Administering replicated volumes using the vxvol command

Last published : Jun 12, 2026
The vxvol command provides keywords for administering volumes. This section specifically describes the keywords of this command that are applicable to Volume Replicator.
For detailed information about the other keywords, refer to the Storage Foundation Administrator's Guide Chapter "Command Line Interface" under Section 2 Managing.
The following table lists the keywords that can be specified for vxvol command.
Table: Keywords for the vxvol command
Keyword Description
assoc Associates the specified volume to the indicated RVG as a data volume.
See Associating a data volume with an RVG .
aslog Associates the specified volume to the indicated RVG as the Replicator Log.
See Associating a volume to an RVG as a Replicator Log .
dis Dissociates the specified volume from the RVG.
See Dissociating a volume from an RVG .
The following table lists the Volume Replicator-specific options that are available with the vxvol command.
Table: vxvol command options
Option Description
-g Specifies the disk group name for the required operations.
-f force Forcefully dissociates the\:
- Data volume from the Primary RVG even when the data access is enabled.
- Replicator Log volume when data access to the volume is enabled and the log may have pending updates.
Note: The-foption can cause data corruption because the Secondary may miss the writes that may have been present on the Replicator Log but did not reach the Secondary. Because there is no way of knowing whether the Replicator Log had some pending writes that have not yet been sent to the Secondary, use this option only if you know that the Secondary is completely up-to-date.