VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 for HP-UX Release Notes

VERITAS Volume Manager 3.2 for HP-UX Release Notes
Initializing the VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX
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Volume Manager Installation
Menu: VolumeManager/Install/Exclude Devices
This operation might lead to some devices being suppressed from
VxVMs view or prevent them from being multipathed by vxdmp.
(This operation can be reversed using the vxdiskadm command).
Do you want to continue [y,n,q,?] (default: n)
Volume Manager Device Operations
Menu: VolumeManager/Install/Exclude Devices
1 Suppress all paths through a controller from VxVMs view
2 Suppress a path from VxVMs view
3 Suppress disks from VxVMs view by specifying a VID:PID
combination
4 Suppress all but one path to a disk
5 Prevent multipathing of all disks on a controller by VxVM
6 Prevent multipathing of all disks on a controller by VxVM
7 Prevent multipathing of disks by specifying a VID:PID
combination
8 List currently suppressed/non-multipathed devices
? Display help about menu
?? Display help about the menuing system
q Exit from menus
Select an operation to perform:
The following list briefly summarizes each operation. Additional explanatory
information about each operation is displayed when you enter a choice, and you
are always given the opportunity to exit from the menu before executing the
choice.
Option 1 allows you to revent VxVM from using all paths through a specified
controller. The specified controller is disabled.
Option 2 allows you to prevent VxVM from using one or more specified
paths. The specified path is excluded from VxVM control
Option 3 allows you to prevent VxVM from using one or more disks specified
bya VID:PID combination, where VID stands for a Vendor ID, and PID
stands for Product ID. (The command vxdmping in /etc/vx/diag.d can be
used to obtain these IDs. This command displays the standard SCSI inquiry
data returned from the disk controller.)