VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0 Migration Guide (September 2006)

48 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.