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

Creating a CDS disk from a disk that is not in a disk group

To create a CDS disk from a disk that is not in a disk group

Run the following command to remove the VM disk format for the disk:

# vxdiskunsetup disk

This is necessary as non-auto types cannot be reinitialized by vxdisksetup.

If the disk is listed in the /etc/vx/darecs file, remove its disk access (DA)

record using the command:

# vxdisk rm disk

(Disk access records that cannot be configured by scanning the disks are

stored in an ordinary file, /etc/vx/darecs, in the root file system. Refer to

the vxintro(1M) manual page for more information.)

Rescan for the disk using this command:

# vxdisk scandisks

Type this command to set up the disk:

# vxdisksetup -i disk

Creating a CDS disk from a disk that is already in a disk group

To create a CDS disk from a disk that is already in a disk group

■ Run the vxcdsconvert command.

See “Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks” on page 467.

Creating CDS disk groups

You can create a CDS disk group in the following ways:

■ Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdg init

■ Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdiskadm

Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdg init

Note: The disk group version must be 110 or greater.

To create a CDS disk group by using the vxdg init command

Migrating data between platforms

Setting up your system

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