Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Migration Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

50 Command differences
LVM and VxVM command equivalents
LVM and VxVM command equivalents
The table below lists the LVM commands and a near equivalent command to use
in VxVM. For more information, refer to the Task Comparison chart. For
information on VxVM commands, refer to the Veritas Volume Manager
documentation package.
Table 3-1 Command comparison
LVM Description/action VxVM Description/action
lvchange Changes the
characteristics of
logical volumes.
vxedit
or
vxvol set
Creates, removes, and modifies
Volume Manager records.
There is no single
equivalent LVM
command.
vxresize Resizes a file system and its
underlying volume at the same
time.
lvlnboot Creates root, primary
and secondary swap
and dump volumes. It
also creates boot
areas on the disk.
There is no equivalent command
for this release.
lvcreate Creates a logical
volume.
vxassist Creates volumes with the make
parameter.
Example: vxassist make
vol_name 100M
layout=stripe
lvextend Increases disk space
allocated to a logical
volume.
vxassist Increases a volume in size with
the growto or growby
parameter.
Example: vxassist growto
vol_name 200M,
vxassist growby vol_name
100M
vxassist creates and modifies
volumes.