VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide

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The VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide provides
information on how to use VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) from the
command line.
This guide is intended for system administrators responsible for
installing, configuring, and maintaining systems under the control of
VERITAS Volume Manager. The purpose of this guide is to provide the
system administrator with a thorough knowledge of the procedures and
concepts involved with volume management and system administration
using VERITAS Volume Manager. This guide includes guidelines on how
to take advantage of various advanced VxVM features, and instructions
on how to use VxVM commands to create and manipulate objects in
VERITAS Volume Manager.
This guide assumes that you have a:
• Working knowledge of the HP-UX operating system (OS).
• Basic understanding of HP-UX system administration .
• Basic understanding of storage management.
Details on how to use the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) can
be found in the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Getting Started
manual and VEA online help. Detailed descriptions of the VxVM
commands and utilities, their options, and details on their use are
located in the VxVM manual pages. Also see Appendix A, "Commands
Summary," on page 581 for a listing of the commonly used commands in
VxVM together with references to their descriptions.