VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Disk Tasks

Activating a Disk Group

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Activating a Disk Group

This procedure sets the activation mode for a disk group. The disk group

activation mode controls read and write access to volumes in the

speciﬁed disk group.

To activate a disk group

Step 1. Select the disk group to be activated.

Step 2. Choose Disk Groups > Activation (menu) or Disk Group

Activate/Deactivate (Command Launcher).

Step 3. Complete the Activate Disk Group dialog box as follows:

Disk Group Name: Type the name of the disk group to be activated or

click Browse to select the disk group.

Activation Mode: Select one of the following disk group activation

modes:

• To disallow read and write access for volumes in

the disk group, select Off.

• To allow read and write access for volumes in the

disk group, select Read Write.

• To allow read only access for volumes in the disk

group, select Read Only.