Initializing Disks for VxVM Use

To initialize the disk for VxVM use, use the vxdiskadm command, selecting the option:

Or use the command:

VxVM utilities will not tamper with disks that are recognized as owned by LVM (by virtue of the LVM disk headers). If you attempt to use
vxdisk init, or vxdiskadm on an LVM disk without using the pvremove command first, the command will fail.