Veritas volume manager - Quick referrence

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