DiskManager(1M)

NAME
     DiskManager - view and manager fixed disks

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

DESCRIPTION
     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
     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:
               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
               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
               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))

               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
               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
               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))
               o    Show xlv (xlvShow(1M))

     Remove Logical Volume
               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
     /etc/fstab    Static information about mounted filesystems
     /etc/mtab     Dynamic information about mounted filesystems

SEE ALSO
     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)