vsdatalst Command

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Purpose

vsdatalst – Displays virtual shared disk subsystem information.

Syntax

vsdatalst {-g | -n | -v | -c}

Description

Use this command to display one of several kinds of information to standard output.

You can use the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) to run the vsdatalst command. To use SMIT, enter:

smit list_vsd

and select the option for the kind of virtual shared disk SDR information you want to see.

Flags

Only one of the following flags can be specified with each invocation of vsdatalst:
-g
Displays the following global volume group data:
  • global_group_name,
  • local_group_name,
  • primary_server_node,
  • secondary_server_node. (This is only enabled with the Recoverable virtual shared disk subsystem.)
  • eio_recovery
  • recovery
  • CVSD server_list
-n
Displays the following Node data:
  • node_number,
  • host_name,
  • adapter_name,
  • min_buddy_buffer_size,
  • max_buddy_buffer_size,
  • max_buddy_buffers.
-v
Displays the following definition data:
  • vsd_name,
  • logical_volume_name,
  • global_group_name,
  • minor_number.
-c
Displays the following cluster information:
  • node_number
  • cluster_name

Parameters

None.

Security

You must have root authority to run this command.

Exit Status

0
Indicates the successful completion of the command.
nonzero
Indicates that an error occurred.

Restrictions

You must issue this command from a node that is online in the peer domain. To bring a peer domain online, use the startrpdomain command. To bring a particular node online in an existing peer domain, use the startrpnode command. For more information on creating and administering an RSCT peer domain, refer to the RSCT: Administration Guide.

Standard Output

Current RVSD subsystem run level.

Examples

  1. To display global volume group date, enter: 
    vsdatalst -g
    The system displays a message similar to the following: 
    VSD Global Volume Group Information
                                                Server Node Numbers
Global Volume Group name   Local VG name   primary   backup eio_recovery  recovery  server_list  vsd_type
------------------------    ------------   -------   ------ ------------  --------  -----------  --------
gpfs0gvg                     gpfs0vg         1         2          0          0        0            VSD
gpfs1gvg                     gpfs1vg         2         1          0          0        0            VSD
gpfs3gvg                     gpfs3vg         1         0          0          0        1:2          CVSD
  2. To display global volume group date, enter: 
    vsdatalst -n
    The system displays a message similar to the following: 
    VSD Node Information
                                               Buddy Buffer
  node                 VSD      IP packet minimum maximum # maxbufs
number host_name       adapter    size     size    size
------ --------------- -------- --------- ------- ------- ---------
     1 host1            ml0       61440    4096   262144    128
     2 host2            ml0       61440    4096   262144    128
  3. To display global volume group date, enter: 
    vsdatalst -v
    The system displays a message similar to the following: 
    VSD Table
VSD name                        logical volume  Global Volume Group             minor# size_in_MB
------------------------------- --------------- ------------------------------- ------ ----------
gpfs0vsd                        gpfs0lv         gpfs0gvg                             3 4096
gpfs1vsd                        gpfs1lv         gpfs1gvg                             1 4096
gpfs3vsd                        gpfs3lv         gpfs3gvg                             4 4096

Location

/opt/rsct/vsd/bin/vsdatalst