VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks
Adding a Disk to a Disk Group
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Manager,
then you do not need to reinitialize the disk device.
Output format: [Device_Name]
c1t1d0
Reinitialize this device? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
Messages similar to the following now confirm that this disk is being
reinitialized for Volume Manager use. You may also be given the option
of performing surface analysis on some systems.
Initializing device c1t1d0.
Perform surface analysis (highly recommended)
[y,n,q,?] (default: y) n
Adding disk device c1t1d0 to disk group rootdg with disk
name
disk03.
NOTE Output can vary depending on the previous usage of the disk.
To confirm that the disk has been added to the disk group, enter the
following command:
# vxdisk list
The Volume Manager returns a listing similar to the following:
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c0t0d0 simple disk04 rootdg online
c1t0d0 simple disk01 rootdg online
c1t1d0 simple disk03 rootdg online