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

Disk Tasks
Disk Task Roadmap
Chapter 350
Disk Task Roadmap
The following table provides a summary of common VERITAS Volume
Manager disk and dynamic disk group 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” on
page 52
Set up new dynamic disk groups “Creating a Dynamic Disk Group”
on page 73
Precautionary Tasks:
Place the boot (root) disk under
Volume Manager control
“Adding a Disk to VxVM” on
page 52
Make an alternate boot (root) disk “Mirroring a Disk” on page 59
Maintenance Tasks:
Place additional disks under
VxVM control
“Adding a Disk to VxVM” on
page 52
Add more disk space to a dynamic
disk group
“Adding a Disk to VxVM” on
page 52
Create additional dynamic disk
groups
“Creating a Dynamic Disk Group”
on page 73
Upgrade a dynamic disk group “Upgrading a Dynamic Disk
Group Version” on page 75
Recovery Tasks:
Move volumes off failing disks “Evacuating a Disk” on page 60
Replace failed disks “To replace a disk drive” on
page 64