Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1506, April 2011)

Table A-2
Administering disks (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Sets aside/does not set aside a disk from
use in a disk group.
See “Reserving disks” on page 138.
Examples:
# vxedit -g mydg set \
reserve=on mydg02
# vxedit -g mydg set \
reserve=off mydg02
vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \
reserve=on|off diskname
Does not/does allow free space on a disk
to be used for hot-relocation.
See “Excluding a disk from
hot-relocation use” on page 415.
See “Making a disk available for
hot-relocation use” on page 416.
Examples:
# vxedit -g mydg set \
nohotuse=on mydg03
# vxedit -g mydg set \
nohotuse=off mydg03
vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \
nohotuse=on|off diskname
Adds/removes a disk from the pool of
hot-relocation spares.
See “Marking a disk as a hot-relocation
spare” on page 413.
See “Removing a disk from use as a
hot-relocation spare” on page 414.
Examples:
# vxedit -g mydg set \
spare=on mydg04
# vxedit -g mydg set \
spare=off mydg04
vxedit [-g diskgroup] set \
spare=on|off diskname
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About Veritas Volume Manager commands