VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks
Importing a Disk Group
Chapter 3136
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
Options Click Show Options to access the optional settings for
this task.
• To start all volumes in the disk group at import,
select Start All Volumes.
• To clear the existing host ID stamp on all disks in
the disk group at import, select Clear Host ID. Do
not use this option if another host is using any
disk(s) in the disk group.
• To force the disk group import when the host
cannot access all disks in the disk group, select
Force Import. This option can be used to import a
disk group that contains a failed disk, but can lead
to disk group inconsistency if all disks are still
usable.
• To import the disk group as a shared disk group,
select Import Shared. This option is only
applicable in a cluster environment.
• To change the name of the disk group at import,
type a new disk group name in the New Name
field. To indicate that the name change is
temporary, select Use New Name as Temporary.