VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator's Guide (September 2002)

Displaying Disk Information
84 VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide
Displaying Disk Information with vxdiskadm
Displaying disk information shows you which disks are initialized, to which disk groups
they belong, and the disk status. The list command displays device names for all
recognizeddisks,the disknames,the diskgroupnames associatedwitheach disk,and the
status of each disk.
To display disk information, use the following procedure:
1. Start the vxdiskadm program, and select list (List disk information) from
the main menu.
2. At the following display, enter the address of the disk you want to see, or enter all
for a list of all disks:
List disk information
Menu: VolumeManager/Disk/ListDisk
Use this menu operation to display a list of disks. You can
also choose to list detailed information about the disk at
a specific disk device address.
Enter disk device or "all" [<address>,all,q,?] (default: all)
- If you enter all, VxVM displays the device name, disk name, group, and status.
- If you enter the address of the device for which you want information, complete
disk information (including the device name, the type of disk, and information
about the public and private areas of the disk) is displayed.
Once you have examined this information, press Return to return to the main menu.