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

Create a volume

vxassist make

vxassist -g my-dg make my-vol 1G

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

Resize a volume

vxassist growto
vxassist growby

vxassist -g my-dg growto my-vol 2G

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

Snapshot a volume

vxassist snapstart
vxassist snapshot

vxassist -g my-dg snapstart my-vol

vxassist -g my-dg snapshot my-vol my-snap

Change volume layout

vxassist relayout

vxassist -g my-dg relayout my-vol layout=stripe

Convert volume type

vxassist convert

vxassist -g my-dg convert my-vol layout=stripe-mirror

Estimate max volume size

vxassist maxsize
vxassist maxgrow

vxassist -g my-dg maxsize layout=... disk1 diskn

vxassist -g my-dg maxgrow my-vol

Remove a volume

vxassist remove

vxassist -g my-dg remove my-vol

Remove a volume

vxvol stop
vxedit -r rm
vxdg rmdisk

vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol

vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol
vxdg -g my-dg rmdisk my-disk

Help on layout

vxassist help

vxassist help layout

Multipathing Commands
Operation

Command

Example

Display enclusres

vxdmpadm listenclosure

vxdmpadm listenclosure all

Display controllers

vxdmpadm listctlr

vxdmpadm listctlr all

Display subpaths

vxdmpadm getsubpaths

vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c3

vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=EMC_CLARiiON2_4

Miscellaneous Commands
Operation

Command

Example

Enable Enclosure Based Naming

vxddladm set namingscheme

vxddladm set namingscheme=ebn

Disable Enclosure Based Naming

vxddladm set namingscheme

vxddladm set namingscheme=obn

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Last updated: Thursday, October 11, 2007