| Display all disks | vxdisk list |
| Display specific disk | vxdisk list {disk} |
| Display all components | vxprint |
| Display specific component | vxprint {component} |
| Display all disk groups | vxdg list |
| Display specific disk groups | vxdg list {diskgroup} |
| Display volume status (rootdg) | vxinfo |
| Display volume status (other) | vxinfo -g {diskgroup} |
| Display task information | vxtask list |
| Create disk group | vxdb init {diskgroup} {diskname}={device} |
| Change disk group name | vxdg -n {newname} {oldname} |
| Remove disk group | vxdg destroy {diskgroup} |
| Create subdisk | vxmake sd {name} {disk},{offset},{length} |
| Remove subdisk | vxedit rm {subdisk} |
| Create plex (mirror) | vxmake plex {name} sd={subdisk},{subdisk} |
| Clean plex | vxmend fix clean {plex} |
| Copy one plex to another | vxplex cp {volume} {new plex} |
| Remove plex | vxedit -r rm {plex} |
| Create volume | vxassist make {volume} {length} |
| Start volume | vxvol start {volume} |
| Stop volume | vxvol stop {volume} |
| Make filesystem | mkfs -F vxfs {device} {size} |
| Report free blocks/inodes | df -F vxfs {mountpoint} |
| Check filesystem | fsck -F vxfs {device} |
- Do this for all failed volumes in rootdg
vxmend -g diskgroup fix stale {plex_name}
vxmend -g diskgroup fix clean {plex_name}
vxvol -g diskgroup start {volume}
- Reboot server
- Find available space
vxassist -g {diskgroup} maxgrow {volume} {disks}
- Grow volume
vxassist -g {diskgroup} growto {volume} {length} {disks}
- Use vxtask to monitor progress
vxtask list
- Grow filesystem (ufs)
mkfs -F ufs -M {mountpoint} /dev/vx/rdsk/{diskgroup}/{volume} {length}
- Grow filesystem (vxfs)
fsadm -b {length} -f /dev/vx/rdsk/{diskgroup}/{volume} {mountpoint}