| Action | Command Line |
| Initialize a disk |
vxdisksetup -i device (CDS disk) vxdisksetup -i device format=sliced (sliced disk) |
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List disks owned by local and remote hosts |
vxdisk –o alldgs list |
| List disk header | vxdisk list diskname|device |
| Evacuate a disk | vxevac -g diskgroup from_disk to_disk |
| Rename a disk | vxedit -g diskgroup rename oldname newname |
| Set spare, no hot relocation, or reserved space on a disk | vxedit -g diskgroup set {spare|nohotuse|reserve}=on|off diskname |
| Unrelocate a disk | vxunreloc -g diskgroup original_diskname |