To create required filesystems for SmartTier

1. List the disks:

   # vxdisk list

   DEVICE       	TYPE            DISK       GROUP     STATUS
   fas30700_0   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_0  	---     online thin
   fas30700_1   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_1   ---     online thin
   fas30700_2   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_2   ---     online thin
   fas30700_3   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_3   ---     online thin
   fas30700_4   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_4   ---     online thin
   fas30700_5   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_5   ---     online thin
   fas30700_6   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_6   ---     online thin
   fas30700_7   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_7   ---     online thin
   fas30700_8   auto:cdsdisk    fas30700_8   ---     online thin

   Assume there are 3 LUNs on each tier.

2. Create the disk group.

   # vxdg init DBdg 	fas30700_0   fas30700_1   fas30700_2  \
   fas30700_3   fas30700_4  	fas30700_5   fas30700_6   fas30700_7  \
   fas30700_8

3. Create the volumes datavol and archvol.

   # vxassist -g DBdg make datavol  200G alloc=fas30700_3,\
   fas30700_4,fas30700_5  
   # vxassist -g DBdg make archvol    50G alloc= fas30700_3,\
   fas30700_4,fas30700_5

   Tag datavol and archvol as tier-1.

   # vxassist -g DBdg settag datavol vxfs.placement_class.tier1 
   # vxassist -g DBdg settag archvol vxfs.placement_class.tier1

4. Create the Tier-0 volumes.

   # vxassist -g DBdg  make tier0_vol1 50G alloc= fas30700_0,\
   fas30700_1,fas30700_2   
   # vxassist -g DBdg  make tier0_vol2 50G alloc= fas30700_0,\
   fas30700_1,fas30700_2   
   # vxassist -g DBdg settag tier0_vol1 vxfs.placement_class.tier0 
   # vxassist -g DBdg settag tier0_vol2 vxfs.placement_class.tier0

5. Create the Tier-2 volumes.

   # vxassist -g DBdg  make tier2_vol1 50G alloc= fas30700_6,\
   fas30700_7,fas30700_8  
   # vxassist -g DBdg  make tier2_vol2 50G alloc= fas30700_6,\
   fas30700_7,fas30700_8   
   # vxassist -g DBdg settag tier2_vol1 vxfs.placement_class.tier2 
   # vxassist -g DBdg settag tier2_vol2 vxfs.placement_class.tier2

6. Convert datavol and archvol to a volume set.

   # vxvset -g DBdg make datavol_mvfs datavol
   # vxvset  -g DBdg  make archvol_mvfs archvol

7. Add the volumes Tier-0 and Tier-2 to datavol_mvfs.

   # vxvset -g  DBdg addvol datavol_mvfs tier0_vol1
   # vxvset -g  DBdg addvol datavol_mvfs  tier2_vol1

8. Add the volume Tier-2 to archvol_mvfs

   # vxvset -g DBdg  archvol_mvfs  tier2_vol2

9. Make the file system and mount datavol_mvfs and archvol_mvfs.

   # mkfs -t vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/DBdg/datavol_mvfs

10. Mount the DBdata file system

    # mount -t vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/DBdg/datavol_mvfs /DBdata

11. Mount the DBarch filesystem

    # mount -t  vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/DBdg/archvol_mvfs /DBarch

12. Migrate the database into the newly created, SmartTier-ready file system. You can migrate the database either by restoring from backup or copying appropriate files into respective filesystems.

    See the database documentation for more information.