HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes (April 2009)

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Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes......................................5
About this Document..............................................................................................................................5
LVM and MirrorDisk/UX Overview.......................................................................................................5
Overview of Changes........................................................................................................................5
New and Changed Features in This Release..........................................................................................5
New Features.....................................................................................................................................5
Migration......................................................................................................................................5
Changed Features..............................................................................................................................6
vgmodify Enhancements............................................................................................................6
vgscan and vgimport Performance Improvement.......................................................................6
Deprecated or Obsolete Features......................................................................................................6
Known Problems Fixed in This Version.................................................................................................7
Known Problems and Limitations..........................................................................................................8
Installation Requirements.......................................................................................................................8
Required Hardware...........................................................................................................................8
Required Software.............................................................................................................................8
Required Patches...............................................................................................................................8
Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis.....................................................................................8
mkfs and mkboot Commands....................................................................................................8
HP Serviceguard..........................................................................................................................8
VxVM 4.1 Commands..................................................................................................................9
Required Disk Space..........................................................................................................................9
Compatibility Issues...............................................................................................................................9
Version 2.1 Volume Groups...............................................................................................................9
Moving from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3...................................................................................9
Moving Volume Groups from HP-UX 11i v3 to Previous HP-UX Releases...................................10
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................11
Software Availability in Native Languages..........................................................................................11
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