Error Message

#vxassist -g dbboostdg maxgrow dbboost
VxVM vxassist ERROR V-5-1-15319 Volume dbboost cannot be extend within the given constraints: Not enough HDD devices that meet specification. Use mediatype:ssd explicitly  to consider SSD devices  for allocation.
 

-The mediatype needs to be specified during such operation.

-Excerpt of the vxassist man page:
mediatype (alias media): Specifies disks with the specified media type. All disks with the given mediatype are selected for the operation. Note that mediatype:same and mediatype:confine are not supported. For example, the following command uses only SSD disks from the mydg diskgroup
vxassist -g mydg make vol2 2048 mediatype:ssd
 

#vxdisk -e list
c2t50060E801602BA42d89 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg01  dbboostdg   online               c2t50060E801602BA42d89 lun ssd RAID_5, ssd
c2t50060E801602BA42d90 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg02  dbboostdg   online               c2t50060E801602BA42d90 lun ssd RAID_5, ssd
c2t50060E801602BA42d91 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg03  dbboostdg   online thinrclm      c2t50060E801602BA42d91 hdprclm fc
c2t50060E801602BA42d92 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg04  dbboostdg   online thinrclm      c2t50060E801602BA42d92 hdprclm fc
c2t50060E801602BA42d93 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg05  dbboostdg   online thinrclm      c2t50060E801602BA42d93 hdprclm fc
c2t50060E801602BA42d94 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg06  dbboostdg   online thinrclm      c2t50060E801602BA42d94 hdprclm fc
c2t50060E801602BA42d95 auto:cdsdisk   dbboostdg07  dbboostdg   online thinrclm      c2t50060E801602BA42d95 hdprclm fc

#vxdg -g dbboostdg free
dbboostdg dbboostdg01 c2t50060E801602BA42d89 c2t50060E801602BA42d89 0 4294903120 -
dbboostdg dbboostdg02 c2t50060E801602BA42d90 c2t50060E801602BA42d90 0 4294903120 -
dbboostdg dbboostdg07 c2t50060E801602BA42d95 c2t50060E801602BA42d95 4294902464 656 -

#vxprint -thg dbboostdg
dg dbboostdg    default      default  30000    1406556055.269.vcst7n1

dm dbboostdg01  c2t50060E801602BA42d89 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg02  c2t50060E801602BA42d90 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg03  c2t50060E801602BA42d91 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg04  c2t50060E801602BA42d92 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg05  c2t50060E801602BA42d93 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg06  c2t50060E801602BA42d94 auto 65536 4294903120 -
dm dbboostdg07  c2t50060E801602BA42d95 auto 65536 4294903120 -

v  dbboost      -            ENABLED  ACTIVE   21474514944 SELECT -        fsgen
pl dbboost-01   dbboost      ENABLED  ACTIVE   21474514944 CONCAT -        RW
sd dbboostdg03-01 dbboost-01 dbboostdg03 0     4294903120 0       c2t50060E801602BA42d91 ENA
sd dbboostdg04-01 dbboost-01 dbboostdg04 0     4294903120 4294903120 c2t50060E801602BA42d92 ENA
sd dbboostdg05-01 dbboost-01 dbboostdg05 0     4294903120 8589806240 c2t50060E801602BA42d93 ENA
sd dbboostdg06-01 dbboost-01 dbboostdg06 0     4294903120 12884709360 c2t50060E801602BA42d94 ENA
sd dbboostdg07-01 dbboost-01 dbboostdg07 0     4294902464 17179612480 c2t50060E801602BA42d95 ENA

#vxassist -g dbboostdg maxgrow dbboost mediatype:ssd
Volume dbboost can be extended by 4294901760 to: 30064319824 (14679843Mb+1360 sectors)
#vxresize -g dbboostdg dbboost 30064319824 mediatype:ssd