Preface

The VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator's Guide provides information on how to use VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) from the command line.

This guide is intended for system administrators responsible for installing, configuring, and maintaining systems under the control of VERITAS Volume Manager.

The purpose of this guide is to provide the system administrator with a thorough knowledge of the procedures and concepts involved with volume management and system administration using VERITAS Volume Manager. This guide includes guidelines on how to take advantage of various advanced VxVM features, and instructions on how to use VxVM commands to create and manipulate objects in VERITAS Volume Manager.

This guide assumes that you have a:

• Working knowledge of the HP-UX operating system (OS).
• Basic understanding of HP-UX system administration .
• Basic understanding of storage management.

Details on how to use the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) can be found in the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Getting Started manual and VEA online help. Detailed descriptions of the VxVM commands and utilities, their options, and details on their use are located in the VxVM manual pages. Also see Commands Summary for a listing of the commonly used commands in VxVM together with references to their descriptions.