What are the steps to be follow to add a disk in veritas & before add the d

What are the steps to be follow to add a disk in veritas &
before add the disk what are the steps to be follow

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What are the steps to be follow to add a disk in veritas & before add the disk what are the ste..

Answer / sbrahman75

Before adding the disk,

take an output from the format command.

take an output of vxdisk list

after the disk is added, do the following:

#devfsadm

#format --> label the disk

#vxdctl enable

#vxdiskadm choose the option 1 and then it will ask you the
diskgroup once it has been added it will ask for the
encapsulation, say no then it will ask the device name,
assign the name, that's it,

#vxdisk list, this will tell the status of the newly added
disk as online

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Answer / gnanavel sekar

1. check for new LUN or run qlreconfig command and devfsadm
# devfsadm
# cfgadm -al
# # /opt/QLogic_Corporation/drvutil/qla2300/qlreconfig -d
qla2300

2. Once the new Disk comes under OS control label the disk
using format menu
# format c#t#d# ===Label the disk

3. Check the disk visible in veritas control as invalid
# vxdisk -o alldgs list | grep c#t#d#

4. Bring the disk into veritas control
# vxdctl enable

5. Verify the new LUN information as Online in veritas ( In
this stage it shows online invalid )
# vxdisk -o alldgs list | grep c#t#d#

6. Initialize the new LUNs in Veritas control
# /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i c#t#d#

7. Create it in exsiting DG called example: bdmrpdg using
new LUN
# vxdg -g bdmrpdg adddisk bdmrpdg_01=c#t#d#

# vxdisk -o alldgs list | grep bdmrpdg
# vxassist -g bdmrpdg maxsize