VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Introduction to the Storage Administrator
Task Roadmap
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• Create shared disk groups.
These tasks are described in Chapter 5, Host and Cluster Tasks.
Maintenance Tasks
After you have set up your disks and volumes, you may need to perform
some or all of the following maintenance tasks.
To monitor objects
• Use the main window’s tree (left pane) and grid (right pane) to view
disks, volumes, file systems, and other objects on the system.
• Use the Object View window to display a graphical view of disks,
volumes, and other objects in a particular disk group.
• Use the Volume to Disk Mapping window to view the relationships
between volumes and their underlying disks.
• Use the Volume Layout Details window to display a graphical view of
a particular volume and its components.
• Use the object Properties window to view detailed information about
a selected object.
• Use the Alert Monitor window to view information about errors or
failures associated with objects that are marked with alert icons.
These windows are described in Chapter 2, Getting Started.
To maintain disks
• Place more disks under Volume Manager control.
• Create more disk groups.
• Upgrade disk groups to the current disk group version.
These tasks are described in Chapter 3, Disk Tasks.
To maintain volumes
• Increase the size of volumes as users and applications require more
space.
• Change the layouts of volumes.
• Add mirrors to any unmirrored volumes that should be redundant.