When the dmp_native_support is ON, you can create a new ZFS pool on an available DMP device. You can also add an available DMP device to an existing ZFS pool. After the ZFS pools are on DMP devices, you can use any of the ZFS commands to manage the pools.
To create a new ZFS pool on a DMP device or add a DMP device to an existing ZFS pool
Use the vxdisk list command to identify these types of disks.
Disks that are not in use by VxVM
The output of vxdisk list shows these disks with the Type auto:none and the Status as online invalid.
Do not run zpool commands on disks with VxVM labels, as these operations can cause data corruption.
Disks previously used by a ZFS pool, if the ZFS pool has been destroyed.
The output of vxdisk list shows these disks with the Type auto:ZFS and the Status as ZFS.
The example shows available disks.
# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS . . . tagmastore-usp0_0079 auto:none - - online invalid tagmastore-usp0_0080 auto:none - - online invalid tagmastore-usp0_0080 auto:ZFS - - ZFS
# zpool create newpool tagmastore-usp0_0079s2 # zpool status newpool pool: newpool state: ONLINE scrub: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM newpool ONLINE 0 0 0 tagmastore-usp0_0079s2 ONLINE 0 0 0
# zpool add newpool tagmastore-usp0_0080s2 # zpool status newpool pool: newpool state: ONLINE scrub: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM newpool ONLINE 0 0 0 tagmastore-usp0_0079s2 ONLINE 0 0 0 tagmastore-usp0_0080s2 ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors
# vxdisk scandisks
# vxdisk list
. . . tagmastore-usp0_0079 auto:ZFS - - ZFS tagmastore-usp0_0080 auto:ZFS - - ZFS