How to create device:
1> disk init name="d2",physname="/opt/sybase/data/abc.dat",skip_alloc="true",size="100M"
2> go
Warning: The 'skip_alloc' option of disk init/disk resize command is turned on,
and does not ensure allocation of the specified number of pages. Please make
sure file system has enough space for future operations.
1>
2>
3>
4> disk init name="d2",physname="/opt/sybase/data/abc.dat",skip_alloc="true",size="10M"
5> go
Msg 5148, Level 16, State 1:
Server 'LOCALHOST', Line 4:
Device 'd2' already exists.
1>
2> sp_helpdevice
3> go
device_name
physical_name
description
status cntrltype vdevno vpn_low
vpn_high
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d2
/opt/sybase/data/abc.dat
file system device, special, dsync off, directio on, physical disk, 100
.00 MB, Free: 100.00 MB
2 0 5 0
51199
master
/opt/sybase/data/master.dat
file system device, special, dsync on, directio off, default disk, phys
ical disk, 110.00 MB, Free: 54.00 MB
3 0 0 0
56319
sybmgmtdev
/opt/sybase/data/sybmgmtdb.dat
file system device, special, dsync off, directio on, physical disk, 75.
00 MB, Free: 0.00 MB
2 0 4 0
38399
sysprocsdev
/opt/sybase/data/sysprocs.dat
file system device, special, dsync off, directio on, physical disk, 172
.00 MB, Free: 0.00 MB
2 0 1 0
88063
systemdbdev
/opt/sybase/data/sybsysdb.dat
file system device, special, dsync off, directio on, physical disk, 6.0
0 MB, Free: 0.00 MB
2 0 2 0
3071
tapedump1
/dev/nst0
unknown device type, disk, dump device
16 2 0 0
20000
tapedump2
/dev/nst1
unknown device type, tape, 625 MB, dump device
16 3 0 0
20000
tempdbdev
/opt/sybase/data/tempdbdev.dat
file system device, special, dsync off, directio on, physical disk, 100
.00 MB, Free: 0.00 MB
2 0 3 0
51199