VERITAS 4.1 Installation Guide (June 2006)

Setting Up Base-VXFS 4.1 and Base-VXVM 4.1
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required in VxVM 4.1. However, you may find it convenient to create
a system wide default disk group. For operations that require a disk
group, the system wide default disk group is used if the VxVM
command is not specified with the -g option. The main advantage of
creating a default disk group is that VxVM commands default to the
default disk group, and you do not need to use the -g option.
Step 4. To verify that the default disk group is created, run the following command:
# vxdg defaultdg
NOTE You cannot use the following names for the default disk group
because they are reserved words: bootdg, defaultdg and nodg.
Step 5. To define or change the name of the default disk group at a later time, run the
following command:
# vxdctl defaultdg diskgroup
The installation of VxVM is complete. You can now use the vxdiskadm command and the
VEA GUI to create disk groups, and to populate disks. For more information on creating disk
groups, disk initialization, and dynamic multipathing (DMP), refer to the VERITAS Volume
Manager 4.1 Administrator’s Guide.
Setting Up a VEA Server
The VEA server is automatically started at system reboot. However, you can also set up the
VEA server later by completing the following procedure:
Step 1. To check the status of the VEA service, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl status
Step 2. To start the VEA service, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl start
Step 3. To stop the VEA service later, run the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl stop