Perform the following procedure to initialize disks as VxVM disks.
To initialize disks as VxVM disks
List the new external disks or the LUNs as recognized by the operating system. On each node, enter:
# devfsadm
To initialize the disks as VxVM disks, use one of the following methods:
Use the interactive vxdiskadm utility to initialize the disks as VxVM disks.
For more information see the Veritas Volume Manager Administrator's Guide.
Use the vxdisksetup command to initialize a disk as a VxVM disk.
vxdisksetup -i device_name
The example specifies the CDS format:
# vxdisksetup -i c2t13d0
Repeat this command for each disk you intend to use as a coordinator disk.