VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (August 2002)
Chapter 3, Setting up the VxVM Environment
Using vxinstall
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- If you enter n, the vxinstall program prompts you for a disk name for each
disk on the disk array individually.
4. For each disk, respond with the desired disk name and press Return.
5. When all of the disks on the current disk array have been named, press Return and
repeat step 3 and step 4 for the remaining controllers on your system.
When you have completed the vxinstall procedure for all disk arrays on your
system, the vxinstall program displays a summary of the disks designated for
initialization (New Disk) on each controller.
If you enter y, vxinstall initializes (destroying any existing data) all disks listed as
“New Disk.”
If you enter n, vxinstall prompts you for the name of a disk to be removed from
the list and excluded from VxVM control. To remove a disk from the list, enter the
name ofthe disk to beremoved from the list andpress Return. Repeatfor each disk to
be removed and then press Return once more. vxinstall displays an updated
summary. If you are satisfied with the summary, enter y.
Depending on your input during the vxinstall program, you may be requested to
shut down and reboot your machine. If this happens, shut down and reboot your
machine immediately or at the earliest convenient opportunity.
Caution Do not make any changes to your disk or file system configurations before
shutting down and rebooting your system.
If a shutdown is not required, successful completion of the installation is shown as
follows:
Installation is complete.
Custom Installation
Custom installation allowsyou to controlwhich disksareadded to VxVMcontroland
how they are added. This is important if you do not want all your disks under VxVM
control. Custom Installation also gives you the option of initializing all disks on a
controller or initializing just some disks on a controller. The following session
example illustrates a Custom Installation.
Note the following disk initialization issues with Custom Installation:
- Custom Installation does not allow you to initialize disks on an controller if LVM
logical volumes are found on those disks. Avoid selecting the initialize option for
any disks containing valid data.