VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide

Volume Tasks

Associating Plexes

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Associating Plexes

A plex becomes a participating plex for a volume by associating the plex

with the volume. To associate a plex with an existing volume, use the

following command:

# vxplex att

volume_name plex_name

For example, to associate a plex named vol01-02 with a volume named

vol01, use the following command:

# vxplex att vol01 vol01-02

If the volume has not been created, a plex (or multiple plexes) can be

associated with the volume to be created as part of the volume create

command. To associate a plex with the volume to be created, use the

following command:

# vxmake -U

usetype

vol

volume_name

plex=

plex_name1

plex_name2

...

For example, to create a mirrored, fsgen-type volume named home and

associate two existing plexes named home-1 and home-2, use the

following command:

# vxmake -hfsgen vol home plex=home-1,home-2

NOTE You can also use the following command on an existing volume to add

and associate a plex: vxassist mirror

volume_name