These notes were taken during my week long Veritas' foundation class in Aug of 2005.
vxedit -g dga -rf rm vol01
vxdg destroy dga
vxdg init dga dga00=c1t2d0 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga01=c1t2d1 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga02=c1t2d2 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga03=c1t2d3 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga04=c1t2d4 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga05=c1t2d5 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga06=c1t2d6 vxdg -g dga adddisk dga07=c1t2d7
vxprint -g dga -htr vxdisk list vxdisk -o alldgs list
vxassist -g dgA make vol1 20m layout=mirror-stripe ncol=2
# Remove a volume
vxassist -g dgA remove volume vol1
devfsadm # Solaris prtvtoc cxtxdx # Solaris - to ensure we can talk to the disk blockdev # Linux - to ensure we can talk to the disk vxdctl enable vxdisk list
vxdisk list device-name
vxdiskadm
vxdmpadm listctlr all vxdmpadm getsubpaths ctlr=c1 vxdmpadm getsubpaths dmpnodename=c1t3d0s2 vxdmpadm listenclosure all
vxdmpadm iostat start vxdmpadm iostat reset vxdmpadm iostat show all
fp /dev/vx/rdsk/dga/vol-test 2075648 32 99999 rw
vxdmpadm getattr enclosure Hitachi iopolicy vxdmpadm setattr enclosure Hitachi iopolicy=round-robin
cat /kernel/drv/vxdmp.conf
devfsadm # tell the os to vxdctl enable # tell VM to re-find the disk vxreattach # tell VM to re-attach the disk to the DG vxmend -g dga fix stale test-01 # vxmend -g dga fix clean test-01 vxrecover -s
vxmend -g dga off test-02 vxmend -g dga off test-03 vxmend -g dga fix clean test-01 vxmend -g dga start test
vxtask monitor vxtask set slow=100 task_name # slows down task vxtask abort task_name # stops a task vxtask pause task_name vxtask resume task_name