VERITAS Storage Foundation™ 4.
1—Fundamentals Commands
DISK OPERATIONS
Action
Initialize a disk
List disks owned by local
and remote hosts
List disk header
Evacuate a disk
Rename a disk
Set spare, no hot relocation, vxedit -g diskgroup set
or reserved space on a disk {spare|nohotuse|reserve}=on|off diskname
Unrelocate a disk
DISK GROUP OPERATIONS
Action
Create a disk group
Add a disk to disk group
Remove a disk from disk
group
Deport, import or destroy a
disk group
List disk groups
Show free/spare space pool
Upgrade disk group version
Rewrite disk headers,
configuration copies, and
kernel log copies in a disk
group.
Move an object between
disk groups
Split objects between disk
groups
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Join disk groups vxdg join sourcedg targetdg
Command Line vxdg listmove sourcedg targetdg
List objects affected by a
vxdisksetup -i device (CDS disk) disk group move operation object...
vxdisksetup -i device format=sliced (sliced Display bootdg
disk) vxdg bootdg
Display defaultdg vxdg defaultdg
vxdisk –o alldgs list
vxdisk list diskname|device Set defaultdg vxdctl defaultdg diskgroup
vxevac -g diskgroup from_disk to_disk Manually back up the disk vxconfigbackup diskgroup
group configuration
vxedit -g diskgroup rename oldname
newname Perform precommit analysis vxconfigrestore -p diskgroup
of a restore
Restore the disk group vxconfigrestore -c [-l directory]
configuration diskgroup
vxunreloc -g diskgroup original_diskname
VOLUME OPERATIONS
Action Command Line
Command Line
vxassist -g diskgroup make vol_name size
vxdg init diskgroup diskname=device Create a volume
layout=format diskname
vxdg -g diskgroup adddisk
vxedit -g diskgroup -rf rm vol_name
diskname=device
Remove a volume or
vxdg –g diskgroup rmdisk diskname
vxassist -g diskgroup remove volume vol_name
vxdg {deport|import|destroy} diskgroup vxprint -g diskgroup -vt vol_name
Display a volume
vxdg list [diskgroup] vxprint -g diskgroup –l vol_name
vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol round vol_name
vxdg –g diskgroup {free|spare}
Change volume read vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol prefer vol_name
vxdg [-T version] upgrade diskgroup policy preferrred_plex_name
vxdg flush diskgroup targetdg object... vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol select vol_name
or
Mirror an existing plex vxassist -g diskgroup mirror vol_name
vxdctl enable (for all disk groups)
Add a log to a volume vxassist –g diskgroup addlog vol_name
vxdg move sourcedg targetdg object...
vxdg split sourcedg targetdg object...
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Action Command Line Action Command Line
vxassist -g diskgroup growto vol_name mkfs –F vxfs [generic_options] [-o
Make a VxFS file system
new_length vxfs_options] char_device [size]
vxassist -g diskgroup growby vol_name mount –F vxfs [generic_options] [-o
Mount a file system
length_change vxfs_options] block_device mount_point
vxassist -g diskgroup shrinkto vol_name Unmount a file system umount mount_point
Resize a volume
new_length
Determine file system type fstyp [-v] block_device
vxassist -g diskgroup shrinkby vol_name
length_change Report free blocks/inodes df –F vxfs [-o s] mount_point
vxresize -g diskgroup vol_name fsck –F vxfs [generic_options] [y|Y] [n|N]
Check/repair a file system
[+|-]length character_device
vxdisk -g diskgroup resize disk_name fasdm [-b newsize] [-r raw_device]
Resize a dynamic LUN Resize a file system
length=attribute mount_point
vxupgrade [-n new_version] [-r raw_device]
Upgrade the VxFS layout
mount_point
Display layout version vxupgrade mount_point
Report on directory
fsadm –D mount_point
fragmentation
Report on extent
fsadm –E [-l largesize] mount_point
fragmentation
Defragment directories fsadm –d mount_point
Defragment extents fsadm –e mount_point
Reorganize a file system to
fsadm –o largefiles mount_point
support files > 2GB
Activate file change log fcladm on mount_point
fsadm -F vxfs -o log=size[,logdev=device]
Resize the intent log
mount_point
fsck –F vxfs [generic_options]
Change default logging
–o delaylog|tmplog|nodatainlog|blkclear
behavior
block_device mount_point

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Action Command Line
vxassist -g diskgroup [-b] snapstart orig
Create a traditional volume
snapshot vxassist -g diskgroup snapshot origvol
snapvol
Display information about
vxassist –g diskgroup snapprint origvol
traditional volume snapshots
Reassociate a traditional vxassist -g diskgroup [-o
snapshot resyncfromreplica] snapback snapvol
Dissociate a traditional
vxassist -g diskgroup snapclear snapvol
volume snapshot
mount -F vxfs -o
Create a file system
snapof=origfs[,snapsize=size] destination
snapshot
snap_mount_point
Back up a file system
vxdump [options] [snap_mount_point]
snapshot
Remove a file system
umount snap_mount_point
snapshot

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