VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Volume Tasks
Creating a Volume
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Size: Type the volume size in the Size field. The default
size unit is sectors. To specify a size unit, attach an s
(sectors), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g
(gigabytes) to the size.
To determine the largest possible size for the
volume, click Maxsize.
Layout: Choose Concatenated, Striped, Concatenated Pro, or
Striped Pro for the volume layout.
For a striped or striped pro volume, provide the
following information:
• In the Number of Columns field, specify the
number of columns (disks) across which the
volume should be striped. A striped volume
requires at least two disks.
• To specify a stripe unit size other than the
default, type the stripe unit size in the Stripe
Unit Size field. To specify a size unit, attach an s
(sectors), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g
(gigabytes) to the size.
Mirror Info: • Select Mirrored. In the Total Number of Mirrors
field, type the total number of mirrors for the
volume. (Note: Concatenated pro and striped pro
volumes are mirrored by default.)