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

Understanding VERITAS Volume Manager
Online Relayout
Chapter 142
Table 1-2 Supported Relayout Transformations for Layered
Concatenated-Mirror Volumes
Relayout to From concat-mirror
concat No. Use vxassist convert, and then remove
unwanted mirrors from the resulting
mirrored-concatenated volume instead.
concat-mirror No.
mirror-concat No. Use vxassist convert instead.
mirror-stripe No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to
striped-mirror volume instead.
raid5 Yes.
stripe Yes. This removes a mirror and adds striping. The
stripe width and number of columns may be
defined.
striped-mirror Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may
be defined.
Table 1-3 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.