VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Volume Tasks
Moving a Subdisk
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Moving a Subdisk
This procedure moves the contents of a volume’s subdisk from one disk to
another. This is useful for moving portions of a volume to a different disk
for improved performance.
You can use the Object View window (Disk Groups > Object View) or the
Volume to Disk Mapping window (Disk Groups > Disk/Volume Map) to
view the subdisks and gaps on disks in a disk group. In the Object View
window, you can move a subdisk by placing the pointer over the subdisk
and then pressing and holding the mouse button to drag the subdisk to
another location.
To move a subdisk to another disk
Step 1. Select the subdisk to be moved to another disk.
Step 2. Choose Subdisks > Move (Selected menu) or Subdisk Move (Command
Launcher).
Step 3. Complete the Move Subdisk dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
Source Subdisks: If the correct subdisk name is not already displayed in
this field, type the subdisk’s name or click Browse to
select the subdisk.
Target Disk
Name:
Type the name of the disk to which the subdisk
should be moved or click Browse to select a disk.
Options Click Show Options to access the optional settings for
this task.
• To specify whether the subdisk can be split into
smaller subdisks that fit in available space(s) on
the target disk, select one of the Move Policy
options. The One to One options do not split the
subdisk(s). The Split as Required option splits the
subdisk(s).
• To specify the minimum disk offset for the subdisk,
type the offset in the Starting Offset for Gap
Search field.