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– Drag and drop XVM volume elements to create local and cluster
volume topologies.
– Drag and drop disks to label them or give them away.
– See volume element and filesystem status changes instantly,
reflected in color-coded icons.
– Click buttons to create volume elements quickly.
For information on the XVM Manager GUI, see the XVM Volume
Manager Administrator’s Guide, 007-4003-011.
• XVM snapshot feature
The XVM snapshot feature provides the ability to create virtual
point-in-time images of a filesystem without causing a service
interruption. The snapshot feature requires a minimal amount of
storage because it uses a copy-on-write mechanism that copies only
the data areas that change after the snapshot is created. For
information on the XVM snapshot feature, see the XVM Volume
Manager Administrator’s Guide, 007-4003-011.
Use of the XVM snapshot features requires a FLEXlm license.
• Support for XVM volumes with FailSafe 2.1.3
IRIX 6.5.17 includes support for the use of local XVM volumes as
FailSafe resources. This requires FailSafe version 2.1.3. XVM volumes
used in conjunction with CXFS should not be added as FailSafe
resources. For information on configuring FailSafe resources, see the
IRIS FailSafe Version 2 Administrator’s Guide, 007-3901-006.