Defaults files


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Defaults files

The following system defaults files in the /etc/default directory are used to specify the alignment of VxVM objects, the initialization or encapsulation of VM disks, the conversion of LVM disks, and the conversion of disk groups and their disks to the CDS-compatible format

`vxassist`	Specifies default values for the following parameters to the `vxcdsconvert` command that have an effect on the alignment of VxVM objects: `dgalign_checking`, `diskalign`, and `nodiskalign`. See "Object alignment during volume creation" on page 17. See the `vxassist`(1M) manual page.
`vxcdsconvert`	Specifies default values for the following parameters to the `vxcdsconvert` command: `evac_disk_list`, `evac_subdisks_ok`, `min_split_size`, `move_subdisks_ok`, `privlen`, and `split_subdisks_ok`. The following is a sample `vxcdsconvert` defaults file: `evac_subdisks_ok=no` `min_split_size=64k move_subdisks_ok=yes privlen=2048 split_subdisks_ok=move` An alternate defaults file can be specified by using the `-d` option with the `vxcdsconvert` command. See the `vxcdsconvert`(1M) manual page.
`vxdg`	Specifies default values for the `cds`, `default_activation_mode` and `enable_activation` parameters to the `vxdg` command. The `default_activation_mode` and `enable_activation` parameters are only used with shared disk groups in a cluster. The following is a sample `vxdg` defaults file: `cds=on` See the `vxdg`(1M) manual page.
`vxdisk`	Specifies default values for the `format` and `privlen` parameters to the `vxdisk` and `vxdisksetup` commands. These commands are used when disks are initialized by VxVM for the first time.They are also called implicitly by the `vxdiskadm` command and the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) GUI. The following is a sample `vxdisk` defaults file: `format=cdsdisk privlen=2048` See the `vxdisk`(1M) manual page. See the `vxdisksetup`(1M) manual page.
`vxencap`	Specifies default values for the `format`, `privlen`, `privoffset` and `puboffset` parameters to the `vxencap` and `vxlvmencap` commands. These commands are used when disks with existing partitions or slices are encapsulated, or when LVM disks are converted to VM disks. It is also called implicitly by the `vxdiskadm`, `vxconvert` (on AIX) and `vxvmconvert` (on HP-UX) commands, and by the VEA. The following is a sample `vxencap` defaults file: `format=sliced` `privlen=4096` `privoffset=0` `puboffset=1` See the `vxencap`(1M) manual page. See the `vxconvert`(1M) manual page. See the `vxvmconvert`(1M) manual page.

In the defaults files, a line that is empty, or that begins with a ''#'' character in the first column, is treated as a comment, and is ignored.

Apart from comment lines, all other lines must define attributes and their values using the format attribute=value. Each line starts in the first column, and is terminated by the value. No white space is allowed around the = sign.


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