Veritas volume manager is robust volume manager software and mostly used on Oracle Solaris, HP-UX and Linux Operating systems. In some cases, after the host reboot, you might get an error that “Disk group has no valid configuration copies” when you try to import the existing Veritas disk group. This error common in SRDF environment […]
VXVM
VxVM – vxprint Command Syntax with Examples
VXPRINT – UnixArena’s Manual Page . Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation) “vxprint” command will displays the volume’s,plex’s and sub disk’s record information. vxprint’s options Option Description -A Print all disk groups -h List record hierarchies -r Print Related information -n Restrict output to record names -l List all record information in a verbose […]
VxVM – vxassist Command Syntax with Examples
/usr/sbin/vxassist – Unix Arena’s Manual page Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation) The vxassist utility is a command-line interface to the Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) that: – Finds space for and creates volumes – Performs volume conversion – Adds mirrors and logs to existing volumes – Extends and shrinks existing volumes – Migrates data […]
VxVM – vxmake Command Syntax with Examples
VXVMAKE – UnixArena’s Manual Page 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… […]
VxVM – vxdg Command Syntax with Examples
/usr/sbin/vxdg– Unix Arena’s Manual page. Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation) /usr/sbin/vxdg – The vxdg utility performs administrative operations on disk groups. System-Wide Reserved Disk Groups bootdg – Specifies the boot disk group – Default is nodg Caution: Do not attempt to change the value of bootdg. You may render your system unbootable. defaultdg […]
VxVM – vxvol Command syntax with Examples
vxvol – UnixArena’s Manual Page /usr/sbin/vxvol – The vxvol utility performs VERITAS Volume Manager Operations on volumes. Tasks Switches Enable locally disabled volume (LDISABLED State) vxvol [ -g diskgroup ] [-U usetype] [-o useopt] enable volume_name Initialize a volume for use vxvol [ -g diskgroup ] [-U usetype] [-o useopt] init clean|enable|zero volume_name [plex] Put volume […]
VxVM – vxplex Command Syntax with Examples
vxplex – UnixArena’s Manual Page /usr/sbin/vxplex – The vxplex utility performs VERITAS Volume Manager Operations on plexes and on volume-and-plex combinations. Tasks Switches Make a copy of a Volume vxplex [ -g diskgroup ] [-U usetype] [-o useopt] [-V] [-v vol] cp vol plex Replace the old plex with newplex vxplex [ -g diskgroup ] [-U […]
VxVM – vxsd Command Syntax with Examples
vxsd – UnixArena’S Manual Page /usr/sbin/vxsd – The vxsd utility performs VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) operations on sub disks and on plex and sub disk combinations. Product – Storage Foundation(Veritas Volume Manager 6.0 ) Tasks Switches Associates subdisks vxsd [-g diskgroup] [-U utype] [-o uopt] [-V] [-v vol] [-p plex] [-l [column/]offset] assoc plex sd… Splitting […]
VxVM – vxdctl Command Syntax with Examples
vxdctl – UnixArena’s Manual Page Product – Veritas Volume Manager 6.0 (Storage Foundation) /usr/sbin/vxdctl Manages aspects of the state of the volume configuration daemon ‘vxconfigd’. Sets default disk group for the system. Sets Boot Disk Group if the root disk is under VxVM Control. It uses ‘/etc/volboot’ file to manage default & boot disk groups. […]
VxVM – vxconfigbackup Command Syntax with Examples
vxconfigbackup – Unix Arena’s Manual page. Product – Veritas Volume Manager-vxvm (Storage Foundation) /opt/VRTS/bin/vxconfigbackup – Back up disk group configuration The vxconfigbackup utility can be used to back up the configuration information for one or more disk groups manually at any desired time. The vxconfigbackupd daemon automatically backs up a disk group’s new configuration to the default backup […]