HP-UX Logical Volume Manager and MirrorDisk/UX Release Notes (September 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 2.1 Volume Groups.........................................................................................................5
Boot Disk Configuration Self-Healing.........................................................................................6
Changed Features..............................................................................................................................7
Display Enhancements.................................................................................................................7
pvmove Enhancements................................................................................................................7
vgmodify Online LUN Expansion.............................................................................................8
Deprecated or Obsolete Features......................................................................................................8
Known Problems Fixed in This Version.................................................................................................8
Known Problems and Limitations..........................................................................................................9
LVM Messages Contain Extra Carriage Return in Traditional Chinese Locales...............................9
vgchange -a n Displays Inconsistent Messages.........................................................................10
vgmodify Displays Incorrect Column Headings in Non-English Locales....................................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........................................................................................................................12
Compatibility Issues.............................................................................................................................12
Version 2.1 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..........................................................................................14
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