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DISKMANAGER(1M)						       DISKMANAGER(1M)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     DiskManager - view	and manager fixed disks

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/sysadm/bin/runcatalog	/usr/sysadm/catalogdf/SaDiskCatalog.cdf

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Managers display information about	your system and	provide	access to
     interactive guides	(also called tasks) that let you administer your
     system.  For example, the User Manager displays a list of the user
     accounts currently	on the system and gives	you access to guides like "Add
     a User Account" and "Modify a User	Account."

     In	a Manager window, you can open a guide by choosing its name from the
     Task menu or by clicking its button at the	bottom of the window.

     The Disk Manager monitors the fixed disks on the system and displays
     information about their state.  Floppy disks and other removable media
     are monitored by the Removable Media Manager and do not appear in the
     Disk Manager.

     The Disk Manager gets its information about disks from the	getDiskInfo
     privcmd, which it executes	whenever it detects, via fam, an event which
     may change	a disk's state.	Events detected	include	a change in /etc/mtab,
     or	the end	of execution of	programs such as fx and	dvhtool.

GUIDES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Guides, also called "tasks," are interactive windows that lead users
     through the steps necessary to perform various system administration
     tasks, such as adding new user accounts and configuring networking	on the
     system.

     A guide typically consists	of a series of pages that prompt users to
     enter information or select options. A user navigates through guide pages
     using the Prev and	Next buttons (or corresponding arrow keys).  When the
     user reaches the last page	of a guide and clicks the OK button, the
     system executes one or more privileged commands to	perform	the system
     administration task. These	commands are located in	/usr/sysadm/privcmd.
     See runpriv(1M) for more information about	privileged commands.

     Many of the guides	require	that a user either know	the root password or
     be	assigned the necessary privileges (using the PrivilegeManager(1)) in
     order to perform the task.



     Initialize	a Disk
	       This Guide takes	any disk with a	valid format and converts it
	       into an option disk with	all of its space in an XFS filesystem.
	       The privileges needed for this task are:





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DISKMANAGER(1M)						       DISKMANAGER(1M)



	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    Initialize Disk (initDisk(1M))

	       o    Make xfs Filesystem	(mkfsXfs(1M))

     Mount Disk's Filesystem (Mount a Local Filesystem)
	       This Guide lets the user	mount a	filesystem located on a	local
	       disk.  The privileges needed for	this task are:

	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Mount Filesystem (mountfs(1M))

	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

     Unmount Disk's Filesystem (Unmount	a Filesystem) This Guide
	       unmounts	mounted	filesystems, and can be	used to	unmount	a
	       filesystem on a local disk.  The	privileges needed for this
	       task are:

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

	       o    Unmount Filesystem (umountfs(1M))

     Verify a Disk    [Toc]    [Back]
	       This Guide scans	the disk surface with two different passes
	       designed	to identify bad	blocks,	which are marked and isolated.
	       The disk	is repartitioned with the remaining usable space in
	       one filesystem (i.e., as	an option disk).  The privileges
	       needed for this task are:

	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    Make xfs Filesystem	(mkfsXfs(1M))

	       o    Verify Disk	(verifyDisk(1M))

     Create Striped Logical Volume    [Toc]    [Back]
	       This Guide lets the user	create a striped logical volume	of up
	       to three	disks. An xfs filesystem is automatically placed on
	       the newly created volume.  The privileges needed	for this task
	       are:

	       o    Create xlv Logical Volume (xlvCreateLV(1M))






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	       o    Get	Disk Partitions	(getDiskParts(1M))

	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Make xfs Filesystem	(mkfsXfs(1M))

	       o    Partition Disk (setDiskParts(1M))

	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M)).

     Create an Extendable Logical Volume    [Toc]    [Back]
	       This Guide lets the user	create an extendable logical volume
	       containing one or more disks.  An xfs filesystem	is
	       automatically placed on the newly created volume.  The
	       privileges needed for this task are:

	       o    Create xlv Logical Volume (xlvCreateLV(1M))

	       o    Get	Disk Partitions	(getDiskParts(1M))

	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Make xfs Filesystem	(mkfsXfs(1M))

	       o    Partition Disk (setDiskParts(1M))

	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

     Extend Logical Volume    [Toc]    [Back]
	       This Guide lets the user	add unused disks to an Extendable
	       Logical Volume.	The disk space of the new disk is added	to the
	       space of	the volume.  The privileges needed for this task are:

	       o    Create xlv Logical Volume (xlvCreateLV(1M))

	       o    Extend xlv Logical Volume (xlvExtend(1M))

	       o    Get	Disk Partitions	(getDiskParts(1M))

	       o    Get	Information About Disks	(getDiskInfo(1M))

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Make xfs Filesystem	(mkfsXfs(1M))

	       o    Partition Disk (setDiskParts(1M))





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	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

     Remove Logical Volume    [Toc]    [Back]
	       This Guide lets the user	remove an extendable logical volume or
	       a striped logical volume.  The contents of the volume are lost
	       and the disks are returned to an	unused state.  The privileges
	       needed for this task are:

	       o    Delete xlv (xlvDelete(1M))

	       o    List All Filesystems (listAllDiskFS(1M))

	       o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/fstab	   Static information about mounted filesystems
     /etc/mtab	   Dynamic information about mounted filesystems

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     sysmgr(1M), runcatalog(1M), runpriv(1M), initDisk(1M), mountfs(1M),
     umountfs(1M), verifyDisk(1M), xlvCreateLV(1M), mkfsXfs(1M), fx(1M),
     dvhtool(1M), getDiskInfo(1M), RemovableMediaManager(1M)


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