Veritas Volume Manager Quick Reference

Disk Commands
Operation Command Example
Initialize disk vxdisksetup vxdisksetup -i c1t9d0
Uninitialize disks vxdiskunsetup vxdiskunsetup -C c1t9d0
List disks vxdisk list
List disk header vxdisk list vxdisk list disk01
List disk private region vxprivutil list vxprivutil list /dev/rdsk/c1t9d0s2
Reserve a disk vxedit set vxedit -g my-dg set reserve=on my-disk
Rename a disk vxedit rename vxedit -g my-dg rename my-disk new-disk
Rescan all disks vxdctl enable
Disk Group Commands
Operation Command Example
Create disk group vxdg init vxdg init my-dg disk01=c1t9d0
Remove disk group vxdg destroy vxdg destroy my-dg
Add disk vxdg adddisk vxdg -g my-dg adddisk disk02=c1t8d0
Remove disk vxdg rmdisk vxdg -g my-dg rmdisk disk02
Import diskgroup vxdg import vxdg import my-dg
Deport diskgroup vxdg deport vxdg deport my-dg
List diskgroups vxdg list vxdg -o alldgs -e list
List free space vxdg free vxdg -g my-dg free
List total free space vxassist vxassist -g my-dg maxsize layout=concat
Rename diskgroup on deport vxdg deport vxdg -n new-dg deport old-dg
Rename diskgroup on import vxdg import vxdg -n new-dg import old-dg
Evacuate data from a disk vxevac vxevac -g my-dg fromdisk todisk(s)
Plex Commands
Operation Command Example
Create a plex vxmake plex vxmake -g my-dg plex my-plex sd=my-sd
Associate a plex vxplex att vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol my-plex
Dis-associate a plex vxplex dis vxplex -g my-dg dis my-plex
Attach a plex vxplex att vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol my-plex
Detach a plex vxplex det vxplex -g my-dg det my-plex
List plexes vxprint vxprint -lp
Remove a plex vxedit vxedit -g my-dg rm my-plex
Subdisk Commands
 Operation Command Example
Create a subdisk vxmake sd vxmake -g my-dg my-sd disk1,1,5000
Remove subdisk vxedit rm vxedit -g my-dg rm my-sd
Display subdisk info vxprint -st
Associate subdisk to plex vxsd assoc vxsd -g my-dg assoc my-plex my-sd
Disassociate subdisk vxsd dis vxsd -g my-dg dis my-sd
Volume Commands
Operation Command Example
vxassist -g my-dg make my-vol 1G
Create a volume vxassist make
vxassist make my-vol 1G layout=stripe
Delete a volume vxedit rm vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol
Display volume info vxprint -vt vxprint -g my-dg -vt
Display volume info vxinfo vxinfo -g my-dg my-vol
vxassist growto vxassist -g my-dg growto my-vol 2G
Resize a volume
vxassist growby vxassist -g my-dg growby my-vol 600M
Start a volume vxvol start vxvol -g my-dg start my-vol
Stop a volume vxvol stop vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol
Initialise a volume vxvol init active vxvol -g my-dg init active my-vol
Recover a volume vxrecover vxrecover -g my-dg my-vol
Mirror a volume vxassist mirror vxassist -g my-dg mirror my-vol
Add log to a volume vxassist addlog vxassist -g my-dg addlog my-vol
vxassist snapstart vxassist -g my-dg snapstart my-vol
Snapshot a volume
vxassist snapshot vxassist -g my-dg snapshot my-vol my-snap
Change volume layout vxassist relayout vxassist -g my-dg relayout my-vol layout=stripe
vxassist -g my-dg convert my-vol layout=stripe-
Convert volume type vxassist convert
mirror
vxassist maxsize
Estimate max volume vxassist -g my-dg maxsize layout=... disk1 diskn
vxassist
size vxassist -g my-dg maxgrow my-vol
maxgrow
Remove a volume vxassist remove vxassist -g my-dg remove my-vol
vxvol stop vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol
Remove a volume vxedit -r rm vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol
vxdg rmdisk vxdg -g my-dg rmdisk my-disk
Help on layout vxassist help vxassist help layout
Multipathing Commands
Operation Command Example
Display vxdmpadm
vxdmpadm listenclosure all
enclusres listenclosure
Display
vxdmpadm listctlr vxdmpadm listctlr all
controllers
vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c3
Display vxdmpadm
vxdmpadm getsubpaths
subpaths getsubpaths
dmpnodename=EMC_CLARiiON2_4
Miscellaneous Commands
Operation Command Example
Enable Enclosure Based vxddladm set vxddladm set
Naming namingscheme namingscheme=ebn
Disable Enclosure Based vxddladm set vxddladm set
Naming namingscheme namingscheme=obn