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

Disk Tasks
Scanning Disks
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Scanning Disks
When VxVM rescans disks, it scans all attached disks for disk
configuration changes. It also updates information on removable media,
CD-ROM drives, basic volumes, file systems, and drive letters.
Rescanning disks can take several minutes, depending on the number of
hardware devices installed.
• You should rescan disks when you remove disks from or add disks to
a computer.
• From the Actions menu, select Rescan.
A dialog box comes up with the message “Getting hardware
configuration. Please wait.” The box also displays a progress bar
showing the percentage of completion for the rescan process.