HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Logical Volume Management (5900-3028, March 2013)

HP Encourages Your Comments..............................................................................................148
A LVM Specifications and Limitations............................................................149
Determining LVM’s Maximum Limits on a System.......................................................................152
B LVM Command Summary........................................................................154
C Volume Group Provisioning Tips...............................................................157
Choosing an Optimal Extent Size for a Version 1.0 Volume Group..............................................157
Choosing an Optimal Extent Size for a Version 2.x Volume Group..............................................158
D Striped and Mirrored Logical Volumes.......................................................159
Summary of Hardware Raid Configuration...............................................................................159
LVM Implementation of RAID Levels in HP-UX............................................................................159
LVM Striped and Mirrored Logical Volume Configuration............................................................160
Examples........................................................................................................................160
Compatibility Note..........................................................................................................162
E LVM I/O Timeout Parameters....................................................................163
Logical Volume Timeout (LV timeout)........................................................................................163
Physical Volume Timeout (PV timeout)......................................................................................163
Timeout Differences: 11i v2 and 11i v3....................................................................................164
F Warning and Error Messages...................................................................165
Matching Error Messages to Physical Disks and Volume Groups.................................................165
Messages For All LVM Commands..........................................................................................166
lvchange(1M).......................................................................................................................166
lvextend(1M)........................................................................................................................166
lvlnboot(1M)........................................................................................................................167
pvchange(1M)......................................................................................................................168
vgcfgbackup(1M)..................................................................................................................168
vgcfgrestore(1M)...................................................................................................................168
vgchange(1M)......................................................................................................................169
vgcreate(1M)........................................................................................................................171
vgdisplay(1M)......................................................................................................................172
vgextend(1M).......................................................................................................................173
vgimport(1M).......................................................................................................................173
vgmodify(1M)......................................................................................................................174
vgversion(1M)......................................................................................................................174
Log Files and Trace Files: /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log..............................................................175
Glossary..................................................................................................180
Index.......................................................................................................182
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