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

Appendix A, Commands Summary 433
vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \
volume length layout=mirror \
mirror=ctlr [attributes]
Creates a volume with mirrored data plexes on
separate controllers. See “Mirroring across
Targets, Controllers or Enclosures” on page 216.
Example:
# vxassist -b -g mydg make mymcvol \
20g layout=mirror mirror=ctlr
vxmake -b [-g diskgroup] -Uusage_type \
vol volume [len=length] plex=plex,...
Creates a volume from existing plexes. See
“Creating a Volume Using vxmake” on page 218.
Example:
# vxmake -g mydg -Uraid5 vol r5vol \
plex=raidplex,raidlog1,raidlog2
vxvol [-g diskgroup] start volume Initializes and starts a volume for use. See
“Initializing and Starting a Volume” on page 221
and “Starting a Volume” on page 231.
Example:
# vxvol -g mydg start r5vol
vxvol [-g diskgroup] init zero volume Initializes and zeros out a volume for use. See
“Initializing and Starting a Volume” on page 221.
Example:
# vxvol -g mydg init zero myvol
Creating Volumes
Command Description