VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

Troubleshooting
Disk Troubleshooting
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CAUTION This command overwrites the disk header and configuration
information on the disk. Any volume copies or regions located on the
disk is not accessible after you reinitialize the disk.
Disk State: Foreign Owned
The disk is under the control of another disk management product. The
disk is not available for use with VxVM.
• To make the disk available for VxVM use, remove the disk from the
other disk management product control and place the disk under
VxVM control.