Veritas 5.0.1 Installation Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (5900-2464, September 2012)

2. Install device files by entering the following command:
# insf -C disk
For more information on the supported options, see insf (1M).
3. For the volume manager to detect these new disks, enter the following command:
# vxdisk scandisks
For more information on supported options, see vxdisk (1M).
4. Invoke the vxdiskadm menu driven utility, by entering the following command:
# vxdiskadm
For more information on the supported options, see vxdiskadm (1M).
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete adding and initializing the disk.
The steps to be followed in moving disks under VxVM control depends on the following:
• If the disk is new, it must be initialized and placed under VxVM control. You can use the
menu-based vxdiskadm utility to do this as mentioned previously.
• If the disk is not needed immediately, it can be initialized (but not added to a disk group) and
reserved for future use. Enter none when asked to name a disk group.
• If the disk was previously initialized for future use by VxVM, it can be re-initialized and placed
under VxVM control.
• If the disk was previously used for a file system, VxVM prompts you to confirm that you really
want to destroy the file system.
• If the disk was previously in use by the LVM subsystem, you can preserve the existing data
while still letting VxVM take control of the disk. This is accomplished using the conversion
utility vxvmconvert.
• If the disk was previously in use by the LVM subsystem, and you do not want to preserve the
data on it, use the LVM command, pvremove, before attempting to initialize the disk for
VxVM.
Multiple disks on one or more controllers can be placed under VxVM control simultaneously.
Depending on the scenario, all the disks may not be processed the same way.
For more information on VxVM administration, see the Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1
Administrator's Guide at:
http://www.docs.hp.com.
Setting Up a Veritas Enterprise Administrator 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.
To set up a VEA server, complete the following steps:
1. Check the status of the VEA service by entering the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl status
For more information on the supported options, see vxsvcctrl (1M).
2. Start the VEA service by entering the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl start
For more information on the supported options, see vxsvcctrl (1M).
NOTE: To stop the VEA service later, enter the following command:
# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
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