What is disk encapsulation?

What is disk encapsulation?

Encapsulation preserves any existing data on the disk when the disk is placed under VxVM control. A root disk can be encapsulated and brought under VxVM control. However, there are restrictions on the layout and configuration of root disks that can be encapsulated.

How do you get a disc out of Veritas control?

Moving volumes to disk partitions

1. Evacuate disks using the vxdiskadm command, the VOM GUI, or the vxevac utility.
2. Remove the evacuated disks from VxVM control by entering: # vxdg rmdisk diskname # vxdisk rm devname.
3. Decide which volume to move first, and if the volume is mounted, unmount it.

How do you replace a failed root mirror disk in VxVM Solaris?

The procedure to replace a failed disk under VxVM is quite simple. List the failed disks under VxVM using “list” option, and select the failed disk disk02 from disk group mydg. We would have to choose an alternate disk for the replacement of the failed disk.

How do I add a disk to Veritas?

Select Add or initialize one or more disks from the vxdiskadm main menu. At the following prompt, enter the disk device name of the disk to be added to VxVM control (or enter list for a list of disks): Select disk devices to add: [,all,list,q,?]

How do I remove a failed flag in VXVM?

Clearing the failing flag on a disk

1. Use the vxdisk list command to find out which disks are failing:
2. Use the vxedit set command to clear the flag for each disk that is marked as failing (in this example, mydg02): # vxedit set failing=off mydg02.

How do I list volumes in VXVM?

To display the volume, plex, and subdisk record information for all volumes in the system, use the following command:

1. # vxprint -hvt.
2. # vxprint -g mydg -hvt.
3. # vxprint [-g diskgroup ] -t volume.
4. # vxprint -g mydg -t voldef.

How do I add a disk to a disk group?

1. Create ASM disk. Get the Lun name from storage team….Follow the below steps to add a disk to ASM diskgroup in Oracle 19c.

1. Create ASM disk.
2. Check the ASM disks.
3. Add disk to ASM diskgroup.
4. Check the rebalance status.
5. Check the newly added disk in ASM Diskgroup.

How do I enable Diskgroup in Veritas?

Importing a disk group

1. To ensure that the disks in the deported disk group are online, use the following command: # vxdisk -s list.
2. From the vxdiskadm main menu, select Enable access to (import) a disk group.

How do I import a disk group in Veritas?

Importing a disk group

1. To ensure that the disks in the deported disk group are online, use the following command: # vxdisk -s list.
2. From the vxdiskadm main menu, select Enable access to (import) a disk group .

How do I know if my Veritas DMP is enabled?

How to check if DMP is enabled

1. The easiest way to check whether DMP is enabled or not, is to check the vxdisk path command :
2. Another way is to check multipathing at a single disk :
3. Alternatively we can also use the below command to check the multipathing :

How do I add a disk to ASM?

1. Create ASM disk. Get the Lun name from storage team. Lun Name – /dev/sda1.
2. Check the ASM Disks, Check the newly added disk, $sudo oracleasm listdisks.
3. Create the ASM Diskgroup. $sqlplus / as sysasm.
4. Check the rebalance status. $sqlplus / as sysasm.
5. Check the newly added disk in ASM Diskgroup.