Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files
Managing Disks
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Managing Disks
This section provides practical guidance in managing disks under
HP-UX. It covers the following topics:
• “Current Disk Management Facts” on page 557
• “The Logical Volume Manager (LVM)” on page 558
• “Planning for the Use of Logical Volumes” on page 562
• “LVM Naming Conventions” on page 568
• “Managing Logical Volumes Using SAM” on page 571
• “Managing Logical Volumes Using HP-UX Commands” on page 571
• “Tasks That You Can Perform Only with HP-UX Commands” on
page 576
• “LVM Procedures” on page 593
• “LVM Troubleshooting” on page 594
NOTE This section describes HP’s Logical Volume Manager and how a logical
volume manager works. However, the VERITAS Volume Manager
provides alternative online disk management to the HP Logical Volume
Manager and HP MirrorDisk/UX products. The VERITAS Volume
Manager is included on the HP-UX 11i Application CD and, as of the
September 2002 release of HP-UX 11i version 1, VxVM 3.5 is included in
the operating environments enabling VxVM rootability. For more
detailed information and tasks, read HP-UX 11i Installation and Update
Guide and the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 documents.
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Migration Guide
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator’s Guide
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Hardware Notes
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide
• VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User’s Guide - VERITAS Enterprise
Administrator