1. Plan the layout of your VxVM configuration.  

Planning Volume Management

2. Determine how you will create the root disk group on each node. 

SPARC: Setting Up a Root Disk Group Overview

3. For VxVM 3.5 and earlier, install VxVM software and create the root disk group. For VxVM 4.0, the creation of a root disk group is optional. 

• Method 1 – Install VxVM software and encapsulate the root disk by using the scvxinstall command, and optionally mirror the encapsulated root disk.

1. SPARC: How to Install VERITAS Volume Manager Software and Encapsulate the Root Disk

2. SPARC: How to Mirror the Encapsulated Root Disk

• Method 2 – Install VxVM software and, if required, create the root disk group on local, nonroot disks.

1. SPARC: How to Install VERITAS Volume Manager Software Only

2. SPARC: How to Create a Root Disk Group on a Nonroot Disk

4. Create disk groups and volumes. 

SPARC: How to Create and Register a Disk Group

5. If necessary, resolve any minor-number conflicts between disk device groups by assigning a new minor number. 

SPARC: How to Assign a New Minor Number to a Disk Device Group

6. Verify the disk groups and volumes. 

SPARC: How to Verify the Disk Group Configuration

7. Configure the cluster. 

Configuring the Cluster