VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Initialization and Setup
Volume Manager Daemons
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Volume Manager Daemons
Two daemons must be running for the Volume Manager to operate
properly:
• vxconfigd
• vxiod
Configuration Daemon vxconfigd
The Volume Manager configuration daemon (vxconfigd) maintains
Volume Manager disk and disk group configurations. The vxconfigd
daemon communicates configuration changes to the kernel and modifies
configuration information stored on disk.
Starting the Volume Manager Configuration Daemon
Startup scripts invoke the vxconfigd daemon during the boot procedure.
To determine whether the volume daemon is enabled, use the following
command:
# vxdctl mode
This message is displayed if the vxconfigd daemon is running and
enabled:
mode: enabled
This message is displayed if vxconfigd is running, but not enabled:
mode: disabled
To enable the volume daemon, use the following command:
# vxdctl enable
This message is displayed if the vxconfigd daemon is not running:
mode: not-running
To start the vxconfigd daemon, use the following command:
# vxconfigd
Once started, the vxconfigd daemon automatically becomes a
background process.