Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (5992-1952, August 2011)

NOTE: You must install all the required licenses otherwise, you will not be able to use certain
features of Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.
Table 2 Feature Enabled by Full VxVM Only
Required VxVM License
Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 for
HP-UX 11i v3Feature
FullSupportedHot-relocation and unrelocation
FullSupportedMirroring (RAID-1)
FullSupportedNumber of mirrors supported
FullSupportedOnline migration
FullSupportedOnline relayout
FullSupportedOnline resizing of volumes
FullSupportedPath failover support (active/passive
peripherals)
FullSupportedRAID-5
FullSupportedStriped Mirrors (RAID 1+0)
FullSupportedStriping (RAID 0)
FullSupportedTask monitor
Features Enabled by SG-SMS Products
Table 3, lists the features available with the SG-SMS suite bundles.
Table 3 Features Enabled by SG-SMS Bundle
T2777CBT2776CBT2775CBT2774CBT2773CBT2772CBT2771CBVxVM Features
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesVeritas Volume Manager
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesRootability and root disk
mirroring.
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesConcatenation/Spanning,
Striping (RAID-0), LUN Carving,
Multiple disk groups.
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesDMP (A/P failover only for root
disk)
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesDynamic Multipathing (DMP) -
Balances I/O across multiple
paths between the server and the
storage array to improve
performance and availability.
With DMP, common failures from
I/O path, HBA, or switch failures
can be avoided as administrators
can spread I/O across all
available paths.
NoNoYesYesYesYesYesHot-relocation - Automatically
migrates data from failing disks
to healthy disks, online.
YesYesYesYesYesYesYesOnline Administration
• Limits the amount of time
storage needs to be offline for
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