Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Administrator's Guide (September 2006)

486 Commands summary
vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \
volume length layout=mirror \
mirror=ctlr [attributes]
Creates a volume with mirrored data
plexes on separate controllers.
See “Mirroring across targets, controllers
or enclosures” on page 247.
Example:
# vxassist -b -g mydg make \
mymcvol 20g layout=mirror \
mirror=ctlr
vxmake -b [-g diskgroup] -Uusage_type \
vol volume [len=length] plex=plex,...
Creates a volume from existing plexes. See
“Creating a volume using vxmake” on
page 251.
Example:
# vxmake -g mydg -Uraid5 \
vol r5vol \
plex=raidplex,raidlog1,\
raidlog2
vxvol [-g diskgroup] start volume Initializes and starts a volume for use. See
“Initializing and starting a volume” on
page 253.
See “Starting a volume” on page 263.
Example:
# vxvol -g mydg start r5vol
vxvol [-g diskgroup] init zero volume Initializes and zeros out a volume for use.
See “Initializing and starting a volume” on
page 253.
Example:
# vxvol -g mydg init zero \
myvol
Table A-6 Creating volumes
Command Description