UNIX and Linux Applications

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EXAMPLE OF MANUAL INPUT TO vxdiskadd
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11:34:42 # vxdiskadd sda

Add or initialize disks
Menu:: VolumeManager/Disk/AddDisks

  Here is the disk selected.  Output format: [Device_Name]

  sda

Continue operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

  You can choose to add this disk to an existing disk group, a
  new disk group, or leave the disk available for use by future
  add or replacement operations.  To create a new disk group,
  select a disk group name that does not yet exist.  To leave
  the disk available for future use, specify a disk group name
  of "none".

Which disk group [<group>,none,list,q,?] dgGate

Create a new group named dgGate? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

Create the disk group as a CDS disk group? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

Use a default disk name for the disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

Add disk as a spare disk for dgGate? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Exclude disk from hot-relocation use? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

Add site tag to disk? [y,n,q,?] (default: n) n

  A new disk group will be created named dgGate and the selected disks
  will be added to the disk group with default disk names.

  sda

Continue with operation? [y,n,q,?] (default: y) y

  Initializing device sda.

Enter desired private region length
[<privlen>,q,?] (default: 65536) 65536

  VxVM  NOTICE V-5-2-120
Creating a new disk group named dgGate containing the disk
  device sda with the name dgGate01.

Goodbye.


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EXAMPLE OF PASSING INPUT TO vxdiskadd
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11:35:48 #         echo "y
dgGate
y
y
y
n
n
n
y
default 65536" | vxdiskadd sda

Add or initialize disks
Menu:: VolumeManager/Disk/AddDisks
cat: write error: Bad file descriptor
cat: write error: Bad file descriptor
expr: syntax error
/usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_lib.sh: line 1956: [: 7: unary operator expected
/usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_lib.sh: line 1957: [: too many arguments
/usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_lib.sh: line 1958: [: too many arguments
/usr/lib/vxvm/voladm.d/lib/vxadm_syslib.sh: line 1525: 65536: command not found

Goodbye.