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

Table 6-3 LVM and VxVM Task Comparison (continued)
ExampleDescriptionTask TypeExampleDescription
Task
Type
vxrecover -s
<vol_name>
Resynchronize
operations for
the named
volumes, or for
volumes
residing on the
named disks.
If no
medianame or
volume
operands are
specified, then
the operation
applies to all
volumes.
VxVM
vgsync
/dev/<vol_grp>
Synchronize
extents
within
mirrored
logical
volumes in
a volume
group.
LVM
vxrecover -s
<vol_name>
vxvol start
<vol_name>
Start a volume.VxVM
lvchange -a y
/dev/vol_grp/<lvol_name>
Start a
volume.
LVM
vxvol stop
<vol_name>
Stop a volume.VxVM
lvchange -a n
/dev/vol_grp/<lvol_name>
Stop a
volume.
LVM
vxedit set
spare=on
<disk_name>
Make a disk
available as a
hot spare.
VxVM
pvchange -z y
/dev/dsk/disk_name
Make a disk
available as
a hot spare.
LVM
VxVM Features With no LVM Equivalent
The following features supported with VxVM have no LVM equivalent:
• Rename a disk:
vxedit rename <old_diskname> <new_diskname>
See vxedit (1M), for detailed description of the supported options.
• Offline a disk:
You can take a disk offline in one of the following ways:
— Use the vxdisk command:
vxdisk offline <disk_name>
See vxdisk (1M), for detailed description of the supported options.
— Using option 12 of the vxdiskadm command.
• Online a disk:
You can make a disk online available in one of the following ways:
— Use option 10 of the vxdiskadm command.
— Use the vxdisk command.
vxdisk online <disk_name>
See vxdisk (1M), for detailed description of the supported options.
• Evacuate a disk
vxevac -g <disk_group> <medianame>
<new_medianame>
See vxevac (1M), for detailed description of the supported options.
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