VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide
Troubleshooting
Disk Troubleshooting
Chapter 6238
hardware.
• It may be necessary to reattach the disk to its disk group with the
Replace Disk task or the following command:
/etc/vx/bin/vxreattach [
device_name
]
After a successful reattach, volume recovery may be necessary.
• If the reattach fails and you want to free the disk’s space for use, you
can use the Initialize Disk task (Hosts > Initialize Disk) or the
following command to reinitialize the disk:
vxdisk -f init
device_name
NOTE This command overwrites the disk header and configuration information
on the disk. Any volume copies or regions located on the disk will not be
accessible after you reinitialize the disk.
Disk State: Foreign Owned
The disk is under the control of another disk management product. The
disk is not available for use with the Volume Manager.
• To make the disk available for Volume Manager use, remove the disk
from the other disk management product’s control and place the disk
under Volume Manager control.