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

Chapter 3, Disk Tasks

Splitting A Dynamic Disk Group

The dynamic disk group split operation involves splitting the contents of an imported

dynamic disk group and creating a new dynamic disk group (the Target dynamic disk

group) with the objects deﬁned in the dialog box. This operation is performed on VxVM

VEA objects such as disks or top-level volumes, and includes all component objects such

as sub-volumes, plexes and subdisks.

▼ To perform a dynamic disk group split operation:

1. Select the dynamic disk group to be split.

2. Select Actions > Split Dynamic Disk Groups.

3. Complete the Split Dynamic Disk Group Dialog Box as follows:

Disk Group Name: Enter the name of the dynamic disk group from which objects are

to be split.

Target Disk Group

Name:

Enter the name of the targetdynamic diskgroup whichwill consist

of the objects to be split.

Select Objects to move:

◆ To select volumes to move, click the checkbox Split dynamic

disk group by volume, and choose from the displayed list.

◆ To select disks to move, click the checkbox Split dynamic

disk group by disk, and choose from the displayed list.

Expand: Click Expand to specify that the objects to be split should include

all other disks that contain subdisks that are associated with the

speciﬁed objects or with objects that they contain. For example, if

you specifythat disk01 shouldbe split off anddisk01 contains vol1

which is also located on disk02, then by using the Expand button,

you ensure that disk02 will also be split off.