HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes (March 2008)

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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
Version 2.0 Volume Groups.........................................................................................................5
Creating a Version 2.0 Volume Group....................................................................................6
lvmadm Command.......................................................................................................................7
Changed Features..............................................................................................................................8
vgcreate Autocreation of Volume Group File..........................................................................8
vgremove Removal of Volume Group File.................................................................................8
Display Enhancements.................................................................................................................8
MirrorDisk/UX Operating Environment.....................................................................................9
Deprecated or Obsolete Features.....................................................................................................10
Obsolete Command Options for Version 2.0 Volume Groups...................................................10
Known Problems Fixed in This Version...............................................................................................10
Known Problems and Limitations........................................................................................................10
Installation Requirements.....................................................................................................................11
Required Hardware.........................................................................................................................11
Required Software...........................................................................................................................11
Required Patches.............................................................................................................................11
Mass Storage Critical Resource Analysis...................................................................................11
mkfs and mkboot Commands..................................................................................................11
Serviceguard...............................................................................................................................11
VxVM 4.1 Commands................................................................................................................11
Required Disk Space........................................................................................................................11
Compatibility Issues.............................................................................................................................12
Version 2.0 Volume Groups.............................................................................................................12
Moving from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3.................................................................................12
Moving Volume Groups from HP-UX 11i v3 to Previous HP-UX Releases...................................13
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................13
Software Availability in Native Languages..........................................................................................13
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