VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Migration Guide (September 2004)

Chapter 3
Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
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vgsync Synchronizes mirrors
that are stale in one or
more logical volumes.
vxrecover Starts resynchronization and recovery
of volumes.
vgremove Removes the definition of
a volume group from the
system.
vxdg deport Deports a disk group from the system.
vxdiskadm Option 9 in the vxdiskadm menu
removes a disk group.
vgexport Removes a volume group
from the system.
vxdg deport Deports a disk group from the system.
vxdiskadm Option 9 in the vxdiskadm menu
removes a disk group.
vgimport Adds a volume group to
the system by scanning
physical volumes which
have been exported using
vgexport.
vxdg import Imports a disk group.
vxdiskadm Option 8 in the vxdiskadm menu
imports a disk group.
No LVM command vxplex Operates on plex objects.
lvchange,
lvextend,
lvcreate,
lvreduce
Performs operations on
logical volumes.
vxvol Operates on volume objects.
No LVM command vxsd Operates on subdisk objects.
No LVM command vxmend Fixes simple misconfigurations.
Table 3-1 Command Comparison (Continued)
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action