VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Migration Guide

Command Differences
LVM and VxVM Command Equivalents
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vgsync Synchronizes mirrors
that are stale in one or
more logical volumes.
vxrecover Starts
resynchronization and
recovery of volumes.
vgremove Removes the definition of
a volume group from the
system.
vxdg
deport
Deports a disk group
from the system.
vxdiskadm Option 9 in the
vxdiskadm menu
removes a disk group.
vgexport Removes a volume group
from the system.
vxdg
deport
Deports a disk group
from the system.
vxdiskadm Option 9 in the
vxdiskadm menu
removes a disk group.
vgimport Adds a volume group to
the system by scanning
physical volumes which
have been exported using
vgexport.
vxdg
import
Imports a disk group.
vxdiskadm Option 8 in the
vxdiskadm menu
imports a disk group.
No LVM command vxplex Operates on plex objects.
lvchange,
lvextend,
lvcreate,
lvreduce
Performs operations on
logical volumes.
vxvol Operates on volume
objects.
No LVM command vxsd Operates on subdisk
objects.
No LVM command vxmend Fixes simple
misconfigurations.
Table 3-1 Command Comparison (Continued)
LVM Description/Action VxVM Description/Action