As soon as
a volume has been created and initialized, it is available for use
as a virtual disk partition by the operating system for the creation
of a file system, or by application programs such as relational
databases and other data management software.
Creating a volume in the disk group rootdg sets up block and
character (raw) device files that can be used to access the volume:
/dev/vx/dsk/volume —block device file
for volume
/dev/vx/rdsk/volume— character device file
for volume
For volumes in disk groups other than rootdg, the pathnames
include a directory named for the disk group:
/dev/vx/dsk/diskgroup/volume—block device file for
volume
/dev/vx/rdsk/diskgroup/volume—character device file
for volume
Use the appropriate device node to create, mount and repair
file systems, and to lay out databases that require raw partitions.
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