Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

430 VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide
Creating and Administering Plexes
Command Description
vxmake [-g diskgroup] plex plex \
sd=subdisk1[,subdisk2,...]
Creates a concatenated plex. See “Creating
Plexes” on page 183.
Example:
# vxmake -g mydg plex vol01-02 \
sd=mydg02-01,mydg02-02
vxmake [-g diskgroup] plex plex \
layout=stripe|raid5 stwidth=W \
ncolumn=N sd=subdisk1[,subdisk2,...]
Creates a striped or RAID-5 plex. See “Creating a
Striped Plex” on page 184.
Example:
# vxmake -g mydg plex pl-01 \
layout=stripe stwidth=32 \
ncolumn=2 sd=mydg01-01,mydg02-01
vxplex [-g diskgroup] att volume plex Attaches a plex to an existing volume. See
“Attaching and Associating Plexes” on page 189
and “Reattaching Plexes” on page 191.
Example:
# vxplex -g mydg att vol01 vol01-02
vxplex [-g diskgroup] det plex Detaches a plex. See “Detaching Plexes” on
page 191.
Example:
# vxplex -g mydg det vol01-02
vxmend [-g diskgroup] off plex Takes a plex offline for maintenance. See “Taking
Plexes Offline” on page 190.
Example:
# vxmend -g mydg off vol02-02
vxmend [-g diskgroup] on plex Re-enables a plex for use. See “Reattaching
Plexes” on page 191.
Example:
# vxmend -g mydg on vol02-02
vxplex [-g diskgroup] mv oldplex newplex Replaces a plex. See “Moving Plexes” on
page 192.
Example:
# vxplex -g mydg mv vol02-02 \
vol02-03