VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Disk Group Tasks
Creating a Disk Group
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disk available for future use, specify a disk group name
of
“none”.
Which disk group [<group>,none,list,q,?] (default:
rootdg)
anotherdg
Step 5. The vxdiskadm utility confirms that no active disk group currently
exists with the same name and prompts for confirmation that you really
want to create this new disk group:
There is no active disk group named anotherdg.
Create a new group named anotherdg? [y,n,q,?] (default:
y) y
Step 6. At the following prompt, either press Return to accept the default disk
name or enter a disk name:
Use a default disk name for the disk? [y,n,q,?]
(default: y)
Step 7. When the vxdiskadm utility asks whether this disk should become a
hot-relocation spare, enter n (or press Return):
Add disk as a spare disk for anotherdg? [y,n,q,?]
(default: n) n
Step 8. When the vxdiskadm utility 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 9. To continue with the operation, enter y (or press Return) at the following
prompt:
A new disk group will be created named anotherdg and
the
selected disks will be added to the disk group with
default disk
names.
c1t2d0
Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y
Step 10. If the disk was used for the file system earlier, then the vxdiskadm