Most of you must be aware of the vxtask list option, but I would like to document and interesting option which helps estimate time of the running operation and also helps know the current progress.

root@Xdog # vxtask list
TASKID PTID TYPE/STATE PCT PROGRESS
164 ATCOPY/R 35.57% 0/25821056/9185792 SDMV flash22-01 flash56-01 sprime01dg
177 ATCOPY/R 61.69% 0/8388608/5175296 SDMV flash28-07 flash57-03 sprime01dg
root@Xdog # vxtask -l list
Task: 164 RUNNING
Type: ATCOPY
Operation: SDMV Subdisk flash22-01 Subdisk flash56-01 Dg sprime01dg
Started: Sat Jul 22 07:13:48 2006
Throttle: 0
Progress: 35.69% 9216384 of 25821056 Blocks
Work time: 26 minutes, 28 seconds (47:41 remaining)

Task: 177 RUNNING
Type: ATCOPY
Operation: SDMV Subdisk flash28-07 Subdisk flash57-03 Dg sprime01dg
Started: Sat Jul 22 07:37:31 2006
Throttle: 0
Progress: 64.04% 5371904 of 8388608 Blocks
Work time: 2 minutes, 45 seconds (01:32 remaining)