VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator's Guide (September 2002)

Chapter 8, Administering Volumes

Converting Between Layered and Non-Layered Volumes

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is desired. For example, to convert a volume from a 4-column mirrored-stripe to a

5-column mirrored-stripe, ﬁrst use vxassist relayout to convert the volume to a

5-column striped-mirror:

# vxassist relayout vol1 ncol=5

When the relayout has completed, use the vxassist convert command to change the

resulting layered striped-mirror volume to a non-layered mirrored-stripe:

# vxassist convert vol1 layout=mirror-stripe

Note If the system crashes during relayoutor conversion, the processcontinues whenthe

system is rebooted. However, if the crash occurred during the ﬁrst stage of a

two-stage relayout and convert operation, only the ﬁrst stage will be completed.

You must run vxassist convert manually to complete the operation.