Procedure to change the password on a server # passwd <UserName> Note: The account needs to be reset if when trying to log in the following message is received: 3004-303 There have been too many unsuccessful login attempts; please see the system administrator. Procedure to reset the account: # chsec -f /etc/security/lastlog -a “unsuccessful_login_count=0” -s …
Action Command Line Initialize a disk vxdisksetup -i device (CDS disk) vxdisksetup -i device format=sliced (sliced disk) 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 …
Step 3: Because you must have at least two metadb replicas available for the system to work, I suggect that your chosen slice have two metadb replicas in it, on each drive. That way you have four metadbs in total and you can lose either drive and keep running. su to root and set up …
Create the mirrors 1. Give veritas control of a disk to create the mirror on /usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxdisksetup -i solaris-disk-name 2. Add the new disk to the rootdg disk group and give it a veritas name vxdg -g rootdg adddisk rootmirror=solaris-disk-name 3. Mirror the root partition /etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir rootmirror 4. Mirror the swap space vxassist -g rootdg mirror …
1. remove any volumes from the disks a. vxassist –g disk-group remove volume volume-name b. repeat the above procedure for each volume on the disk 2. remove disks from the disk group a. vxdg –g disk-group rmdisk vxvm-disk-name b. repeat the above procedure until there is one disk remaining in the disk group; you cannot …
Identify which plex you wish to remove using vxprint vxplex –o rm dis plex-name Original post blogged on b2evolution.
After a veritas volume manager upgrade you may need to upgrade the disk groups vxdg upgrade disk-group Original post blogged on b2evolution.
Add the following mount options to the filesystem mincache=direct Original post blogged on b2evolution.
1. Some options worth noting a. –D : report on directory fragmentation b. –E : report on extent reorganization c. –d : defragment the directory structure d. –e : reorganize extent structure e. –s : report with a summary of work completed f. –v : report on reorganization activity 2. Example commands /usr/lib/fs/vxfs/fsadm –F vxfs …
1. It is possible to relayout volumes/filesystems on the fly with veritas a.example: # vxassist –g disk-group-name relayout volume-name layout=layout-type ncol=number-of-columns alloc=”disks to use” stripeunit=stripe-width b. where alloc defines the disks to build the new layout on, ncol is the number columns to use, stripeunit is the size of the stripes (stripeunit is optional, default …