Managing Shared Disks

Virtual Shared Disk tasks

Table 5. Interface Cross-Reference for Virtual Shared Disk Tasks

Task	IBM Virtual Shared Disk Perspective	SMIT	Command
Designate nodes as virtual shared disk nodes	Click on icons in the Nodes pane Click on Actions>Designate as an VSD Node...	smit vsd_data Click on VSD Node Information	vsdnode
Define global volume groups (do only if you intend to *define, not create* virtual shared disks)	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit vsd_data Click on VSD Global Volume Group Information	vsdvg
Create virtual shared disks	Click on the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Create...	smit vsd_data Click on Create a VSD	createvsd
Define virtual shared disks (do only if you intend to *define, not create* virtual shared disks)	Click on the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Define...	smit vsd_data Click on Define a VSD	defvsd
Configure virtual shared disks (not when using the rvsd subsystem)	Click on virtual shared disk node icons in the Nodes pane Click on Actions>Configure VSDs... or Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Configure...	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Configure a VSD	cfgvsd
Activate virtual shared disks and hashed shared disks (not when using the rvsd subsystem)	Click on virtual shared disk node icons in the Nodes pane Click on Actions>Change VSDs State...>Active or Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Change State>Active	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Start a VSD	startvsd preparevsd resumevsd
Change the state of virtual shared disks (not when using the rvsd subsystem)	Click on virtual shared disk node icons in the Nodes pane Click on Actions>Change VSDs State...>Active, Stopped, or Suspended or Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Change State>Active, Stopped, or Suspended	smit vsd_mgmt Click on one of: Start a VSD Prepare a VSD Resume a VSD Suspend a VSD Stop a VSD	startvsd preparevsd resumevsd suspendvsd stopvsd
Display node information	Double-click on an icon in the Nodes pane or Click on an icon in the Nodes pane Do one of: Click on Properties notebook icon in the tool bar Click on Actions>View and Modify Properties... Look at the IBM VSD Node Attributes page. Look at the Configured IBM VSDs and HSDs page.	smit list_vsd Click on List VSD Node Information	vsdatalst -n
Display global volume group information	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit list_vsd Click on List VSD Global Volume Group Information	vsdatalst -g
Display concurrent virtual shared disk cluster information	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit list_vsd Click on List Defined VSD Clusters	vsdatalst -c
Display virtual shared disk information	Double-click an icon in the IBM VSDs pane or Click on an icon in the IBM VSDs pane Do one of: Click on Properties notebook icon in the tool bar Click on Actions>View and Modify Properties... Look at the IBM VSD Attributes page.	smit list_vsd Click on List Defined Virtual Shared Disks or smit vsd_mgmt Click on Show All Managed VSD Characteristics	vsdatalst -v lsvsd ctlvsd
Display virtual shared disk statistics	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Show All Managed VSD Statistics	lsvsd -s ctlvsd
Display virtual shared disk device driver statistics	Double-click a virtual shared disk node icon in the Nodes pane or Click on a virtual shared disk node icon in the Nodes pane Do one of: Click on Properties notebook icon in the tool bar Click on Actions>View and Modify Properties... Look at the IBM VSD Node Statistics page.	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Show VSD Device Driver Statistics	statvsd
Reset virtual shared disk statistics	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit list_vsd Click on Set/Show VSD Device Driver Operational Parameters	ctlvsd
Modify node information	Double-click an icon in the Nodes pane or Click on an icon in the Nodes pane Do one of: Click on Properties notebook icon in the tool bar Click on Actions>View and Modify Properties... Click on the VSD Node Attributes tab and make modifications.	smit list_vsd Click on Set/Show VSD Device Driver Operational Parameters	updatevsdnode
Modify virtual shared disk information	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit list_vsd Click on Set/Show VSD Device Driver Operational Parameters	updatevsdtab
Modify virtual shared disk owner and group	Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Change Owner and Group...	Not supported	AIX commands: chown chgrp
Verify you can write to a virtual shared disk	Use Actions>Run Command...	Not supported	vsdvts
Note: Use *extreme caution* with the vsdts command because all data on the virtual shared disk and the underlying logical volume is destroyed.
Run virtual shared disk diagnostics	Click on the Nodes pane Click on one of: The Run Diagnostics icon in the tool bar Actions>Display VSD Diagnostics...	smit vsd_mgmt Click on VSD Level One Diagnostics	vsddiag
Display virtual shared disk resource information	Double-click a virtual shared disk node icon in the Nodes pane or Click on a virtual shared disk node icon in the Nodes pane Do one of: Click on Properties notebook icon in the tool bar Click on Actions>View and Modify Properties... Look at the IBM VSD Node Statistics page of the notebook.	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Show Hard Disk and VSD Logical Volume Information	vsdsklst
Enable, disable, or list virtual shared disks to be monitored	Use Actions>Run Command...	Not supported	monitorvsd
Unconfigure virtual shared disks (not while the rvsd subsystem is active)	Click on virtual shared disk node icons in the Nodes pane Click on Actions>Unconfigure VSDs... or Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Unconfigure...	smit vsd_mgmt Click on Unconfigure a VSD	ucfgvsd
Remove virtual shared disks (not while the rvsd subsystem is active)	Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Remove...	smit delete_vsd Click on Remove a VSD	removevsd
Undefine virtual shared disks (not while the rvsd subsystem is active)	Click on icons in the IBM VSDs pane Click on Actions>Undefine...	smit delete_vsd Click on Undefine a VSD	undefvsd
Delete global volume groups	Use Actions>Run Command...	smit delete_vsd Click on Delete VSD Global Volume Group Information	vsdelvg

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