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

Volume Tasks
Volume Task Roadmap
Chapter 4102
Volume Task Roadmap
The following table provides a summary of common VERITAS Volume
Manager volume tasks.
To perform this task … Use this procedure …
Volume Setup Tasks:
Create new volumes “Creating a Dynamic
Volume” on page 113
Precautionary Tasks:
Mirror (copy) volumes onto other
disks for redundancy
“Adding a Mirror to a
Volume” on page 128
Create mirrored volumes “Creating a Dynamic
Volume” on page 113
Add a log to a volume “Adding a Log to a Volume”
on page 130
Maintenance Tasks:
Add space to volumes “Resizing a Dynamic
Volume” on page 122
Change volume layouts “Changing a Volume
Layout” on page 125
Add mirrors to volumes that should
be redundant
“Adding a Mirror to a
Volume” on page 128
Create a snapshot copy of a volume
for backup
“Using the Volume Snapshot
Feature” on page 133
Merge a snapshot copy of a volume
with the original volume
“Merging a Snapshot
Volume (Volume Snapback)”
on page 137
Permanently break the association
between a snapshot and its original
volume
“Dissociating a Snapshot
Volume (Volume Snap
Clear)” on page 137