Veritas Admin Reference – Important Definitions of Veritas Volume Manager
Below information will give you quick summary of VxVM terminology and the definitions. Understanding these definitions will help you to quickly learn the VxVM concepts.
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VXVM 6.1 – How to Backup and Restore the VxVM DiskGroup Configuration?
Disk Group Configuration Backup : Back up the configuration of the mydg disk group to the directory /dgbackup/mydg: # vxconfigbackup -l /dgbackup/mydg mydg The vxconfigbackupd daemon automatically backs up a disk group’s new configuration to the default backup directory whenever the configuration is changed. The vxconfigbackup...
VXVM 6.1 – How to Configure a Veritas Disk using vxdisksetup?
To initialize a disk for regular use, enter: # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i c2t1d0 or if enclosure-based naming is in use: # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i sena1_4
VXVM 6.1 – How to Convert VxVM disks and Diskgroup to CDS compatible?
Check if the disk group, mydg, and all its disks can be made portable: # vxcdsconvert -g mydg -A group Make the disk group, mydg, and all its disks portable while its volumes are still online: # vxcdsconvert -g mydg -o novolstop group
VXVM 6.1 – How to create Veritas Volume using Vxassist, with the combination of different SAN Storage?
Below Example creates a volume using any combination of EMC and HITACHI disks that are in disk group dg1: # vxassist -g dg1 make vol1 100m select:vendor=HITACHI,vendor=EMC
VXVM 6.1 – How to Create volume using Vxassist and vxsf_rules
This Post is about Creating Veritas Volume using vxassist and vxsf_rules. When you use the vxassist command to create a volume, you can specify the rule name on the command line. For example, the content of the vxsf_rules file is as follows: volume rule basic {...
VXVM 6.1 – How to display Default VxVM Configuration values
VxVM uses several Default Values during volume management tasks. To display all defaults: # vxdefault list
VXVM 6.1 – How to Enable vxconfigd log for deduubbing?
You can enable direct vxconfigd logging with the -x log argument, and turn it off with the -x nolog argument. Logging is disabled by default. If direct logging is enabled, the default log file is /var/vxvm/vxconfigd.log. This option can be used in conjunction with syslog |...
VXVM 6.1 – How to get Veritas Volume Accessibility and Usability information using vxinfo?
The following example output shows one volume, mkting, as being unstartable: # vxinfo [-g diskgroup] [volume …] home fsgen Started mkting fsgen Unstartable src fsgen Started rootvol root Started swapvol swap Started
VXVM 6.1 – How to Get Information about current Veritas DMP devices?
Below example will display all the existing DMP devices : # /etc/vx/bin/vxgetdmpnames enclosure vendor=SEAGATE product=ST336607LSUN36G serial=DISKS name=disk dmpnode serial=303432354139303747590000 name=disk_0 dmpnode serial=30343235413930424C300000 name=disk_1 dmpnode serial=30343238413933595A360000 name=disk_2 enclosure vendor=HITACHI product=DF600F serial=77011046 name=ams_wms0 dmpnode serial=0008 name=ams_wms0_8 dmpnode serial=0009...
