VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Volume Tasks
Volume Task Roadmap
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Volume Task Roadmap
The following table provides a summary of common Volume Manager
Storage Administrator volume tasks.
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Volume Setup Tasks:
Create new volume(s) “Creating a Volume”
Precautionary Tasks:
Mirror (copy) volumes onto
other disks for redundancy
“Adding a Mirror to a Volume”
Create mirrored volumes “Creating a Volume”
Add a log to a mirrored
volume
“Adding a Log to a Volume”
Add a log to a RAID-5
volume
“Adding a Log to a Volume”
Maintenance Tasks:
Add space to volumes “Resizing a Volume”
Change volume layouts “Changing a Volume’s Layout”
Add mirrors to volumes that
should be redundant
“Adding a Mirror to a Volume”
Create a snapshot copy of a
volume for backup
“Creating a Snapshot Copy of a Volume”
Move portions of volumes to
other disk space
“Moving a Subdisk”
Recovery Tasks:
Attempt to recover a volume “Recovering a Volume”
Attempt to recover all
volumes on a disk
Recovering Volumes on a Disk (see Chapter
3, Disk Tasks,)
Attempt to recover all
volumes in a disk group
Recovering Volumes in a Disk Group (see
Chapter 3, Disk Tasks,)
Prepare to restore a volume
from backup
“Preparing to Restore a Volume From
Backup”
Repairor reattacha volume’s
disabled mirror
“Repairing a Mirror”
Other Tasks:
Change a volume’s name “Renaming a Volume”
Temporarily prevent access
to a volume
“Stopping a Volume”
Restore access to a stopped
volume
“Starting a Volume”
Temporarily prevent access
to a volume’s mirror
“Disabling a Mirror”
Remove a mirror from a
volume
“Removing a Mirror From a Volume”