VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
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vgchange Activates or deactivates
one or more volume
groups.
vxdg -g
diskgroup
set
activatio
n=
mode
Activates a shared disk
group.
vgextend Extends a volume group
by adding one or more
disks to it.
vxdiskadd Adds a disk to the disk
group.
vxdiskadm Option 1 in the
vxdiskadm menu adds
disks to the disk group.
vgreduce Reduces a volume group
by removing one or more
disks from it.
vxdg
rmdisk
Removes disks from a
disk group.
vxdisk rm Removes the specified
disk access record by
disk access name.
vxdiskadm Option 3 in the
vxdiskadm menu
removes disks.
vgscan Scans all disks and looks
for logical volume groups.
vxinfo Displays information
about volumes.
vxprint Displays complete or
partial information from
records in VxVM
disk group
configurations.
vxdiskadm Option list in the
vxdiskadm menu
displays disk
information.
Table 3-1 Command Comparison (Continued)
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action