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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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