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

Understanding VERITAS Volume Manager
Online Relayout
Chapter 144
Transformations are not supported for the following objects:
• Log plexes.
• Volume snapshot when there is an online relayout operation running
on the volume.
Also note the following limitations:
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.
Table 1-6 Supported Relayout Transformations for Unmirrored Stripe,
and Layered Striped-Mirror Volumes
Relayout to From stripe, or stripe-mirror
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.
Table 1-5 Supported Relayout Transformations for Mirrored-Stripe
Volumes (Continued)
Relayout to From mirror-stripe