VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator's Guide (September 2002)

Chapter 2, Administering Disks

Configuring Newly Added Disk Devices

For more information about excluding disk array support, see the vxddladm (1M)

manual page.

Re-including Support for an Excluded Disk Array

If you have excluded support for a particular disk array, you can use the includearray

keyword to remove the entry from the exclude list, as shown in the following example:

# vxddladm includearray libname=libvxenc.sl

This command adds the array library to the database so that the library can once again be

used in device discovery. If vxconfigd is running, you can use the vxdisk scandisks

command to discover the array and add its details to the database.

Listing Excluded Disk Arrays

To list all disk arrays that are currently excluded from use by VxVM, use the following

command:

# vxddladm listexclude

Listing Supported Disks in the JBOD Category

To list supported disks in the JBOD category, use the following command:

# vxddladm listjbod

Adding Support for Disks in the JBOD Category

To add support for disks that are in the JBOD category, use the vxddladm command with

the addjbod keyword. The following example illustrates the command for adding disks

from the vendor, Seagate:

# vxddladm addjbod vid=SEAGATE

To add support for X1 disks from ACME, use the following command:

# vxddladm addjbod vid=ACME pid=X1

Removing Support for Disks in the JBOD Category

To remove support for disks that are in the JBOD category, use the vxddladm command

with the rmjbod keyword. The following example illustrates the command for removing

disks supplied by the vendor, Seagate:

# vxddladm rmjbod vid=SEAGATE