NAME
vximportdg — import a disk group into the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) configuration
SYNOPSIS
vximportdg
daname
new_dgname
DESCRIPTION
The
vximportdg
utility temporarily imports the disk group contained
on the given disk device to the specified disk group name.
As no persistant disk group information is changed within
the effected disks private partition,
the import is only valid for the duration of the bootload or until a
vxdg(1M)
deport is performed.
vximportdg
takes the following arguments:
- daname
Specify the disk device name of one of the members of
the disk group to be imported.
The other members are automatically imported.
- new_dgname
Specify the disk group name under which the import is to be done.
NOTES
One reason to use this utility is to import a second generation of the
rootdg
such that the objects on this rootdg generation
would be available for use while a system was running on a different
rootdg.
Since in this case the volumes on this second generation of
rootdg
would have the same device minor numbers as the volumes
on the active
rootdg
(for example,
rootvol),
the importation has to assign temporary non-conflicting device minor numbers.
If this ocurrs, warning messages will be output stating that
the subject minor numbers were remapped and what there new values are.
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