VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
Chapter 364
lvsplit Splits a mirrored
logical volume into
two logical volumes.
vxassist
snapshot
The snapshot operation
takes one of the attached
temporary mirrors and
creates a new volume with
the temporary mirror as its
one plex.
Example: vxassist
snapshot vol_name
new_volume
lvmerge Reverses and converts
the lvsplit logical
volumes to a single
logical volume.
There is no equivalent
command in VxVM.
lvsync Synchronizes mirrors
that are stale in one or
more logical volumes.
vxrecover
vxvol start
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).
Example: vxrecover
vol_name media_name
pvcreate Makes a disk an LVM
disk.
vxdisksetup Brings a disk under VxVM
control.
Example: vxdisksetup
c0t3d0
Option 1 in the vxdiskadm
menu adds or initializes one
or more disks.
pvdisplay Displays information
about physical
volumes in a volume
group.
vxdisk list Lists information about
VxVM disks.
Example: vxdisk list
disk_name
Table 3-1Command Comparison
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action