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

Volume Tasks
Creating a Dynamic Volume
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Step 8. Check your selections in the final screen. When you are satisfied with
your choices, click Finish.
By clicking the Previous button, you can go back and make changes
before you click Finish.
Concatenated
A concatenated volume consists of one or more regions of the specified
disks. You have the option of placing a file system on the new volume or
mirroring the volume. You can create a regular concatenated volume or a
concatenated pro volume. A concatenated pro volume is layered and
mirrored.
Layout: Choose Concatenated or Concatenated Pro for
the volume layout.
Options: • To mirror the volume, select Mirrored. In
the Total Number of Mirrors field, enter
the total number of mirrors for the volume.
NOTE: Concatenated pro volumes are mirrored
by default.
To enable logging for a mirrored volume, select
Enable Logging.
• To place a file system on the volume, click
Create a file system and specify the file
system type and mount point in the New
File System dialog box.
• To clear the volume before enabling it for
general use, select Initialize Zero.
• To prevent the creation of a layered
volume, select No Layered Volumes. In
cases where a layered volume layout is
appropriate, VxVM can create a layered
volume when a non-layered layout is
specified. This option ensures that the
volume has a non-layered layout. If a
layered (Pro) layout is selected, this option
is ignored.