VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide (September 2004)

Setting up the VxVM Environment

Using vxinstall

Chapter 3

If you enter n, vxinstall prompts you for a disk name for each disk on the disk array individually. For

each disk, respond with the desired disk name and press Return.

Step 3. Indicate whether you want default disk names to be assigned to all of the disks on the disk array at the

following prompt:

Use default disk names for these disks? [y,n,q,?] (default: y)

• If you enter y, the vxinstall program automatically assigns and lists default disk names for

each disk.

• If you enter n, the vxinstall program prompts you for a disk name for each disk on the disk

array individually.

Step 4. For each disk, respond with the desired disk name and press Return.

Step 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 of the disk to be

removed from the list and press Return. Repeat for 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 allows you to control which disks are added to VxVM control and 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.

• Custom Installation allows you to initialize disks in a disk array, even if valid data exists on those

disks. Avoid selecting the initialize option for any disks that contain valid data.