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Manual: Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide   

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Manual pages are organized into three sections:

Section 1M --- Administrative Commands

Manual pages in section 1M describe commands that are used to administer VERITAS Volume Manager.

Section 1M Manual Pages

Name Description

dgcfgbackup

Create or update VxVM volume group configuration backup file.

dgcfgdaemon

Start the VxVM configuration backup daemon.

dgcfgrestore

Display or restore VxVM disk group configuration from backup.

vgrestore

Restore a VxVM disk group back to an LVM volume group.

vx_emerg_start

Start VERITAS Volume Manager from recovery media.

vxassist

Create, relayout, convert, mirror, backup, grow, shrink, delete, and move volumes.

vxbootsetup

Set up system boot information on a VERITAS Volume Manager disk.

vxbrk_rootmir

Break off a mirror of a VxVM root disk to create a separate root disk generation.

vxcache

Administer the cache object for space-optimized snapshots.

vxcached

Resize cache volumes when required.

vxcdsconvert

Make disks and disk groups portable between systems.

vxchg_rootid

Set up VxVM root disk that has been cloned or copied from another operational VxVM root disk.

vxclustadm

Start, stop, and reconfigure a cluster.

vxcmdlog

Administer command logging.

vxconfigbackup

Back up disk group configuration.

vxconfigbackupd

Disk group configuration backup daemon.

vxconfigd

VERITAS Volume Manager configuration daemon

vxconfigrestore

Restore disk group configuration.

vxcp_lvmroot

Copy LVM root disk onto new VERITAS Volume Manager root disk.

vxdarestore

Restore simple or nopriv disk access records.

vxdco

Perform operations on version 0 DCO objects and DCO volumes.

vxdctl

Control the volume configuration daemon.

vxddladm

Device Discovery Layer subsystem administration.

vxdestroy_lvmroot

Remove LVM root disk and associated LVM volume group.

vxdg

Manage VERITAS Volume Manager disk groups.

vxdisk

Define and manage VERITAS Volume Manager disks.

vxdiskadd

Add one or more disks for use with VERITAS Volume Manager.

vxdiskadm

Menu-driven VERITAS Volume Manager disk administration.

vxdisksetup

Configure a disk for use with VERITAS Volume Manager.

vxdiskunsetup

Deconfigure a disk from use with VERITAS Volume Manager.

vxdmpadm

DMP subsystem administration.

vxdmpinq

Display SCSI inquiry data.

vxedit

Create, remove, and modify VERITAS Volume Manager records.

vxevac

Evacuate all volumes from a disk.

vximportdg

Import a disk group into the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration.

vxinfo

Print accessibility and usability of volumes.

vxinstall

Menu-driven VERITAS Volume Manager initial configuration.

vxintro

Introduction to the VERITAS Volume Manager utilities.

vxiod

Start, stop, and report on VERITAS Volume Manager kernel daemons.

vxmake

Create VERITAS Volume Manager configuration records.

vxmemstat

Display memory statistics for VERITAS Volume Manager.

vxmend

Mend simple problems in configuration records.

vxmirror

Mirror volumes on a disk or control default mirroring.

vxnotify

Display VERITAS Volume Manager configuration events.

vxpfto

Set Powerfail Timeout (pfto).

vxplex

Perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on plexes.

vxpool

Create and administer ISP storage pools.

vxprint

Display records from the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration.

vxr5check

Verify RAID-5 volume parity.

vxreattach

Reattach disk drives that have become accessible again.

vxrecover

Perform volume recovery operations.

vxrelayout

Convert online storage from one layout to another.

vxrelocd

Monitor VERITAS Volume Manager for failure events and relocate failed subdisks.

vxres_lvmroot

Restore LVM root disk from VERITAS Volume Manager root disk.

vxresize

Change the length of a volume containing a file system.

vxrootmir

Create a mirror of a VERITAS Volume Manager root disk.

vxsd

Perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on subdisks.

vxse

Storage Expert rules.

vxsnap

Enable DRL on a volume, and create and administer instant snapshots.

vxsplitlines

Show disks with conflicting configuration copies in a cluster.

vxstat

VERITAS Volume Manager statistics management utility.

vxtask

List and administer VERITAS Volume Manager tasks.

vxtemplate

Install and administer ISP volume templates and template sets.

vxtrace

Trace operations on volumes.

vxtranslog

Administer transaction logging.

vxtune

Adjust VERITAS Volume Replicator and VERITAS Volume Manager tunables.

vxunreloc

Move a hot-relocated subdisk back to its original disk.

vxusertemplate

Create and administer ISP user templates.

vxvmboot

Prepare VERITAS Volume Manager volume as a root, boot, primary swap or dump volume.

vxvmconvert

Convert LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups.

vxvol

Perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on volumes.

vxvoladm

Create and administer ISP application volumes on allocated storage.

vxvoladmtask

Administer ISP tasks.

vxvset

Create and administer volume sets.

Section 4 --- File Formats

Manual pages in section 4 describe the format of files that are used by VERITAS Volume Manager.

Section 4 Manual Pages

Name Description

vol_pattern

Disk group search specifications.

vxmake

vxmake description file.

Section 7 --- Device Driver Interfaces

Manual pages in section 7 describe the interfaces to VERITAS Volume Manager devices.

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