I have 138 300gb disks
disks 81-138 are new to the system
they are on an emc
I use veritas for volume management
veritas adds the disks to its internal numbering system randomly, not in the order
presented by the format command.
When you build the volumes one must stripe accross spindles
so I take the output of the format command and put it in a file
I also take the output of an inq command which lists the emc disk handles
I get the number of the disk from the format command as well as the controller id
search the inq output for the controller id which gives me the serial number of the disk
I use the serial number of the disk to get the veritas ID
I output disknumber controller id serial number veritas ID
I can now build my stripes efficiently
thanx,
bill