VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
Chapter 352
lvsplit Splits a mirrored logical
volume into two logical
volumes.
vxassist
snapshot
The snapshot operation
takes one of the
attached temporary
mirrors and creates a
new volume with the
temporary mirror as its
one plex.
Example: vxassist
snapshot vol_name
new_volume
lvmerge Reverses and converts
the lvsplit logical
volumes to a single
logical volume.
vxassist
snapshot
The snapback operation
returns the snapshot
plex to the original
volume from which it
was snapped.
Example: vxassist
snapback new_volume
lvsync Synchronizes mirrors
that are stale in one or
more logical volumes.
vxrecover
vxvol
start
The vxrecover
command performs
resynchronize
operations for the
volumes, or for volumes
residing on the named
disks (medianame or the
VxVM name for the
disk).
Example: vxrecover
vol_name media_name
Table 3-1 Command Comparison (Continued)
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action