vxdctl - managing the vxconfigd Daemon

performing tasks related to the state of the vxconfigd daemon

managing boot information and Volume Manager root configuration initialization

manipulating the contents of the volboot file that contains a list of disks containing root configuration databases (this is not normally necessary, as Volume Manager automatically locates all disks on the system)

reconfiguring the DMP database (if used on your system) to reflect new disk devices attached to the system, and removal of any disk devices from the system

creating DMP (if used on your system) device nodes in the device directories /dev/vx/dmp and /dev/vx/rdmp

reflecting the change in path type into the DMP database for active/passive disk arrays. You can change the path type from primary to secondary and vice-versa through the utilities provided by disk array vendors

The config device is a special device file created by the Volume Manager that interacts with vxdctl to make system configuration changes. Some vxdctl tasks involve modifications to the volboot file that indicates the location of some root configuration copies.

For detailed information about how to use vxdctl, refer to the vxdctl(1M) manual page.