Veritas Volume manager Command quick reference

Disk commands

Operation	Command	Example
Initialise Disk	vxdisksetup	vxdisksetup -i c1t9d0
Uninitialise 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	vxedit -g my-dg set reserve=on my-disk

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 otherdg
Deport diskgroup	vxdg deport	vxdg deport my-dg
List diskgroups	vxdg list
List free space	vxdg free	vxdg -g my-dg free
List total free space	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg maxsize layout=concat

Plex commands

peration	Command	Example
Create a plex	vxmake	vxmake -g my-dg plex my-plex sd=my-sd
Associate a plex	vxplex	vxplex -g my-dgatt my-vol my-plex
Dis-associate a plex	vxplex	vxplex -g my-dg dis my-plex
Attach a plex	vxplex	vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol my-plex
Detach a plex	vxplex	vxplex -g my-dg det my-plex
List Plexes	vxprint	vxprint -lp
Remove a plex	vxedit	vxedit -g my-dg rm my-plex

Subdisk Command

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	vxassist -g my-dg make my-vol 1G
		vxassist make my-vol 1G layout=stripe
Delete a volume	vxedit	vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol
Display volume info	vxprint	vxprint -g my-dg -vt
Display volume info	vxinfo	vxinfo -g my-dg my-vol
Resize a volume	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg growto my-vol 2G
		vxassist -g my-dg growby my-vol 600M
Start a volume	vxvol	vxvol -g my-dg start my-vol
Stop a volume	vxvol	vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol
Initialise a volume	vxvol	vxvol -g my-dg init active my-vol
Recover a volume	vxrecover	vxrecover -g my-dg my-vol
Mirror a volume	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg mirror my-vol
Add log to a volume	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg addlog my-vol
Snapshot a volume	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg snapstart my-vol
		vxassist -g my-dg snapshot my-vol my-snap
Change volume layout	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg relayout my-vol layout=stripe
Convert volume type	vxassist	vxassist -g my-dg convert my-vol layout=stripe-mirror

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