Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Migration Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

Table 3-1
Command comparison (continued)
Description/actionVxVMDescription/actionLVM
Removes volumes with the -rf rm
parameters.
Example:
vxedit -rf rm
vol_name
Removes a volume with the remove
volume parameters.
Example:
vxassist remove
volume vol_name
vxedit
vxassist
Removes one or more logical volumes
from a volume group.
lvremove
The snapshot operation takes one of
the attached temporary mirrors and
creates a new volume with the
temporary mirror as its one plex.
Example:
vxassist snapshot
vol_name new_volume
vxassist
snapshot
Splits a mirrored logical volume into
two logical volumes.
lvsplit
The snapback operation returns the
snapshot plex to the original volume
from which it was snapped.
Example:
vxassist snapback new_volume
vxassist
snapback
Reverses and converts the lvsplit
logical volumes to a single logical
volume.
lvmerge
The vxrecover command performs
resynchronize operations for the
volumes, or for volumes residing on
the named disks (medianame or the
VxVM name for the disk).
Example:
vxrecover vol_name
media_name
vxrecover
vxvol start
Synchronizes mirrors that are stale in
one or more logical volumes.
lvsync
59Command differences
LVM and VxVM command equivalents