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

# vxdisksetup -i disk [format=disk_format]
The format defaults to cdsdisk unless this is overridden by the
/etc/default/vxdisk file, or by specifying the disk format as an argument
to the format attribute.
See “Defaults files” on page 471.
See the vxdisksetup(1M) manual page.
Creating CDS disks by using vxdiskadm
To create a CDS disk by using the vxdiskadm command
■ Run the vxdiskadm command, and select the “Add or initialize one or
more disks” item from the main menu. You are prompted to specify the format.
Warning: On CDS disks, the CDS information occupies the first sector of that
disk, and there is no fdisk partition information. Attempting to create an
fdisk partition (for example, by using the fdisk or format commands) erases
the CDS information, and can cause data corruption.
Creating CDS disks from initialized VxVM disks
How you create a CDS disk depends on the current state of the disk, as follows:
■ Creating a CDS disk from a disk that is not in a disk group
■ Creating a CDS disk from a disk that is already in a disk group
465Migrating data between platforms
Setting up your system