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voldiskadd(8)
NAME
  voldiskadd - Add a disk for use with the Logical Storage Manager (LSM)

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/voldiskadd [dd[l]n[nnn][p]]

DESCRIPTION
  The voldiskadd utility sets up new disks that are added to the system after
  the initial system installation and configures the disks for use by the
  Logical Storage Manager. A valid disklabel should exist on the disk before
  using the voldiskadd command.

  The voldiskadd utility is an interactive command that prompts the user for
  information about disk setup. All courses of action that do not involve
  clear failure conditions require the user to answer prompts, with defaults
  supplied as appropriate. Help is available at every prompt.  Entering ? in
  response to a prompt displays a context-sensitive help message.

  Disk setup includes changing the disk's disklabel to include LSM disklabel
  tags, the size of the LSM private region, and the size of the LSM public
  region.

  An argument passed to the voldiskadd command directs the command to the
  disk being added. The argument is a physical address, comprised of the
  following elements: the device mnemonic dd (rz for SCSI devices, re for
  SCSI RAID devices, and ra for MSCP devices), l for the LUN number for SCSI
  RAID devices, the unit number (n), and, optionally, the partition
  identifier (p). The partition identifier is a lowercase letter in the range
  a to h.

  The voldiskadd utility supports the following general classes of actions:

    ·  Initialization of a disk with reserved regions and partitions.

       Initialization of the disk will be performed by calling voldisksetup.

    ·  Adding a disk to an existing disk group.

       This operation can be performed independently of the initialization of
       the disk drive, and will add the disk to the group so that it's
       storage will be added to the free space pool in that disk group. The
       volassist utility may subsequently allocate from that free space.

    ·  Creation of new disk groups in which to import a new disk.

       If disks are added that are required to be put into a disk group that
       does not exist, then the option of creating the disk group will be
       offered.



ERRORS
  You may receive the following messages when using the voldiskadd command:


       Initialization of disk device special-device failed.
       Error:
       special-device or an overlapping partition is open.
       Quitting ....

  This message indicates that the partition you specified or an overlapping
  partition on the disk is actively in use. The partition could be a mounted
  UFS or AdvFS filesystem, initialized as an LSM disk or used as a swap
  device.

       special-device is marked in use for fstype in the disklabel.
       If you continue with the operation you can possibly
       destroy existing data.

       Would you like to continue?? [y,n,q,?] (default: n)

  This message indicates that the fstype of a partition or an overlapping
  partition is set in the disk label. The voldiskadd command prints this
  message to warn that a disk partition may have valid data which could be
  destroyed.

  If you are sure that the disk partition does not have valid data and that
  the partition can be added to LSM, you can ignore the warning message by
  entering y at the prompt. The voldiskadd command will proceed to initialize
  the disk partition and add it to LSM.

SEE ALSO
  volintro(8), volassist(8), voldisksetup(8), voldisk(8)