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

Chapter 3, Disk Tasks
Disk Task Roadmap
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Disk Task Roadmap
The followingtable provides asummary of common VxVMdisk and dynamic diskgroup
tasks.
To perform this task … Use this procedure …
Disk Setup Tasks:
Place new disks under VERITAS Volume
Manager (VxVM) control
Adding a Disk to VxVM
Set up new dynamic disk groups Creating a Dynamic Disk Group
Precautionary Tasks:
Place the boot (root) disk under Volume
Manager control
Make an alternate boot (root) disk
Adding a Disk to VxVM
Mirroring a Disk
Maintenance Tasks:
Place additional disks under VxVM control Adding a Disk to VxVM
Add more disk space to a dynamic disk group Adding a Disk to VxVM
Create additional dynamic disk groups Creating a Dynamic Disk Group
Upgrade a dynamic disk group Upgrading a Dynamic Disk Group Version
Recovery Tasks:
Move volumes off failing disks Evacuating a Disk
Replace failed disks To replace a disk drive
Attempt to recover all volumes on a disk Recovering Volumes on a Disk
Attempt to recover all volumes in a dynamic
disk group
Recovering Volumes in Dynamic Disk Groups
Other Tasks:
Change a disk name Renaming a Disk
Change a dynamic disk group name Renaming Dynamic Disk Groups
Move objects between dynamic disk groups Moving Objects Between Dynamic Disk Groups
Split a dynamic disk group Splitting A Dynamic Disk Group
Join dynamic disk groups Joining Dynamic Disk Groups
Restore access to an offline disk Onlining a Disk