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

Table 3-2
LVM and VxVM task comparisons (continued)
ExampleDescriptionTask type
vxrootmir [-v] [-t tasktag]
disk_access_name | disk_media_name
Mirroring the VxVM root disk.VxVM
lvcreate -L vol_size /dev/vol_grpCreate a logical volume in LVM volume group.LVM
vxassist make vol_name length
vxassist make vol_name length
layout=mirror, stripe
vxassist make vol_name length
layout=raid5
Create a volume of one of these layout types:
A concatenated volume
A striped mirror volume
A RAID-5 volume
VxVM
lvdisplay /dev/vol_grp/lvol_nameDisplay information about logical volumes.LVM
vxprint -vt
vxprint -ht vol_name
Display all volume information.
Display information about a specific volume.
VxVM
vgdisplay -v /dev/vol_grpDisplay information about volume groups.LVM
vxdisk list
vxprint -g disk_group
vxdg list
vxdisk list disk_group
Display disk group information.
Display information about a specific disk group.
VxVM
pvdisplay /dev/dsk/disk_nameDisplay information about physical volumes.LVM
vxinfo or vxprintDisplay information about Volume Manager
volumes.
VxVM
lvremove /dev/vol_grp/lvol_nameRemove a logical volume.LVM
vxedit rm vol_nameRemove a volume.VxVM
vgreduce /dev/vol_grp
/dev/dsk/disk_name
Remove disks from a volume group or reduce
the number of disks in the volume group.
LVM
Command differences
Comparison of LVM and VxVM tasks
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