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vxdctl license 

List licensed features of VxVM. 

vxdisk [-g diskgroup] list [diskname] 

Lists disks under control of VxVM. 

See Displaying disk information. 

Example: 

# vxdisk -g mydg list 

vxdg list [diskgroup] 

Lists information about disk groups.  

See Displaying disk group information. 

Example: 

# vxdg list mydg 

vxdg -s list 

Lists information about shared disk groups.  

See Listing shared disk groups. 

Example: 

# vxdg -s list 

vxinfo [-g diskgroup] [volume ...] 

Displays information about the accessibility and usability of volumes.  

See "Listing Unstartable Volumes" in the Veritas Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide. 

Example: 

# vxinfo -g mydg myvol1 \  myvol2 

vxprint -hrt [-g diskgroup] [object] 

Prints single-line information about objects in VxVM.  

See Displaying volume information. 

Example: 

# vxprint -g mydg myvol1 \  myvol2 

vxprint -st [-g diskgroup] [subdisk] 

Displays information about subdisks. 

See Displaying subdisk information. 

Example: 

# vxprint -st -g mydg 

vxprint -pt [-g diskgroup] [plex] 

Displays information about plexes. 

See Displaying plex information. 

Example: 

# vxprint -pt -g mydg 

vxdiskadm 

Administers disks in VxVM using a menu-based interface. 

vxdiskadd [devicename ...] 

Adds a disk specified by device name.  

See Using vxdiskadd to place a disk under control of VxVM. 

Example: 

# vxdiskadd c0t1d0 

vxedit [-g diskgroup] rename olddisk \  newdisk 

Renames a disk under control of VxVM.  

See Renaming a disk. 

Example: 

# vxedit -g mydg rename \  mydg03 mydg02 

vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \  reserve=on|off diskname 

Sets aside/does not set aside a disk from use in a disk group.  

See Reserving disks. 

Examples: 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  reserve=on mydg02 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  reserve=off mydg02 

vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \  nohotuse=on|off diskname 

Does not/does allow free space on a disk to be used for hot-relocation. 

See Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use. 

See Making a disk available for hot-relocation use. 

Examples: 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  nohotuse=on mydg03 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  nohotuse=off mydg03 

vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \  spare=on|off diskname 

Adds/removes a disk from the pool of hot-relocation spares. 

See Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare. 

See Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare. 

Examples: 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  spare=on mydg04 

# vxedit -g mydg set \  spare=off mydg04 

vxdisk offline devicename 

Takes a disk offline. 

See Taking a disk offline. 

Example: 

# vxdisk offline c0t1d0 

vxdg -g diskgroup rmdisk diskname 

Removes a disk from its disk group. 

See Removing a disk from a disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg -g mydg rmdisk c0t2d0 

vxdiskunsetup devicename 

Removes a disk from control of VxVM. 

See Removing a disk from a disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdiskunsetup c0t3d0 

vxdg [-s] init diskgroup \  [diskname=]devicename 

Creates a disk group using a pre-initialized disk.  

See Creating a disk group. 

See Creating a shared disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg init mydg \  mydg01=c0t1d0 

vxsplitlines -g diskgroup 

Reports conflicting configuration information. 

See Handling conflicting configuration copies. 

Example: 

# vxsplitlines -g mydg 

vxdg [-n newname] deport diskgroup 

Deports a disk group and optionally renames it. 

See Deporting a disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg -n newdg deport mydg 

vxdg [-n newname] import diskgroup 

Imports a disk group and optionally renames it. 

See Importing a disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg -n newdg import mydg 

vxdg [-n newname] -s import diskgroup 

Imports a disk group as shared by a cluster, and optionally renames it. 

See Importing disk groups as shared. 

Example: 

# vxdg -n newsdg -s import \  mysdg 

vxdg [-o expand] listmove sourcedg \  targetdg object ... 

Lists the objects potentially affected by moving a disk group. 

See Listing objects potentially affected by a move. 

Example: 

# vxdg -o expand listmove \  mydg newdg myvol1 

vxdg [-o expand] move sourcedg \
 targetdg object ... 

Moves objects between disk groups. 

See Moving objects between disk groups. 

Example: 

# vxdg -o expand move mydg \  newdg myvol1 

vxdg [-o expand] split sourcedg \  targetdg object ... 

Splits a disk group and moves the specified objects into the target disk group. 

See Splitting disk groups. 

Example: 

# vxdg -o expand split mydg \  newdg myvol2 myvol3 

vxdg join sourcedg targetdg 

Joins two disk groups. 

See Joining disk groups. 

Example: 

# vxdg join newdg mydg 

vxdg -g diskgroup set \  activation=ew|ro|sr|sw|off 

Sets the activation mode of a shared disk group in a cluster. 

See Changing the activation mode on a shared disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg -g mysdg set \  activation=sw 

vxrecover -g diskgroup -sb 

Starts all volumes in an imported disk group. 

See Moving disk groups between systems. 

Example: 

# vxrecover -g mydg -sb 

vxdg destroy diskgroup 

Destroys a disk group and releases its disks. 

See Destroying a disk group. 

Example: 

# vxdg destroy mydg 

vxmake [-g diskgroup] sd subdisk \  diskname,offset,length 

Creates a subdisk. 

See Creating subdisks. 

Example: 

# vxmake -g mydg sd \
 mydg02-01 mydg02,0,8000 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] assoc plex \  subdisk... 

Associates subdisks with an existing plex. 

See Associating subdisks with plexes. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg assoc home-1 mydg02-01 \  mydg02-00 mydg02-01 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] assoc plex \  subdisk1:0 ... subdiskM:N-1 

Adds subdisks to the ends of the columns in a striped or RAID-5 volume. 

See Associating subdisks with plexes. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg assoc \
 vol01-01 mydg10-01:0 \  mydg11-01:1 mydg12-01:2 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] mv oldsubdisk \  newsubdisk ... 

Replaces a subdisk. 

See Moving subdisks. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg mv mydg01-01 \  mydg02-01 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] -s size split \  subdisk sd1 sd2 

Splits a subdisk in two. 

See Splitting subdisks. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg -s 1000m \  split mydg03-02 mydg03-02 \  mydg03-03 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] join sd1 sd2 ... \  subdisk 

Joins two or more subdisks. 

See Joining subdisks. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg join \
 mydg03-02 mydg03-03 \
 mydg03-02 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] move \ 

 volume \!olddisk newdisk 

Relocates subdisks in a volume between disks. 

See Moving and unrelocating subdisks using vxassist. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg move \
 myvol \!mydg02 mydg05 

vxunreloc [-g diskgroup] original_disk 

Relocates subdisks to their original disks. 

See Moving and unrelocating subdisks using vxunreloc. 

Example: 

# vxunreloc -g mydg mydg01 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] dis subdisk 

Dissociates a subdisk from a plex. 

See Dissociating subdisks from plexes. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg dis mydg02-01 

vxedit [-g diskgroup] rm subdisk 

Removes a subdisk. 

See Removing subdisks. 

Example: 

# vxedit -g mydg rm mydg02-01 

vxsd [-g diskgroup] -o rm dis subdisk 

Dissociates and removes a subdisk from a plex. 

See Dissociating subdisks from plexes. 

Example: 

# vxsd -g mydg -o rm dis \  mydg02-01 

vxmake [-g diskgroup] plex plex \  sd=subdisk1[,subdisk2,...] 

Creates a concatenated plex. 

See Creating plexes. 

Example: 

# vxmake -g mydg plex \
 vol01-02 \
 sd=mydg02-01,mydg02-02 

vxmake [-g diskgroup] plex plex \  layout=stripe|raid5 stwidth=W \  ncolumn=N sd=subdisk1[,subdisk2,...] 

Creates a striped or RAID-5 plex. 

See Creating a striped plex. 

Example: 

# vxmake -g mydg plex pl-01 \  layout=stripe stwidth=32 \
 ncolumn=2 \
 sd=mydg01-01,mydg02-01 

vxplex [-g diskgroup] att volume plex 

Attaches a plex to an existing volume. 

See Attaching and associating plexes. 

See Reattaching plexes. 

Example: 

# vxplex -g mydg att vol01 \
 vol01-02 

vxplex [-g diskgroup] det plex 

Detaches a plex. 

See Detaching plexes. 

Example: 

# vxplex -g mydg det vol01-02 

vxmend [-g diskgroup] off plex 

Takes a plex offline for maintenance. 

See Taking plexes offline. 

Example: 

# vxmend -g mydg off vol02-02 

vxmend [-g diskgroup] on plex 

Re-enables a plex for use. 

See Reattaching plexes. 

Example: 

# vxmend -g mydg on vol02-02 

vxplex [-g diskgroup] mv oldplex newplex 

Replaces a plex. 

See Moving plexes. 

Example: 

# vxplex -g mydg mv \
 vol02-02 vol02-03 

vxplex [-g diskgroup] cp volume newplex 

Copies a volume onto a plex. 

See Copying plexes. 

Example: 

# vxplex -g mydg cp vol02 \  vol03-01 

vxmend [-g diskgroup] fix clean plex 

Sets the state of a plex in an unstartable volume to CLEAN. 

See Reattaching plexes. 

Example: 

# vxmend -g mydg fix clean \  vol02-02 

vxplex [-g diskgroup] -o rm dis plex 

Dissociates and removes a plex from a volume. 

See Dissociating and removing plexes. 

Example: 

# vxplex -g mydg -o rm dis \  vol03-01 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] maxsize \  layout=layout [attributes] 

Displays the maximum size of volume that can be created. 

See Discovering the maximum size of a volume. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg maxsize \ layout=raid5 nlog=2 

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \  volume length [layout=layout ] [attributes] 

Creates a volume. 

See Creating a volume on any disk. 

See Creating a volume on specific disks. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -g mydg make \
 myvol 20g layout=concat \
 mydg01 mydg02 

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \  volume length layout=mirror \  [nmirror=N] [attributes] 

Creates a mirrored volume. 

See Creating a mirrored volume. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -g mydg make \
 mymvol 20g layout=mirror \
 nmirror=2 

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \  volume length layout=layout \  exclusive=on [attributes] 

Creates a volume that may be opened exclusively by a single node in a cluster. 

See Creating volumes with exclusive open access by a node. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -g mysdg make \  mysmvol 20g layout=mirror \  exclusive=on 

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \  volume length layout={stripe|raid5} \  [stripeunit=W] [ncol=N] [attributes] 

Creates a striped or RAID-5 volume. See Creating a striped volume.  

SeeCreating a RAID-5 volume. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -g mydg make \
 mysvol 20g layout=stripe \
 stripeunit=32 ncol=4 

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \  volume length layout=mirror \  mirror=ctlr [attributes] 

Creates a volume with mirrored data plexes on separate controllers. 

See Mirroring across targets, controllers or enclosures. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -g mydg make \
 mymcvol 20g layout=mirror \
 mirror=ctlr 

vxmake -b [-g diskgroup] -Uusage_type \  vol volume [len=length] plex=plex,... 

Creates a volume from existing plexes. See Creating a volume using vxmake. 

Example: 

# vxmake -g mydg -Uraid5 \
 vol r5vol \  plex=raidplex,raidlog1,\
raidlog2 

vxvol [-g diskgroup] start volume 

Initializes and starts a volume for use. See Initializing and starting a volume. 

See Starting a volume. 

Example: 

# vxvol -g mydg start r5vol 

vxvol [-g diskgroup] init zero volume 

Initializes and zeros out a volume for use. 

See Initializing and starting a volume. 

Example: 

# vxvol -g mydg init zero \
 myvol 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] mirror volume \  [attributes] 

Adds a mirror to a volume. 

See Adding a mirror to a volume. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg mirror \
 myvol mydg10 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] remove \
 mirror volume [attributes] 

Removes a mirror from a volume. 

See Removing a mirror. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg remove \  mirror myvol \!mydg11 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] \
 {growto|growby} volume length 

Grows a volume to a specified size or by a specified amount. 

See Resizing volumes using vxassist. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg growby \
 myvol 10g 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] \
 {shrinkto|shrinkby} volume length 

Shrinks a volume to a specified size or by a specified amount. 

See Resizing volumes using vxassist. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg shrinkto \
 myvol 20g 

vxresize -b -F vxfs [-g diskgroup] \  volume length diskname ... 

Resizes a volume and the underlying Veritas File System. 

See Resizing volumes using vxresize. 

Example: 

# vxassist -b -F vxfs \
 -g mydg myvol 20g mydg10 \
 mydg11 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] prepare volume \
 [drl=on|sequential|off] 

Prepares a volume for instant snapshots and for DRL logging.  

See Preparing a volume for DRL and instant snapshots. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg prepare \
 myvol drl=on 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \  source=volume/newvol=snapvol\
 [/nmirror=number] 

Takes a full-sized instant snapshot of a volume by breaking off plexes of the original volume.  

See Creating instant snapshots. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg make \  source=myvol/\
 newvol=mysnpvol/\
 nmiror=2 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \
 source=volume/snapvol=snapvol 

Takes a full-sized instant snapshot of a volume using a prepared empty volume.  

See Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot. 

See Creating instant snapshots. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg make \  source=myvol/snapvol=snpvol 

vxmake [-g diskgroup] cache \
 cache_object cachevolname=volume \
 [regionsize=size] 

Creates a cache object for use by space-optimized instant snapshots. See Creating a shared cache object.  

A cache volume must have already been created, as shown in this example: 

# vxassist -g mydg make \
 cvol 1g layout=mirror \
 init=active mydg16 mydg17 

# vxmake -g mydg cache cobj \  cachevolname=cvol 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] make \  source=volume/newvol=snapvol\
/cache=cache_object 

Takes a space-optimized instant snapshot of a volume. 

See Creating instant snapshots. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg make \  source=myvol/\
 newvol=mysosvol/\
 cache=cobj 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] refresh snapshot 

Refreshes a snapshot from its original volume. 

See Refreshing an instant snapshot. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg refresh \
 mysnpvol 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] dis snapshot 

Turns a snapshot into an independent volume. 

See Dissociating an instant snapshot. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg dis mysnpvol 

vxsnap [-g diskgroup] unprepare volume 

Removes support for instant snapshots and DRL logging from a volume. 

See Removing support for DRL and instant snapshots from a volume. 

Example: 

# vxsnap -g mydg unprepare \
 myvol 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] relayout \
 volume [layout=layout] [relayout_options] 

Performs online relayout of a volume. 

See Performing online relayout. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg relayout \  vol2 layout=stripe 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] relayout \
 volume layout=raid5 stripeunit=W \
 ncol=N 

Relays out a volume as a RAID-5 volume with stripe width W and N columns. 

See Performing online relayout. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg relayout \  vol3 layout=raid5 \  stripeunit=16 ncol=4 

vxrelayout [-g diskgroup] -o bg \
 reverse volume 

Reverses the direction of a paused volume relayout. 

See Controlling the progress of a relayout. 

Example: 

# vxrelayout -g mydg -o bg \  reverse vol3 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] convert \
 volume [layout=layout] [convert_options] 

Converts between a layered volume and a non-layered volume layout. 

See Converting between layered and non-layered volumes. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg convert \
 vol3 layout=stripe-mirror 

vxassist [-g diskgroup] remove \
 volume volume 

Removes a volume. 

See Removing a volume. 

Example: 

# vxassist -g mydg remove \
 myvol 

command [-g diskgroup] -t tasktag \
 [options] [arguments] 

Specifies a task tag to a VxVM command. 

See Specifying task tags. 

Example: 

# vxrecover -g mydg \
 -t mytask -b mydg05  

vxtask [-h] [-g diskgroup] list 

Lists tasks running on a system. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask -h -g mydg list  

vxtask monitor task 

Monitors the progress of a task. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask monitor mytask 

vxtask pause task 

Suspends operation of a task. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask pause mytask 

vxtask -p [-g diskgroup] list 

Lists all paused tasks. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask -p -g mydg list 

vxtask resume task 

Resumes a paused task. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask resume mytask 

vxtask abort task 

Cancels a task and attempts to reverse its effects. 

See Using the vxtask command. 

Example: 

# vxtask abort mytask 

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