HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Logical Volume Management (762803-001, March 2014)
5.3 Typographic Conventions.................................................................................................149
5.3.1 Examples and Shells................................................................................................150
5.4 Related Information.........................................................................................................151
5.5 Finding HP-UX Information................................................................................................151
5.6 HP-UX 11i Release Names and Operating System Version Identifiers......................................152
5.7 Determining Your System Version......................................................................................152
5.8 Publication History..........................................................................................................152
5.9 HP Insight Remote Support Software..................................................................................153
5.10 HP Encourages Your Comments.......................................................................................155
6 Documentation feedback.........................................................................157
A LVM Specifications and Limitations............................................................159
A.1 Determining LVM’s Maximum Limits on a System.................................................................162
B LVM Command Summary........................................................................165
C Volume Group Provisioning Tips...............................................................169
C.1 Choosing an Optimal Extent Size for a Version 1.0 Volume Group........................................169
C.2 Choosing an Optimal Extent Size for a Version 2.x Volume Group........................................170
D Striped and Mirrored Logical Volumes.......................................................171
D.1 Summary of Hardware Raid Configuration.........................................................................171
D.2 LVM Implementation of RAID Levels in HP-UX......................................................................171
D.3 LVM Striped and Mirrored Logical Volume Configuration......................................................172
D.3.1 Examples................................................................................................................172
D.3.2 Compatibility Note..................................................................................................174
E LVM I/O Timeout Parameters....................................................................175
E.1 Logical Volume Timeout (LV timeout)...................................................................................175
E.2 Physical Volume Timeout (PV timeout).................................................................................175
E.3 Timeout Differences: 11i v2 and 11i v3...............................................................................176
F Warning and Error Messages...................................................................177
F.1 Matching Error Messages to Physical Disks and Volume Groups.............................................177
F.2 Messages For All LVM Commands.....................................................................................178
F.3 lvchange(1M)..................................................................................................................178
F.4 lvextend(1M)...................................................................................................................178
F.5 lvlnboot(1M)...................................................................................................................179
F.6 pvchange(1M).................................................................................................................180
F.7 vgcfgbackup(1M)............................................................................................................180
F.8 vgcfgrestore(1M).............................................................................................................180
F.9 vgchange(1M).................................................................................................................181
F.10 vgcreate(1M).................................................................................................................183
F.11 vgdisplay(1M)................................................................................................................184
F.12 vgextend(1M).................................................................................................................185
F.13 vgimport(1M).................................................................................................................185
F.14 vgmodify(1M)................................................................................................................186
F.15 vgversion(1M)................................................................................................................186
F.16 Log Files and Trace Files: /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log........................................................187
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