vxdefault - configure Veritas Volume Manager CLI defaults

vxdefault [-q] list [keyword|cmd]

vxdefault [-q] set <keyword> <value>

vxdefault [-q] check [keyword]

The vxdefault utility manages the various CLI default values that are used by Veritas Volume Manager. The vxdefault is used to display, set or change the default values that are used by VxVM CLI’s.

The main advantage of using vxdefault is to easily manage the CLI’s default values and to maitian the whole set of default values at one place.

All the vxsf default values are strored in one default file /etc/default/vxsf. The file format of any default entry is keyword=value.

Follwoing are the currently supported default values by this command.

usefssmartmove,
fssmartmovethreshold,
sharedminorstart,
reclaim_on_delete_wait_period,
reclaim_on_delete_start_time

The behavior of the vxdefault utility is depends upon the keyword specified as the first operand.

list	This list all the supported default keywords with the current and default value set to it. if the keyword is specified in the command line, then it only display the values of the specified keyword or the command.
set	The set keyword is used to set a value to the CLI specific default. The value must be one of the supported values, otherwise the command will fail.
check	the keyword check is used to check the validity of all defaults specified in the default file /etc/default/vxsf.

vxdefault list
KEYWORD                        CURRENT-VALUE   DEFALT-VALUE  
usefssmartmove                 none            thinonly      
fssmartmovethreshold           100             100           
sharedminorstart               33000           33000         
reclaim_on_delete_wait_period  2               1             
reclaim_on_delete_start_time   22:20           22:10       
Command to set a value to a CLI default reclaim_on_delete_start_time.
vxdefault set reclaim_on_delete_start_time 20:00

/etc/default/vxsf
	Persistent file used to store all the CLI defaults.

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