vxassist

The vxassist utility has keywords or operands for creating and changing a volume and for doing operations that are related to a volume.

make

Creates a dynamic volume.

growby

Extends an NTFS or ReFS dynamic volume or an unformatted dynamic volume.

querymax

Queries the maximum number of reclaimable bytes from the current volume.

shrinkby

Decreases the size of an NTFS dynamic volume or an unformatted dynamic volume.

mirror

Adds a mirror to an existing volume.

break

Breaks a mirror from an existing volume.

remove

Removes a volume, a mirror, or a log.

delete

Deletes a partition or volume.

shred

Shreds and deletes a volume.

addlog

Adds a log plex to a volume.

online (read/write)

Sets the read/write access (Online) to a volume in a cluster-shared disk group (CSDG).

offline (read-only)

Sets the read-only access (Offline) to a volume in a cluster-shared disk group (CSDG).

prepare

Prepares a volume for a snapshot by adding a mirror to the volume.

Note:

Either the prepare or snapstart keyword may be used in the CLI, however prepare is recommended.

snapshot

Creates a separate volume from the snapshot mirror.

snapback

Joins the snapshot mirror back to the original volume.

snapclear

Clears the association between the original volume and the snapshot volume, making them separate volumes.

snapabort

Aborts the operation to prepare the snapshot on the original volume.

rescan

Rescans all the storage objects on the computer.

refresh

Refreshes the volume, drive letter, and system information.

resetbus

Performs a SCSI bus reset on all SCSI buses.

version

Displays the installed version of the product and the build number.

Windows-Specific Commands

assign

Assigns or changes a drive letter or drive path.

unassign

Removes a drive letter or drive path.

create_part

Creates a primary partition.

create_ext

Creates an extended partition.

create_drive

Creates a logical drive.

delete_ext

Deletes an extended partition.

Typing the following sequence for each keyword brings up a description of its syntax.

vxassist <Keyword> -?