Veritas 5.0 Installation Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

4 Setting up the Veritas 5.0 Products
This chapter describes how to initialize and set up VxVM 5.0 and VxFS 5.0. This chapter addresses
the following topics:
• Setting up VxVM 5.0
• Setting up and Managing VxFS 5.0
• Setting up Storage Management for Oracle
Setting Up VxVM 5.0
Initializing VxVM Using vxinstall Utility
You can use the vxinstall utility to initialize VxVM. The vxinstall initialization procedure
enables you to do the following:
• Specify the name of the default disk group to be used by the commands if the -g option is
not used to specify a disk group explicitly.
• Choose whether to use enclosure-based naming for disks. This naming type enables you to
associate more meaningful disk-access names to disks in the different arrays.
To complete a typical vxinstall session, complete the following steps:
1. Set up Veritas Volume Manager using vxinstall:
# vxinstall
For more information on supported options, see vxinstall (1M).
The following output is displayed:
VxVM uses license keys to control access. If you have not yet installed
a VxVM license key on your system, you will need to do so if you want to
use the full functionality of the product.
Licensing information:
System host ID:<hostid>
Host type:<server-id>
Are you prepared to enter a license key [y,n,q] (default: n) n
2. To use enclosure-based names, enter <y|n> when prompted by the vxinstall utility:
Do you want to use enclosure based names for all disks ? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
For more information on the supported options, see vxinstall (1M).
NOTE: Disks use the traditional naming format, usually c#t#d#. Enclosure-based naming
allows disk devices to be named for enclosures rather than for the controllers through which
they are accessed. In a Storage Area Network (SAN) that uses Fibre Channel hubs or fabric
switches, information about the disk location provided by the operating system may not
correctly indicate the physical location of the disks. Enclosure-based naming enables VxVM
to access enclosures as separate physical entities. By configuring redundant copies of your
data on separate enclosures, you can safeguard your data against failure of one or more
enclosures.
3. To set up a system wide default disk group, enter <y|n> when prompted by the vxinstall
utility:
Do you want to setup a system wide default disk group ?
[y,n,q,?] (default: y)
If you know the name of the disk group to be used as the default disk group, enter y, and
type the name of the disk group at the following prompt, or else use the list option and
make a selection. Enter n if you do not want to define a default disk group.
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