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

Changing the Disk-Naming Scheme
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# /usr/bin/vxvm/bin/vxdarestore
3. Re-import the disk group using the following command:
# vxdg import diskgroup
Installing and Formatting Disks
Depending onthe hardwarecapabilities ofyour disks and of your system, you mayeither
need to shut down and power off your system before installing the disks, or you may be
able to hot-insert the disks into the live system. Many operating systems can detect the
presence of the new disks on being rebooted. If the disks are inserted while the system is
live, you may need to enter an operating system-specific command to notify the system.
If the disks require low- or intermediate-level formatting before use, use the operating
system-specific formatting command to do this.
Note SCSI disks are usually preformatted. Reformatting is needed only if the existing
formatting has become damaged.
The following sections provide detailed examples of how to use the vxdiskadm utility to
place disks under VxVM control in various ways and circumstances.