VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
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pvcreate Makes a disk an LVM
disk.
vxdisksetu
p
Brings a disk under
VxVM control.
Example: vxdisksetup
c0t3d0
Option 1 in the
vxdiskadm menu adds
or initializes one or
more disks.
pvdisplay Displays information
about physical volumes
in a volume group.
vxdisk
list
Lists information about
VxVM disks.
Example: vxdisk list
disk_name
pvchange Sets physical volume
characteristics to
allow/deny allocation of
additional physical
extents from this disk.
vxdisk
vxdisk set
vxedit
The vxdisk utility
performs basic
administrative
operations on VxVM
disks. Operations
include initializing and
replacing disks, as well
as taking care of some
book-keeping necessary
for the disk model
presented by the Volume
Manager.
Table 3-1 Command Comparison (Continued)
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action