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

Online Relayout
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Supported Relayout Transformations for RAID-5 Volumes
Relayout to From raid5
concat Yes.
concat-mirror Yes.
mirror-concat No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to concatenated-mirror volume
instead.
mirror-stripe No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead.
raid5 Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be changed.
stripe Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may also be changed.
stripe-mirror Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may also be changed.
Supported Relayout Transformations for Mirrored-Concatenated Volumes
Relayout to From mirror-concat
concat No. Remove unwanted mirrors instead.
concat-mirror No. Use vxassist convert instead.
mirror-concat No.
mirror-stripe No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead.
raid5 Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. Choose a plex in
the existing mirrored volume on which to perform the relayout. The other
plexes are removed at the end of the relayout operation.
stripe Yes.
stripe-mirror Yes.
Supported Relayout Transformations for Mirrored-Stripe Volumes
Relayout to From mirror-stripe
concat Yes.
concat-mirror Yes.
mirror-concat No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to concatenated-mirror volume
instead.
mirror-stripe No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead.
raid5 Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be changed.
stripe Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.
stripe-mirror Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. Otherwise, use
vxassist convert.