Re: command-line equivalents of SAM functionality

From: Wladimir Mutel (mwg_at_fluffy.isd.dp.ua)
Date: 02/26/04

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    On 2004-02-26, Doug O'Leary <dkoleary@olearycomputers.com> wrote:

    >> I want to get disk device informations on my system (HP-UX 11.11).
    >> I run SAM, choose 'Disks and file systems' -> 'Disk Devices', and see
    >> their hardware paths, device names, and sizes. Now I would like to
    >> request the same information from the command line, and to use it in
    >> script. What commands should I use ? We have some disks not included
    >> into volume groups. And pvdisplay does not help in their case. What
    >> should I use instead ?

    > man ioscan(1m) for most of the information that you're looking for:
    >
    > # ioscan -funC disk | more

    > You can then use diskinfo to get some more information:
    >
    > # diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0

    > What I normally do is assume that disks are the same size. My normal
    > environment is large disk farms (EMC/Hitachi) where the physical disks
    > are carved up into same size luns so the assumption is completely out of
    > whack for me. If the same is true for you, use pvdisplay to get the
    > size for a disk that is in a volume group, then use that size for any/all
    > same disk models.

            Thank you a lot for your explainations. I knew about ioscan, but did
            not about diskinfo. You are really helpful.

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