VxVM User's Guide

Preface

Audience

Scope

Organization

Part 1: Introduction

Part 2: Using the Visual Administrator

Part 3: Using the Command Line Interface

Part 4: Using the Menu Interface

Part 5: Appendices

Glossary

Using This Guide

Related Documents

Conventions

Description of the Volume Manager

Introduction

Volume Manager Overview

How the Volume Manager Works

Physical Objects

Volume Manager Objects

Relationships Between VxVM Objects

Volume Manager RAID Implementations

Hot-Relocation

Volume Resynchronization

Dirty Region Logging

Volume Manager Rootability

Volume Manager Daemons

Volume Manager Interfaces

Disk Array Overview

Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)

Description of the Visual Administrator

Introduction

Purpose of The Visual Administrator

Visual Administrator Icons

Busy Icons

Using the Mouse With the Visual Administrator

Views

Types of Views

Menus

Forms

Fields

Buttons

Error Messages

Warning Boxes

Help

Using Help

Color and Bitmap Patterns

Styles of Operation

Select-Operate

Drag and Drop

Basic Versus Advanced Operations

Quick Reference to Views Menus and Forms

Views Menus

Views Forms

Getting Started

Introduction

Initializing the Visual Administrator

Demo Mode

Command Line Startup

The Visual Administrator Main Window

Manipulating Icons

Selecting Icons

De-selecting Icons

Dragging and Dropping Icons

Using the Icon Menu

Performing Basic Operations

Performing Advanced Operations

Checking Free Space

Displaying Properties of an Object

Renaming Objects

Invoking Projection on Objects

Displaying Activity Levels on Objects

Analysis Table

Changing Options

Show Command

When Commands are Ready

Logging

Popup the Command Window

Format of Size

Displaying Past and Present Commands

Command Info Sections

Using the Command Info Window

Quitting the Visual Administrator

Quick Reference to Visual Administrator Menus and Forms

Icon Menus

Projection Menus

Analysis Menus

Analysis Parameters Form

Analysis Statistics Form

Options Menus

Options Log File Form

Execute Menus

File Menus

Disk Operations

Introduction

Disk Naming

Accessing Disk Operations

Physical Disk Operations

Identifying a Physical Disk to the Volume Manager

Adding a Disk to a Disk Group

Replacing a Disk

Moving Data from a Failed Physical Disk to a Different Physical Disk

Displaying Properties for a Physical Disk

VM Disk Operations

Determining Amount of Free Space on VM Disks

Removing a VM Disk From a Disk Group

Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool

Removing a VM Disk from the Hot-Relocation Pool

Displaying and Altering Properties for a VM Disk

Disk Group Operations

Initializing a Disk Group

Deporting a Disk Group

Importing a Disk Group

Quick Reference to Disk Menus and Forms

Disk Menus

Disk Forms

Properties Forms

Quick Reference to Disk Group Menus and Forms

Disk Group Menus

Disk Group Forms

File System Operations

Introduction

File Systems and the Visual Administrator

File System Type Restrictions

VxFS Mount Options

Creating a File System on a New Volume

Creating a File System on a Simple Volume

Creating a File System on a Striped Volume

Creating a File System on a RAID-5 Volume

Creating a File System on a Mirrored Volume

Creating a File System on an Existing Volume

Mounting a File System

Unmounting a File System

Checking a File System for Consistency

Resizing a File System

Defragmenting a File System

Preparing a File System for Online Backup

Creating a Snapshot

Removing a Snapshot

Displaying File System Properties

Quick Reference to File System Operations Menus and Forms

File System Menus

File System Forms

Volume Operations

Introduction

Creating a Volume

Creating a Simple Volume

Creating a Striped Volume

Creating a RAID-5 Volume

Creating a Mirrored Volume

Creating a Striped and Mirrored Volume

Removing a Volume

Adding a Mirror to a Volume

Adding a Mirror to a Root Volume

Adding a Log

Removing a Mirror or Log

Resizing a Volume

Preparing a Volume for Online Backup

Creating a Snapshot

Removing a Snapshot

Starting and Stopping Volumes

Starting Volumes

Stopping Volumes

Displaying and Altering Properties

Quick Reference to Volume Operations Menus and Forms

Volume Menus

Volume Forms

Plex Operations

Introduction

Creating a Plex

Associating a Plex

Dissociating a Plex

Detaching a Plex

Attaching a Plex

Removing a Plex

Displaying and Altering Properties

Quick Reference for Plex Operations Menus and Forms

Plex Menus

Plex Forms

Subdisk Operations

Introduction

Showing Free Subdisks

Creating a Subdisk

Associating a Subdisk

Log Subdisks

Dissociating a Subdisk

Evacuating Subdisks

Removing a Subdisk

Splitting, Moving, and Joining Subdisks

Displaying and Altering Properties

Quick Reference to Subdisk Operations Menus and Forms

Subdisk Menus

Subdisk Forms

Command Line Interface Introduction

Introduction

Disk Naming

Displaying Configuration Information

Displaying Disk Listings

Displaying VxVM Object Listings

Displaying Free Space in a Disk Group

Creating Volumes

General Use of the vxassist Utility

Disk CLI Operations

Introduction

Physical Disk Operations

Bringing a Physical Disk Under Volume Manager Control

Reserving Physical Disks

Adding a Physical Disk to a Disk Group

Taking a Physical Disk Offline

Removing a Physical Disk

VM Disk Operations

Displaying Disk Information

Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool

Removing a VM Disk From the Hot-Relocation Pool

Renaming a VM Disk

Mirroring the Boot Disk

Disk Group Operations

Initializing a New Disk Group

Moving Disk Groups

Renaming Disk Groups

Displaying Disk Group Information

File System CLI Operations

Introduction

Creating a File System on a Volume

Mounting a File System

Unmounting a File System

Resizing a File System

Extending a File System

Shrinking a File System

Displaying Mounted File Systems

Volume CLI Operations

Introduction

Creating a Volume

Creating a Concatenated Volume

Creating a Striped Volume

Creating a RAID-5 Volume

Removing a Volume

Mirroring a Volume

Mirroring a New Volume

Mirroring an Existing Volume

Mirroring All Volumes

Adding a RAID-5 Log

Adding and Removing a DRL Log

Removing a Mirror

Removing a RAID-5 Log

Extending a Volume

Extending to a Given Length

Extending by a Given Length

Shrinking a Volume

Shrinking to a Given Length

Shrinking by a Given Length

Preparing a Volume for Online Backup

Displaying Volume Configuration Information

Menu Interface Operations

Introduction

Starting vxdiskadm

The vxdiskadm Main Menu

Disk Operations

Bringing Physical Disks Under Volume Manager Control

Adding a Disk for Future Use

Reinitializing a Disk for VxVM Use

Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool

Removing a VM Disk From the Hot-Relocation Pool

Displaying Information on Physical Disks

Removing a Physical Disk

Disabling a Physical Disk (Taking a Physical Disk Offline)

Enabling a Physical Disk

Replacing a Physical Disk

Replacing a Failed or Removed Disk

Volume Operations

Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk

Moving Volumes from a VM Disk

Disk Group Operations

Adding a Disk to a Disk Group

Creating a Disk Group

Deporting a Disk Group

Importing a Disk Group

Exiting the Volume Manager Support Operations

Glossary

Index