VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (September 2004)

Setting up the VxVM Environment

Using vxinstall

Chapter 3

Adding disk controller names to /etc/vx/cntrls.exclude precludes VxVM initialization or

control of all disks on that controller. To exclude all disks on a controller, add the controller name on a

line by itself in the file. For example:

# cat /etc/vx/cntrls.exclude

To exclude enclosures, use /etc/vx/enclr.exclude. When the name of a disk enclosure is added

to this file, VxVM does not initialize or control all disks on the controller. For example:

# cat /etc/vx/enclr.exclude

encl2

Step 3. Run vxinstall:

# vxinstall

The vxinstall program examines all controllers attached to the system and lists them. You are

asked if you want to use enclosure-based naming. If you do not want to use enclosure-based names,

enter n, and proceed to Step 6.

Do you want to use enclosure based names for all disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Step 4. If you want to use enclosure-based names for the disks on the system, enter y. vxinstall detects and

displays a list of disk arrays connected to your system.

Enter y to assign a new name to the enclosures. This helps to identify their physical location.

Enclosure names cannot exceed 25 characters in length. Enter the name of the enclosure that you wish

to rename, and then enter its new name.

Step 5. Enter y at the following prompt to rename more enclosures or n to continue with the installation.

Do you wish to rename more enclosures? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Step 6. If you selected n in the previous step, the vxinstall program displays a brief introduction to the

installation process, as follows:

Hit RETURN to continue

Step 7. Press Return to continue

The vxinstall program next displays a menu with the following options:

The options are defined as follows:

• 1 (Quick Installation) uses default options for installation

• 2 (Custom Installation) allows you to control whether and how each disk will be brought under

VERITAS Volume Manager control.

• 3 (Prevent multipathing/Suppress devices from VxVM’s view) excludes devices from VxVM or

prevents them from being multipathed by DMP.

• ? displays a help file describing the current operation or menu choices.

• ?? displays general information about using the vxinstall program

• q exits from the current operation, or from the vxinstall program.