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. The vxdiskunsetup command reverses the configuration done by vxdisksetup and makes the specified disks unusable by VxVM. vxdiskunsetup can be applied only to VxVM-initialized disks that are not in use within an imported disk group.
The following are use cases for administering VxVM disks using vxdisksetup and vxdiskunsetup:
Provisioning New Storage
Removing a disk from VxVM control
Shredding a VxVM disk
Considerations when using vxdisksetup while performing a disk-group rebuild
How to specify non-default public, and private region offsets, and lengths with the vxdisksetup comm...
vxdisksetup (1M) 6.0 manual pages:
vxdiskunsetup (1M) 6.0 manual pages:
vxdisksetup and vxdiskunsetup (1M) manual pages for other releases can be found on the SORT website.
