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

490 Commands summary
vxassist [-g diskgroup] relayout \
volume [layout=layout] [relayout_options]
Performs online relayout of a volume.
See “Performing online relayout” on
page 286.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg relayout \
vol2 layout=stripe
vxassist [-g diskgroup] relayout \
volume layout=raid5 stripeunit=W \
ncol=N
Relays out a volume as a RAID-5 volume
with stripe width W and N columns.
See “Performing online relayout” on
page 286.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg relayout \
vol3 layout=raid5 \
stripeunit=16 ncol=4
vxrelayout [-g diskgroup] -o bg \
reverse volume
Reverses the direction of a paused volume
relayout.
See “Controlling the progress of a
relayout” on page 291.
Example:
# vxrelayout -g mydg -o bg \
reverse vol3
vxassist [-g diskgroup] convert \
volume [layout=layout] [convert_options]
Converts between a layered volume and a
non-layered volume layout.
See “Converting between layered and non-
layered volumes” on page 292.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg convert \
vol3 layout=stripe-mirror
vxassist [-g diskgroup] remove \
volume volume
Removes a volume.
See “Removing a volume” on page 282.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg remove \
myvol
Table A-7 Administering volumes
Command Description