VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Chapter 1, Introducing the VEA GUI
Task Roadmap
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◆ Use the Object Properties Window to view detailed information about a selected
object.
◆ Use the Alert Tab to view information about errors or failures associated with objects
that are marked with alert icons.
(Windows are described in Chapter 2, “Getting Started with VxVM.”)
▼ Maintain disks
◆ Adding a Disk to VxVM.
◆ Creating a Dynamic Disk Group.
◆ Upgrading a Dynamic Disk Group Version.
These tasks are described in Chapter 3, “Disk Tasks.”
Note “Dynamic Disk Groups” were formerly known as “Disk Groups.” They are still
sometimes referred to as “Disk Groups” in menu displays and the CLI.
▼ Maintain volumes
◆ Resizing a Dynamic Volume as users and applications require more space.
◆ Changing a Volume Layout.
◆ Adding a Mirror to a Volume to any unmirrored volume that should be redundant.
These tasks are described in Chapter 4, “Volume Tasks.”
▼ Maintain file systems
◆ Adding a New File System to a Volume.
◆ Increase the size of file systems as users and applications require more space.
◆ Create snapshot copies of file systems and then back up the file systems.
These tasks are described in Chapter 5, ““File System Tasks.”
▼ Maintain clusters
◆ Creating a Shared Dynamic Disk Group
◆ Importing a Shared Dynamic Disk Group
These tasks are described in Chapter 6, “Cluster Tasks.”