Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Migration Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

Displaying disk devices in SMH
To display disk devices in SMH, select Tools > Disks and File Systems > Disks.
The Disks tab of the HP-UX Disks andFile Systems Tool screen lists the system’s
disk devices. To switch between legacy device names and new agile device names,
click on Toggle Global Device View.
In the legacy view, all paths to a device are listed using the old-style c#t#d# naming
convention that is used in the /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk directories.
In the agile view, a device is listed according to the name of its persistent device
file in the /dev/disk and /dev/rdisk directories, using the disk## naming
convention.
The number of paths to a device is indicated in the “Paths” column in both views.
When VxVM is installed on the system, the “Use” column in SMH indicates whether
a disk is under LVM or VxVM control, or whether it is unused.
If a VxVM disk is online and part of a disk group, the disk group name is listed
under the “VG Name” column. If a VxVM disk is initialized, but not yet part of a
disk group, it is listed as “unused” under the “Use” column.
A more detailed description of a disk’s properties can be obtained by selecting the
radio button to the left of a listed device.
Figure 4-1 shows a sample Disk Devices screen for a system with several VxVM
disks, one LVM disk, several unused disks, and a DVD-ROM device. The VxVM
disks are all in the mydg disk group. The detailed view of disk30 shows that it has
two paths with the legacy names c5t0d7 and c7t0d7.
SMH and the VEA
Displaying disk devices in SMH
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