Build A Filesystem Using VCS In Linux

VCS Filesystem Creation

Veritas Volume Manager Commands

/etc/default/vxassist : File that contains default attributes of vxassist command.

# vxdisk -f scandisks : Scan for new disks connected to the system and reinitiate dynamic configuration of MPIO disks.

# vxdctl enable : Command to rebuild volume device node directory and updates DMP Internal database upon adding new disk to the system.

# vxdisk scandisks new : Discover only new devices that were not known earlier.


# vxdisk scandisks fabric : Discover for fabric devices.


# vxdisk scandisks device=c#t#d#,c#t#d#  : Scan for particular disks.


# vxdisk scandisks \!device=c1t1d1 : Scan for all device except the c1t1d1.


# vxdisk scandisks \!ctlr=c1 : Scan for all the disks except on the  logical controller c1.

# vxdisk scandisks pctlr=8/12.8.0.255.0 : Scan for devices connected to the specific controller.

The items in a list of physical controllers are separated by + characters.

# vxdmpadm getctlr all : Command to get the controllers on the machine.

# vxddladm list : List all the devices including SCSI Devices.

The following is a sample output:
HBA c2 (20:00:00:E0:8B:19:77:BE)
Port c2_p0 (50:0A:09:80:85:84:9D:84)
Target c2_p0_t0 (50:0A:09:81:85:84:9D:84)
LUN c2t0d0


# vxddladm list hbas : List the HBA on the machine.