0d0

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How to Mirror Root Disk in Solaris Option 1 To mirror only those file systems on the root disk that are required to boot the system, run the command:#/etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir alternate_boot_disk Example #/etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir rootdg02 Option 2 To mirror all other unmirrored volumes on the boot disk to an alternate disk #/etc/vx/bin/vxmirror g disk_group_name boot_disk alternate_disk Example#/etc/vx/bin/vxmirror g rootdg rootdg01 rootdg02 #vxbootsetup

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How to Mirror Root Disk in LINUX To mirror all file systems on the root disk, run the following command #/etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir disk_access_name Example /etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir sdb rootmir disk_media_name

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Removing Boot Disk from VxVM Control (Solaris) 1. Ensure that boot disk volumes have only one plex. Example #vxprint -ht rootvol swapvol usr var If the boot disk volumes have more than one plex each, remove unnecessary plexes. Example #vxplex g bootdg o rm dis rootvol02 swapvol02 homevol02 2. Run the vxunroot utility. #vxunroot

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Booting from an alternate mirror (Solaris) To boot the system using an alternate boot disk after failure of the primary boot disk 1. Set the eeprom variable use-nvramrc? to true Example ok>setenv use-nvramrc? true ok>reset This variable must be set to true to enable the use of alternate boot disk. 2. Check for available boot disk aliases. ok>devalias vx-rootdisk vx-diskname The above command displays the name of the boot disk and available mirrors. 3. Boot from an available boot disk alias ok>boot vx-diskname

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Where is currently imported disk group stored? /var/vxvm/tempdb directory is used to store configuration information To remove and recreate the /var/vxvm/tempdb directory we can use the following command. #vxconfigd k x cleartempdir

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How to create subdisks? #vxmake g diskgroup_name sd sub_disk_name disk_name , offset,length Note Length=sectors Example #vxmake g mydg sd mydg02-01 mydg02,0,8000 or #vxmake g mydg sd mydg02-01 mydg02 500m How to Display information About subdisks? #vxprint st How to display detail information about a particular subdisk? #vxprit g diskgroup_name l subdisk_name Example #vxprint g mydg l mydg02-01 How To evacuate data from one subdisk to other subdisk/s? Example To move data off from subdisk mydg03-01 on to mydg12-01 and mydg12-02 subdisks, use the command. #vxsd g mydg mv mydg03-01 mydg12-01 mydg12-02

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How to Split a subdisk? Example To split subdisk mudg03-02 into 2 subdisks mydg03-02 and mydg03-04, use the command #vxsd g mydg s 1000 split mydg03-02 mydg03-02 mydg03-04 How to Join subdisks Example Say we want to join 4 subdisks which are mydg03-02, mydg03-03, mydg03-04 and mydg03-05 into one subdisk mydg03-02, use the command. #vxsd g mydg join mydg03-02 mydg03-03 mydg03-04 mydg03-05 mydg03-02 How to create a plex and associate a subdisk with the new plex? #vxmake g diskgroup plex plex_name sd=subdisk_name Example #vxmake -g mydg plex plex-1 sd=mydg03-02

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How to associate subdisks to an existing Plex? #vxsd g disk_group assoc plex_name subdisk_name Example #vxsd g mydg assoc plex-1 mydg03-03 How to dissociate a subdisk from a plex? Example #vxsd g mydg dis mydg03-03 How to remove a subdisk from a disk group #vxedit g disk_group_name rm subdisk_name Example #vxedit g mydg rm mydg03-03 How to create a plex? #vxmake g diskgroup_name plex plex_name sd=subdisk_name Example #vxmake g mydg plex plex-01 sd=mydg02-01 How to create a concactenated Plex? #vxmake g disk_group_name plex plex_name sd=sub_disk1,sub_disk2

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Example #vxmake g mydg plex plex-01 sd=mydg02-01,mydg02-02 and also #vxmake g diskgroup plex plex_name layout=stripe stwidth=32 ncolumn=2 sd=subdisk1,subdisk2 Example #vxmake g mydg plex plex01 layout=stripe stwidth=32 ncolumn=2 sd=mydg02-01,mydg02-02 How to display information about plex? #vxprint -lp How to use detailed information about a plex? #vxprint g diskgroup l plex_name Example #vxprint g mydg l plex01 How to List free Plexes? #vxprint pt How to Attach a Plex to an existing Volume? #vxplex g diskgroup_name att Example #vxplex mydg att vol01 plex1 volume_name plex_name

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How to Create a New Volume by Attaching Plexes? #vmake -g diskgroup_name U usetype vol volume_name plex=plex_name Example #vxmake g mydg U fsgen vol homevol plex=plex01 How to Take a Plex off-line? #vxmend g disk_group_name off plex_name Example #vxmend -g mydg off plex-02 How to detach one plex in a mirrored volume? #vxplex g diskgroup_name det plex_name Example #vxplex g mydg det plex-02 How to bring a plex on-line #vxmend g diskgroup_name on plex_name Example #vxmend g mydg on plex02

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How to reattach a plex to a volume? #vxplex g diskgroup att volume_name Example #vxplex g mydg att home-vol plex-02 What if the volume is not startable? If the vxinfo command shows that the volume is unstartablem set one of the plexes to CLEAN as follows. #vxmend g disk_group_name fix clean plex_name Then start the volume using the following command #vxvol g diskgroup start volume_name How to copy data from one plex to another plex? #vxplex g diskgroup_name mv original_plex_name new_plex_name How to disassociate a plex from the associated volume? #vxplex g disk_group o rm dis plex_name Example #vxplex g mydg o rm dis plex-02 or you can do it in 2 steps step1 #vxplex g mydg dis plex-02 step2 #vxedit g mydg r rm plex-02 plex_name

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Discovering maximum size of a volume Find out how large a volume can you create within a disk group. #vxassist g diskgroup_name maxsize layout=layout_type Example #vxassist g oracledg maxsize layout=raid5 nlog=2 How To create a volume on any disk #vxassist b g disk_group_name make volume_name length Example #vxassist b g oracledg make datavol 10g How to create a volume on a specific disk/s? #vxassist b g diskgroup_name make volume_name length disk_name Example #vxassist b g oracledg make datavol 10g oracledg01 oracledg02 How to Display Information About how a volume is configured? #vxprint g diskgroup hrt How to monitor a task? #vxtask monitor

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How to abort a task #vxtask abort How to list tasks #vxtask list How to pause/resume tasks #vxtask pause #vxtask resume How to stop all volumes in a diskgroup #vxvol g diskgroup f stop volume_name How to increase size of a volume 1. First determine how much you can increase a volume? #vxassist g diskgroup maxgrow 2. Then increase the volume. For example to increase a volume from 1G to 10G using two disks use the command. #vxresize g diskgroup b F vxfs t tasktagname volume_name disk1 disk2 How to add mirror to a volume #vxassist b g diskgroupname mirror volume_name Example #vxassist b g mydg mirror voltest

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How to add mirror to a volume by creating a plex and the attaching it to a volume? 1. First initialize the disk. #vxdisksetup i c0t0d1 2. Add the disk to diskgroup and give it a medianame #vxdg g disk_group_name adddisk disk_media_name=disk_access_name Example #vxdg g mydg adddisk newdg02=c0t0d1 3. Create a subdisk #vxmake g disk_group_name sd sub_disk_name disk_media_name Example #vxmake g mydg sd newdg02-1 newdg02 500m 4. Create a new plex and associate the subdisk. #vxmake g disk_group_name plex plex_name sd=sub_disk_name Example #vxmake g mydg plex plex-01 sd=newdg02-1 5. Attach the plex to volume for mirroring. #vxples g disk_group_name att volume_name plex_name Example #vxplex g mydg att voltest plex01

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How to mirror all volumes in a disk group #/etc/vx/bin/vxmirror g disk_group_name a To mirror only those file systems on the root disk that are required to boot the system (Solaris) use. #/etc/vx/bin/vxmirror att_boot_disk_name Example #/etc/vx/bin/vxmirror bootdg02

How to mirror other file systems on the root disk? #vxassist mirror Example #vxassist mirror homevol bootdg02 volume_name alt_boot_disk_name

How to display native OS device name for a VxVM disk? #vxdisk path | grep disk_media_name Example #vxdisk path | grep mydg02

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How to Scan For disk devices previously unknown to the system? #vxdisk scandisk new How to Obtain a list of physical controllers? #vxdmpadm getctlr all How to scan only for new devices added to the system? #vxdctl f enable How to list all devices discovered by DDL? #vxddladm list How to list all host bus adapters (HBAs)? #vxddladm list hbas How to list ports configured on an HBA? #vxddladm list ports How to list devices configured from an HBA? #vxddladm list devices

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How to identify the vendor ID and Product ID of disks in an array? #/etc/vx/diag.d/vxscsiinq Example #/etc/vx/diag.d/vxscsiinq /dev/rdsk/c1t20d0s2 /dev/rdsk/device_access_name

How to display the relationship between the device paths, disk access names, disk media names and disk groups on a system? #vxdisk path How to view multipathing information for a particular device? #vxdisk list c2t0d0s2 or #vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename= c2t0d0s2 How to display multipathing information for a particular device including LUN serial number and array volume ID? #vxdmpadm v getdmpnode nodename=c0t50060160d0s2 How to get consolidated information for all DMP nodes in the system? #vxdmpadm list dmpnode all

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How to view multipathing information for a particular device? #vxdisk list device_name Example #vxdisk list c2t0d0s2 How to view multipathing information? #vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=enclosure_name Example #vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=enc_clarrion0 How to display the DMP node that controls a particular physical path? #vxdmpadm getdmpnode=disk_access_name Example #vxdmpadm getdmpnode=c0t5006016041E03B33d0s2 How to list attributes of all HBA Contollers on the system? #vxdmpadm listctlr all

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