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

To add an unsupported disk array to the DISKS category
1
Use the following command to identify the vendor ID and product ID of the
disks in the array:
# /etc/vx/diag.d/vxdmpinq device_name
where device_name is the device name of one of the disks in the array. Note
the values of the vendor ID (VID) and product ID (PID) in the output from this
command. For Fujitsu disks, also note the number of characters in the serial
number that is displayed.
The following example shows the output for the example disk with the device
name /dev/rdsk/c1t20d0
# /etc/vx/diag.d/vxdmpinq /dev/rdsk/c1t20d0
Vendor id (VID) : SEAGATE
Product id (PID) : ST318404LSUN18G
Revision : 8507
Serial Number : 0025T0LA3H
In this example, the vendor ID is SEAGATE and the product ID is
ST318404LSUN18G.
2
Stop all applications, such as databases, from accessing VxVM volumes that
are configured on the array, and unmount all file systems and checkpoints
that are configured on the array.
3
If the array is of type A/A-A, A/P or A/PF, configure it in autotrespass mode.
4
Enter the following command to add a new JBOD category:
# vxddladm addjbod vid=vendorid [pid=productid] \
[serialnum=opcode/pagecode/offset/length]
[cabinetnum=opcode/pagecode/offset/length] policy={aa|ap}]
where vendorid and productid are the VID and PID values that you found
from the previous step. For example, vendorid might be FUJITSU, IBM, or
SEAGATE. For Fujitsu devices, you must also specify the number of characters
in the serial number as the argument to the length argument (for example,
10). If the array is of type A/A-A, A/P or A/PF, you must also specify the
policy=ap attribute.
Continuing the previous example, the command to define an array of disks
of this type as a JBOD would be:
# vxddladm addjbod vid=SEAGATE pid=ST318404LSUN18G
93Administering disks
Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices