Veritas Volume manager Command quick

reference
Disk commands
Operation Command Example
Initialise Disk vxdisksetup vxdisksetup -i c1t9d0
Uninitialise Disks vxdiskunsetup vxdiskunsetup -C c1t9d0
List Disks vxdisk list  
List Disk Header vxdisk list vxdisk list disk01
List Disk Private Region vxprivutil list vxprivutil list /dev/rdsk/c1t9d0s2
Reserve a Disk vxedit vxedit -g my-dg set reserve=on my-disk
Disk group commands
Operation Command Example
Create disk group vxdg init vxdg init my-dg disk01=c1t9d0
Remove disk group vxdg destroy vxdg destroy my-dg
Add disk vxdg adddisk vxdg -g my-dg adddisk disk02=c1t8d0
Remove disk vxdg rmdisk vxdg -g my-dg rmdisk disk02
Import diskgroup vxdg import vxdg import otherdg
Deport diskgroup vxdg deport vxdg deport my-dg
List diskgroups vxdg list  
List free space vxdg free vxdg -g my-dg free
vxassist -g my-dg maxsize layout=concat
List total free space vxassist

Plex commands
Operation Command Example
Create a plex vxmake vxmake -g my-dg plex my-plex sd=my-sd
Associate a plex vxplex vxplex -g my-dgatt my-vol my-plex
Dis-associate a plex vxplex vxplex -g my-dg dis my-plex
Attach a plex vxplex vxplex -g my-dg att my-vol my-plex
Detach a plex vxplex vxplex -g my-dg det my-plex
List Plexes vxprint vxprint -lp
Remove a plex vxedit vxedit -g my-dg rm my-plex
 Subdisk Commands
Operation Command Example
Create a subdisk vxmake sd vxmake -g my-dg my-sd disk1,1,5000
Remove subdisk vxedit rm vxedit -g my-dg rm my-sd
Display subdisk info vxprint -st  
Associate subdisk to plex vxsd assoc vxsd -g my-dg assoc my-plex my-sd
Disassociate subdisk vxsd dis vxsd -g my-dg dis my-sd
Volume commands
Operation Command Example
vxassist -g my-dg make my-vol 1G 
Create a volume vxassist
vxassist make my-vol 1G layout=stripe
Delete a volume vxedit vxedit -g my-dg -r rm my-vol
Display volume info vxprint vxprint -g my-dg -vt
Display volume info vxinfo vxinfo -g my-dg my-vol
vxassist -g my-dg growto my-vol 2G 
Resize a volume vxassist
vxassist -g my-dg growby my-vol 600M
Start a volume vxvol vxvol -g my-dg start my-vol
Stop a volume vxvol vxvol -g my-dg stop my-vol
Initialise a volume vxvol vxvol -g my-dg init active my-vol
Recover a volume vxrecover vxrecover -g my-dg my-vol
Mirror a volume vxassist vxassist -g my-dg mirror my-vol
Add log to a volume vxassist vxassist -g my-dg addlog my-vol
vxassist -g my-dg snapstart my-vol 
Snapshot a volume vxassist
vxassist -g my-dg snapshot my-vol my-snap
Change volume layout vxassist vxassist -g my-dg relayout my-vol layout=stripe
vxassist -g my-dg convert my-vol layout=stripe-
Convert volume type vxassist
mirror
stripe-mirror layout is RAID
0 + 1 is striped
NOTES:   
pro......layered volume with
subvolumes
mirror-stripe layout is RAID
 
1+0