Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use

To exclude a disk from hot-relocation use, use the following command:

# vxedit [-g diskgroup] set nohotuse=on diskname

where diskname is the disk media name.

To use vxdiskadm to exclude a disk from hot-relocation use

  1. Select Exclude a disk from hot-relocation use from the vxdiskadm main menu.
  2. At the following prompt, enter the disk media name (such as mydg01):
    Enter disk name [<disk>,list,q,?] mydg01

    The following confirmation is displayed:

    VxVM INFO V-5-2-925 Excluding mydg01 in mydg from hot-
    relocation use is complete.
  3. At the following prompt, indicate whether you want to add more disks to be excluded from hot-relocation (y) or return to the vxdiskadm main menu (n):
    Exclude another disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?]
    (default: n)