Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

Disks in JBODs that do not fall into any supported category, and which are not
capable of being multipathed by DMP are placed in the OTHER_DISKS category.
Adding support for a new disk array
You can dynamically add support for a new type of disk array which has been
developed by a third-party vendor. The support comes in the form of array support
libraries (ASLs).
Add support to an HP-UX system by using the swinstall command.
To add support for a new disk array
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The following example illustrates how to add support for a new disk array
named vrtsda to an HP-UX system using an array support library package
on a mounted CD-ROM:
# swinstall -s /cdrom vrtsda
The new disk array does not need to be already connected to the system when
the package is installed. If any of the disks in the new disk array are
subsequently connected, first run the ioscan command, and then run either
the vxdisk scandisks or the vxdctl enable command to include the devices
in the VxVM device list.
Enabling discovery of new disk arrays
This command scans all of the disk devices and their attributes, updates the VxVM
device list, and reconfigures DMP with the new device database. There is no need
to reboot the host.
Warning: This command ensures that dynamic multipathing is set up correctly
on the array. Otherwise, VxVM treats the independent paths to the disks as
separate devices, which can result in data corruption.
To enable discovery of a new disk array
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Type the following command:
# vxdctl enable
Removing support for a disk array
Remove support for a disk array by removing the Array Support Library (ASL).
Administering disks
Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
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