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Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation)
/usr/sbin/vxmake – Create VERITAS Volume Manager Configuration records (Sub-disks,Plex and volume)
Tasks |
Switches |
| Creating Sub Disk | vxmake -g diskgroup -U usetype sd subdisk_name disk_name,start_len,end_len vxmake -g diskgroup sd subdisk_name len=length disk_name |
| Creating Concat Plex | vxmake -g diskgroup -U fsgen plex plex_name sd=subdisk… |
| Creating Striped Plex | vxmake -g diskgroup -U fsgen plex plex_name layout=stripe stwidth=width ncolumn=3 sd=subdisk1,subdisk2,subdisk3 |
| Creating RAID5 Plex | vxmake -g diskgroup -U raid5 plex plex_name layout=raid5 stwidth=width ncolumn=3 sd=subdisk1,subdisk2,subdisk3 |
| Creating Concat Volume | vxmake -b -g diskgroup -U fsgen vol volume_name [len=length] plex=plex,… |
| Creating Striped Volume | vxmake -b -g diskgrup -U fsgen vol volume_name plex=striped_plex |
| Creating Mirrored Volume | vxmake -b -g diskgroup -U fsgen vol volume_name plex=plex1,plex2… |
| Creating RAID5 Volume | vxmake -b -g diskgroup -U raid5 vol volum_name plex=raid5_plex,log_plex |
| Creating cache Record | vxmake -b -g diskgroup cache cache_name cachevolname=volume autogrow=yes|no autogrowby=len maxautogrow=size |
| Creating DCO Volume | vxmake -b -g diskgroup -U gen vol dco_volume_name plex=dco_plex |
VXMAKE – Examples:
Note :
The output shown below are copied from ‘vxdisk list, vxprint -s, vxprint -p, vxprint -hpt & vxprint -hvt|-hvtC’ commands.
Disk Group & Disks Used in this LAB
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS c2t9d0s2 auto:cdsdisk oradisk01 oradg online c2t10d0s2 auto:cdsdisk oradisk02 oradg online c2t20d0s2 auto:cdsdisk oradisk03 oradg online c2t22d0s2 auto:cdsdisk oradisk04 oradg online c2t23d0s2 auto:cdsdisk oradisk05 oradg online nohotuse
Creating Sub Disk:
# vxmake -g oradg sd oradisk01-01 oradisk01,0,204800 # vxmake -g oradg sd oradisk02-01 len=100m oradisk02
Subdisk will look like this
TY NAME ASSOC KSTATE LENGTH PLOFFS STATE TUTIL0 PUTIL0 sd oradisk01-01 - ENABLED 204800 - - - - sd oradisk02-01 - ENABLED 204800 - - - -
Creating Concat Plex:
# vxmake -g oradg plex oravol-01 sd=oradisk01-01
Concat Plex will look like this
pl oravol-01 - DISABLED - 204800 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0 c2t9d0 ENA
Creating Striped Plex:
# vxmake -g oradg -U fsgen plex oravol-01 layout=stripe stwidth=64 ncolumn=3 sd=oradisk01-01,oradisk02-01,oradisk03-01
Striped Plex will look like this
pl oravol-01 - DISABLED - 614400 STRIPE 3/64 RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0/0 c2t9d0 ENA sd oradisk02-01 oravol-01 oradisk02 0 204800 1/0 c2t10d0 ENA sd oradisk03-01 oravol-01 oradisk03 0 204800 2/0 c2t20d0 ENA
Creating RAID5 Plex:
# vxmake -g oradg -U raid5 plex plex_name layout=raid5 stwidth=width ncolumn=3 sd=subdisk1,subdisk2,subdisk3
RAID5 Plex will look this
pl oravol-01 - DISABLED - 409600 RAID 3/64 RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0/0 c2t9d0 ENA sd oradisk02-01 oravol-01 oradisk02 0 204800 1/0 c2t10d0 ENA sd oradisk03-01 oravol-01 oradisk03 0 204800 2/0 c2t20d0 ENA
Creating Concat Volume:
# vxmake -g oradg -U fsgen vol oravol plex=oravol-01
The output volume will look like this
v oravol - DISABLED EMPTY 204800 ROUND - fsgen pl oravol-01 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 204800 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0 c2t9d0 ENA
Creating Striped Volume:
# vxmake -g oradg -U fsgen vol oravol plex=oravol-01
Striped Volume will look like this
v oravol - DISABLED EMPTY 614400 ROUND - fsgen pl oravol-01 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 614400 STRIPE 3/64 RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0/0 c2t9d0 ENA sd oradisk02-01 oravol-01 oradisk02 0 204800 1/0 c2t10d0 ENA sd oradisk03-01 oravol-01 oradisk03 0 204800 2/0 c2t20d0 ENA
Creating Mirrored Volume:
# vxmake -g oradg -U fsgen vol oravol plex=oravol-01,oravol-02
The output of mirror volume will look like this
v oravol - DISABLED EMPTY 204800 ROUND - fsgen pl oravol-01 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 204800 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0 c2t9d0 ENA pl oravol-02 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 204800 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk02-01 oravol-02 oradisk02 0 204800 0 c2t10d0 ENA
Creating RAID5 Volume:
# vxmake -g oradg -U raid5 vol oravol plex=oravol-01,oravol-02
RAID5 volume will look like this,
v oravol - DISABLED EMPTY 409600 RAID - raid5 pl oravol-01 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 409600 RAID 3/64 RW sd oradisk01-01 oravol-01 oradisk01 0 204800 0/0 c2t9d0 ENA sd oradisk02-01 oravol-01 oradisk02 0 204800 1/0 c2t10d0 ENA sd oradisk03-01 oravol-01 oradisk03 0 204800 2/0 c2t20d0 ENA pl oravol-02 oravol DISABLED EMPTY 20480 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk05-01 oravol-02 oradisk05 0 20480 0 c2t23d0 ENA
Creating Cache Record:
# vxmake -g oradg cache cacheobj cachevolname=cachevol01 autogrow=yes autogrowby=100m maxautogrow=500m
The object will look like this
co cacheobj cachevol01 DISABLED - v cachevol01 cacheobj ENABLED ACTIVE 40960 SELECT - fsgen pl cachevol01-01 cachevol01 ENABLED ACTIVE 40960 CONCAT - RW sd oradisk05-02 cachevol01-01 oradisk05 20480 40960 0 c2t23d0 ENA
Creating DCO Volume:
# vxmake -g oradg -U gen vol dco_oravol plex=dco_oravol-01
# vxmake -g oradg dco oravol-dco log=oravol-dcl
The DCO record will look like this
dc oravol-dco oravol - - - - - - v oravol-dcl gen DISABLED 20480 - EMPTY - - pl oravol-dcl-01 oravol-dcl DISABLED 20480 - EMPTY - - sd oradisk05-01 oravol-dcl-01 ENABLED 20480 0 - - -
Note : To attach this dco volume to existing volume use ‘vxdco att’ command.
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