VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 for HP-UX Release Notes

Initializing the VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX

Chapter 162

NOTE As this example continues, vxinstall summarizes your choices.

Volume Manager Custom Installation

Menu: VolumeManager/Install/Custom

The following is a summary of your choices.

c0t5d0 New Disk

c1t0d0 New Disk

c1t1d0 New Disk

c1t2d0 New Disk

c2t2d3 New Disk

c3t0d0 New Disk

c3t1d0 New Disk

c3t2d0 New Disk

Is this correct [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

NOTE This is your last chance to review and alter your choices for how to handle any

of the disks to be placed under Volume Manager control.

If you enter y, vxinstall initializes (destroying any existing data) all disks

listed with New Disk.

If you enter n, vxinstall prompts you for the name of a disk to be removed

from the list and excluded from Volume Manager control. To remove a disk

from the list, enter the name of the disk to be removed and press

<Return>.

Repeat for each disk to be removed and then press

<Return> once more.

vxinstall will then display an updated summary without the disks you

chose for removal. If you are now satisfied with the summary, enter y.

vxinstall responds with a summary of the reconfigured system (partition

phase).

Depending on your input during this procedure, you may be requested to shut

down and reboot your machine. If this happens, shut down and reboot

immediately or at the earliest convenient opportunity.

c. If you select option 3, Prevent Multipathing/Suppress devices from

VxVM’s view, vxinstall proceeds as follows: