VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
Comparison of LVM and VxVM Tasks
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LVM Create a logical volume in LVM
volume group.
lvcreate -L vol_size /dev/ vol_grp
VxVM Create a volume of one of these
layout types:
A concatenated volume
A striped mirror volume
A RAID-5 volume
vxassist make vol_name length
vxassist make vol_name length
layout=mirror, stripe
vxassist make vol_name length
layout=raid5
LVM Display information about
logical volumes.
lvdisplay /dev/ vol_grp / lvol_name
VxVM Display all volume information.
Display information about a
specific volume.
vxprint -vt
vxprint -ht vol_name
LVM Display information about
volume groups.
vgdisplay -v /dev/ vol_grp
VxVM Display disk group information.
Display information about a
specific disk group.
vxdisk list
vxprint -g disk_group
vxdg list
vxdisk list disk_group
LVM Display information about
physical volumes.
pvdisplay /dev/dsk/ disk_name
VxVM Display information about
Volume Manager volumes.
vxinfo or vxprint
LVM Remove a logical volume. lvremove /dev/ vol_grp / lvol_name
VxVM Remove a volume. vxedit rm vol_name
Table 3-2LVM and VxVM Task Comparison
Task
Type
Description Example