VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Volume Manager Operations
Common Volume Manager Commands
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• move the contents of a subdisk to another subdisk
• split one subdisk into two subdisks that occupy the same space as the
original
join two contiguous subdisks into one.
NOTE Some vxsd tasks can take a large amount of time to complete.
For more information, see the vxsd (1M) manual page.
vxmend Command
The vxmend command performs Volume Manager usage-type-specific
tasks on volumes, plexes, and subdisks. These tasks fix simple problems
in configuration records (such as clearing utility fields, changing volume
or plex states, and offlining or onlining volumes or plexes).
The vxmend command is used primarily to escape from a state that was
accidentally reached. The offline and online functions can be performed
with disk-related commands.
For more information, see the vxmend (1M) manual page.
vxprint Command
The vxprint command displays information from records in a Volume
Manager configuration database. You can use this command to display
partial or complete information about any or all Volume Manager
objects. The format can be hierarchical to clarify relationships between
Volume Manager objects. UNIX system utilities such as awk,sed,orgrep
can also use vxprint output.
For more information, see the vxprint (1M) manual page.
vxrelocd Command
Hot-relocation is turned on as long as the vxrelocd program is running.
It is advisable to leave hot-relocation turned on so that you can take
advantage of this feature if a failure occurs. However, if you disable this
feature because you do not want the free space on some of your disks
used for relocation, you must prevent the vxrelocd program from