VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator's Guide (September 2004)

Commands Summary
Appendix A416
vxassist make volume
length \
layout=stripe|raid5 \
[stripeunit=W] [ncol=N]
[attributes]
Creates a striped or RAID-5 volume. See
“Creating a Striped Volume” on
page 233 and “Creating a RAID-5
Volume” on page 238.
vxassist make volume
length \
layout=layout mirror=ctlr
[attributes]
Creates a volume with mirrored data
plexes on separate controllers. See
“Mirroring across Targets, Controllers
or Enclosures” on page 236.
vxmake -Uusage_type vol
volume \ [len=length]
plex=plex,...
Creates a volume from existing plexes.
See “Creating a Volume Using vxmake”
on page 241.
vxvol start volume Initializes and starts a volume for use.
See “Initializing and Starting a Volume”
on page 244 and “Starting a Volume” on
page 258.
vxvol init zero volume Initializes and zeros out a volume for
use. See “Initializing and Starting a
Volume” on page 244.
Table A-7 Administering Volumes
Command Description
vxassist mirror volume
[attributes]
Adds a mirror to a volume. See “Adding
a Mirror to a Volume” on page 259.
vxassist remove mirror
volume [attributes]
Removes a mirror from a volume. See
“Removing a Mirror” on page 262.
vxassist addlog volume
[attributes]
Adds a log to a volume. See “Adding a
DCO and DCO Volume” on page 263,
“Adding DRL Logging to a Mirrored
Volume” on page 269 and “Adding a
RAID-5 Log” on page 271.
Table A-6 Creating Volumes (Continued)
Command Description