VXDISKSETUP -UnixArena’s Manual Page
/opt/VRTS/bin/vxdisksetup – Configure a disk for use with VERITAS Volume Manager
The vxdisksetup command configures the disk for use by VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM). ‘vxdisksetup’ is called by the vxdiskadd command as part of initial disk configuration. It is not typically necessary to call this command directly.
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Creates autoconfigured disks, which can have one of the following formats:
1. cdsdisk
- The disk is formatted as a CDS disk that is suitable for moving between different operating systems.
- This is the default format (provided that the -i option is used to write the disk header).
- It is not suitable for boot disks.
- For disks less than 1 TB slice 7 holds private & public region. For the disk in more size slice 2 will be holding private & public region.
2. none
- The disk is un-formatted. This value may be displayed, but it cannot be set as a valid format.
3. simple
- Slice 3 is created to hold the private and public regions with all other slices (apart from slice 2) zeroed out.
4. sliced
- Slices 3 and 4 are created to hold separate private and public region partitions with all other slices (apart from slice 2) zeroed out.
- This format can be applied to disks that can be used to boot the system.
- If the disk is not initialized as a boot disk, space is reserved on the disk to allow it to be converted to cdsdisk format if required.
[box type=”info” align=”alignleft” ]The private region is used by VxVM to store configuration information, and is followed by a public region from which sub disks can be allocated. Default private region length is 32 MB.[/box]
| Options | Usage |
| -e | Allocates the private region at the end of the disk. Note: This option is not supported for cdsdisk and simple format disks. |
| -f | Forces a disk to be initialized even if it is a member of a deported disk group. |
| -i | Writes a disk header to the disk, initializes the private region of the disk and makes the disk directly usable Note: A disk that is a member of an imported disk group cannot be initialized. The command also fails if the disk is a member of a deported disk group. The -f option can be used to override the latter restriction. |
| -r | Must be specified with the -f option to remove the UFS file system signature from a disk. |
Disks are currently in VxVM’s view:
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c1t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk01 rootdg online c2t0d0s2 auto:sliced rootdisk02 rootdg online c3t1d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c3t2d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c3t3d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c4t9d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid c4t10d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid
Initializing disk in CDS Format
# vxdisksetup -i c3t1d0
Let’s check the status of the disk,
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c3t1d0s2 auto:cdsdisk - - online
Device: c3t1d0s2
devicetag: c3t1d0
type: auto
hostid:
disk: name= id=1411570178.128.vxserver
group: name= id=
info: format=cdsdisk,privoffset=256,pubslice=2,privslice=2
flags: online ready private autoconfig autoimport
pubpaths: block=/dev/vx/dmp/c3t1d0s2 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/c3t1d0s2
guid: {01ff865e-43fa-11e4-a991-000c29656c89}
udid: VMware%2C%5FVMware%20Virtual%20S%5FDISKS%5F6000C299459294E7CD53E0D3DEECC10C
site: -
version: 3.1
iosize: min=512 (bytes) max=2048 (blocks)
public: slice=2 offset=65792 len=2031232 disk_offset=0
private: slice=2 offset=256 len=65536 disk_offset=0
update: time=1411570178 seqno=0.2
ssb: actual_seqno=0.0
headers: 0 240
configs: count=1 len=48144
logs: count=1 len=7296
Defined regions:
config priv 000048-000239[000192]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled
config priv 000256-048207[047952]: copy=01 offset=000192 disabled
log priv 048208-055503[007296]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled
lockrgn priv 055504-055647[000144]: part=00 offset=000000
Multipathing information:
numpaths: 1
c3t1d0s2 state=enabled
As per the above output note this following,
1. The disk layout type is changed from ‘auto:none’ to ‘auto:cdsdisk’
2. The disk ID is ‘id=1411570178.128.vxserver’
3. pubpaths: block=/dev/vx/dmp/c3t1d0s2 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/c3t1d0s2
4. Multipathing information: numpaths: 1
5. public: slice=2 offset=65792 len=2031232 disk_offset=0
6. private: slice=2 offset=256 len=65536 disk_offset=0
7. iosize: min=512 (bytes) max=2048 (blocks)
Initializing disk in SLICED format:
# vxdisksetup -e -i c3t2d0 format=sliced DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c3t2d0s2 auto:sliced - - online Device: c3t2d0s2 devicetag: c3t2d0 type: auto hostid: disk: name= id=1411570626.129.vxserver group: name= id= info: format=sliced,privoffset=4,pubslice=4,privslice=3 flags: online ready private autoconfig autoimport pubpaths: block=/dev/vx/dmp/c3t2d0s4 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/c3t2d0s4 privpaths: block=/dev/vx/dmp/c3t2d0s3 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/c3t2d0s3 guid: - udid: VMware%2C%5FVMware%20Virtual%20S%5FDISKS%5F6000C29D279EE0D6FE6F3C73FECCE2EA site: - version: 2.1 iosize: min=512 (bytes) max=2048 (blocks) public: slice=4 offset=0 len=2030884 disk_offset=288 private: slice=3 offset=4 len=65596 disk_offset=2031168 update: time=1411570626 seqno=0.2 ssb: actual_seqno=0.0 headers: 0 248 configs: count=1 len=48390 logs: count=1 len=7331 Defined regions: config priv 000017-000247[000231]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled config priv 000249-048407[048159]: copy=01 offset=000231 disabled log priv 048408-055738[007331]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled Multipathing information: numpaths: 1 c3t2d0s2 state=enabled
As per the output note the following,
1. The disk layout type is changed from ‘auto:none’ to ‘auto:sliced’
2. info: format=sliced,privoffset=4,pubslice=4,privslice=3
3. public: slice=4 offset=0 len=2030884 disk_offset=288
4. private: slice=3 offset=4 len=65596 disk_offset=2031168
(Note here the private region allocated in the end)
Initializing disk in Simple format
# vxdisksetup -i c3t3d0 format=simple DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c3t3d0s2 auto:simple - - online Device: c3t3d0s2 devicetag: c3t3d0 type: auto hostid: disk: name= id=1411571336.142.vxserver group: name= id= info: format=simple,privoffset=4,pubslice=3,privslice=3 flags: online ready private autoconfig autoimport pubpaths: block=/dev/vx/dmp/c3t3d0s3 char=/dev/vx/rdmp/c3t3d0s3 guid: - udid: VMware%2C%5FVMware%20Virtual%20S%5FDISKS%5F6000C299B163F835356BC1A96FBC0D17 site: - version: 2.1 iosize: min=512 (bytes) max=2048 (blocks) public: slice=3 offset=65796 len=2030940 disk_offset=288 private: slice=3 offset=4 len=65536 disk_offset=288 update: time=1411571337 seqno=0.2 ssb: actual_seqno=0.0 headers: 0 248 configs: count=1 len=48346 logs: count=1 len=7325 Defined regions: config priv 000017-000247[000231]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled config priv 000249-048363[048115]: copy=01 offset=000231 disabled log priv 048364-055688[007325]: copy=01 offset=000000 disabled Multipathing information: numpaths: 1
Forcefully formatting the disk which is part of deported disk group
# vxdisksetup -i c4t9d0 format=sliced VxVM vxdisksetup ERROR V-5-2-1813 c4t9d0: Disk is part of testdg disk group, use -f option to force setup. DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c4t9d0s2 auto:cdsdisk - (testdg) online
# vxdisksetup -f -i c4t9d0 format=sliced DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c4t9d0s2 auto:sliced - - online