HP-UX 11i v3 LVM New Features in HP-UX 11i v3 (September 2009)

Parallel Resynchronization of Stale Extents

command line options to the lvextend,

s the automatic

done by using the

lvsync command. A new option,

onizes the specified logical volumes in parallel rather

than serially. This reduces the time taken to synchronize the stale extents.

For more information, see lvextend(1M), lvmerge(1M) and lvsync(1M).

new command line option –T is introduced in the vgchange

VM activates a volume group. Normally, when a volume group is activated, all

p are attached sequentially. Activating the volume group using

–T option

of the vgc

hange command attaches all the physical volumes in parallel. This reduces the time taken to activate

multiple volume groups with large number of physical volumes.

For more information, see vgchange(1M).

With September 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v3, LVM provides new

lvmerge,, and lvsync commands that control the synchronization of stale extents.

A new option,

–s, is introduced in the lvextend and lvmerge commands, which suppresse

synchronization of stale extents. This synchronization can be

–T, is introduced in the lvsync command, which resynchr

Parallel Open of Physical Volumes

In the September 2007 release of HP-UX 11i v3, a

command that controls the way L

the physical volumes of the volume grou