how to find free initialised disk to add it to dg and extend the file system

[uvaraju]

Hi

I have two nodes configured with sun cluster 3.2. I need to extend one of the file system. My server has free initialized disk. I am trying to find a way to make sure that the disk I selected to add to a dg is not used anywhere else.

I have attached the vxdisk -o alldgs list output for your review.

Two things I am verifying are below. 

1. vxdisk -o alldgs list (disk which are not part of any disk group)

2. vxprint -ht|grep -i emcpower99

My query is "Is there any better way than this approach ?"

[Marianne · Accepted solution]

I would personally use 'vxdisk -o alldgs list'.

I cannot think of any other or better way.

Just do 'vxdctl enable' before vxdisk -o alldgs list to ensure that output is current.

[RiaanBadenhorst]

Hi,

You dont have to worry about adding a disk to your diskgroup that is used somewhere else. If you actually manage to do that it you have really big issues with your install. The diskgroup configuration copies on the disk should tell you if a disk is/has been used somewhere else.