VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks
Reinitializing a Disk
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n) n
Step 7. When the vxdiskadm program prompts whether to exclude this disk
from hot-relocation use, enter n (or press Return).
Exclude disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?}
(default: n) n
Step 8. To continue with the operation, enter y (or press Return) at the following
prompt:
The selected disks will be added to the disk group rootdg
with
default disk names.
c1t3d0
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
Step 9. If the disk was used for the file system earlier, then the vxdiskadm
program gives you the following choices:
The following disk device appears to contain a currently
unmounted file system.
c1
t3d0
Are you sure you want to destroy this file system
[y,n,q,?] (default: n)
Step 10. To reinitialize the disk, enter y (or press Return) at the following prompt:
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:
Initializing device c1t3d0.
Adding disk device c1t3d0 to disk group rootdg with disk
name disk40.
Step 11. At the following prompt, indicate whether you want to continue to
initialize more disks (y) or return to the vxdiskadm main menu (n):
Add or initialize other disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)