Veritas 4.1 Installation Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

Table 6-2 Command Comparison (continued)
Description/ActionVxVMDescription/ActionLVM
Removes volumes with the -rf
rm parameters.
vxedit -rf rm
<vol_name>
Removes a volume with the
remove volume parameters.
vxassist remove
volume <vol_name>
vxedit
vxassist
Removes one or more
logical volumes from a
volume group.
lvremove
The snapshot operation takes one
of the attached temporary mirrors
and creates a new volume with
the temporary mirror as its one
plex.
vxassist snapshot
<vol_name> <new_volume>
vxassist
snapshot
Splits a mirrored logical
volume into two logical
volumes.
lvsplit
The snapback operation returns
the snapshot plex to the original
volume from which it was
snapped.
vxassist snapback
<new_volume>
vxassist
snapback
Reverses and converts the
lvsplit logical volumes
to a single logical volume.
lvmerge
The vxrecover command
performs resynchronize
operations for the volumes, or for
volumes residing on the named
disks (medianame or the VxVM
name for the disk).
vxrecover vol_name
<media_name>
vxrecover
vxvol start
Synchronizes mirrors that
are stale in one or more
logical volumes.
lvsync
Move disks to VxVM control.
vxdisksetup <disk_name>
or
Use Option 1 of the vxdiskadm
menu adds or initializes one or
more disks.
vxdisksetup
Makes a disk an LVM disk.
pvcreate
Lists information about VxVM
disks.
vxdisk list
<disk_name>
vxdisk list
Displays information about
physical volumes in a
volume group.
pvdisplay
The vxdisk utility performs basic
administrative operations on
VxVM disks. Operations include
initializing and replacing disks,
as well as taking care of some
book-keeping necessary for the
disk model presented by the
Volume Manager.
vxdisk
vxdisk set
vxedit
Sets physical volume
characteristics to allow or
deny allocation of
additional physical extents
from this disk.
pvchange
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