I am not sure this works across all OS's and all VxVM versions, but it seams to work on Solaris and 3.1.1-3.5 at least. The state column in a "vxprint -l <volume>" output shows if a RAW volume is in use by Sybase. If the volume is in use by Sybase, the state will have "(active)" at the end of the line. If not, it will show "(clean)" at the end.
vxprint -l stab1 Disk group: sybasedg Volume: stab1 info: len=1024000 type: usetype=fsgen state: state=ACTIVE kernel=ENABLED cdsrecovery=0/0 (active) assoc: plexes=stab1-03,stab1-01,stab1-02 policies: read=SELECT (round-robin) exceptions=GEN_DET_SPARSE flags: open badlog writeback comment: subase stab1 device logging: type=REGION loglen=5 serial=0/0 (disabled) apprecov: seqno=0 recov_id=0 device: minor=48007 bdev=155/48007 cdev=155/48007 path=/dev/vx/dsk/sybasedg/stab1 perms: user=sybase group=dba mode=0600 Douglas >From: "Biju Krishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu >Subject: [Veritas-vx] How to identify a raw volume from vxprint or any >othermeans >Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 01:44:37 +0530 > >Hi, > >I would like to know as to how we could find out whether a volume is RAW >from the vxprint output. > >Secondly is there ANY method to assure that a volume is used RAW ?? >Suppose >no filesystems are mounted. > >-- >Regards, >PP BIJU KRISHNAN >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >B.E/SCSA/BCSD Navi Mumbai,India >_______________________________________________ >Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu >http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx