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

Table 6-3 LVM and VxVM Task Comparison (continued)
ExampleDescriptionTask TypeExampleDescription
Task
Type
vxrootmir [-v] [-t
tasktag]
<disk_access_name>
|
<disk_media_name>
Mirroring the
VxVM root
disk.
VxVM1. pvcreate -B
/dev/rdsk/
<second_disk>
2. mkboot -l
/dev/dsk/<second_disk>
3. vgextend
/dev/vol_grp \
/dev/dsk/<second_disk>
4. lvextend -m
<no_of_mirrors> \
/dev/vol_grp/root_lvol
\
/dev/dsk/<second_disk>
5. lvlnboot -r
/dev/<vol_grp>/
<lvol_name>
Mirroring
an LVM
root disk
involves
several
steps.
LVM
vxassist
make
<vol_name>
length
vxassist
make
<vol_name>
length
layout=mirror,
stripe
vxassist make
<vol_name>
length
layout=raid5
Create a
volume of one
of these layout
types:
• A
concatenated
volume
• A striped
mirror
volume
• A RAID-5
volume
VxVM
lvcreate -L
<vol_size>
/dev/<vol_grp>
Create a
logical
volume in
LVM
volume
group.
LVM
vxprint -vt
vxprint -ht
<vol_name>
Display all
volume
information.
Display
information
about a specific
volume.
VxVM
lvdisplay
/dev/vol_grp/<lvol_name>
Display
information
about
logical
volumes.
LVM
vxdisk list
vxprint -g
<disk_group>
vxdg list
vxdisk list
<disk_group>
Display disk
group
information.
Display
information
about a specific
disk group.
VxVM
vgdisplay -v
/dev/<vol_grp>
Display
information
about
volume
groups.
LVM
vxinfo
or
vxprint
Display
information
about Volume
Manager
volumes.
VxVM
pvdisplay
/dev/dsk/<disk_name>
Display
information
about
physical
volumes.
LVM
vxedit rm
<vol_name>
Remove a
volume.
VxVM
lvremove
/dev/vol_grp/<lvol_name>
Remove a
logical
volume.
LVM
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