Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Advanced Features Administrator"s Guide (5900-1503, April 2011)

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Setting up CDS disks and CDS disk groups
ProceduresTask
You can create a CDS disk in one of the
following ways:
■ Creating CDS disks from uninitialized
disks
See “Creating CDS disks from
uninitialized disks” on page 464.
■ Creating CDS disks from initialized VxVM
disks
See “Creating CDS disks from initialized
VxVM disks” on page 465.
■ Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks
See “Converting non-CDS disks to CDS
disks” on page 467.
Create the CDS disks.
You can create a CDS disk group in one of
the following ways:
■ Creating CDS disk groups
See “Creating CDS disk groups ”
on page 466.
■ Converting a non-CDS disk group to a
CDS disk group
See “Converting a non-CDS disk group to
a CDS disk group” on page 468.
Create the CDS disk groups.
Verifying licensingSee “Verifying licensing”
on page 470.
Verify the CDS license.
Defaults files See “Defaults files” on page 471.Verify the system defaults related to CDS.
Creating CDS disks from uninitialized disks
You can create a CDS disk from an uninitialized disk by using one of the following
methods:
■ Creating CDS disks by using vxdisksetup
■ Creating CDS disks by using vxdiskadm
Creating CDS disks by using vxdisksetup
To create a CDS disk by using the vxdisksetup command
■ Type the following command:
Migrating data between platforms
Setting up your system
464