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VxVM Software Disks

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When a physical disk is brought under VxVM software control, it is either initialized or encapsulated. Initialized Disks Initialized disks are reformatted with either one or two partitions, and all data is destroyed. The partitions are used to store… more »

Solaris: Preparing Hard Disks and Partitioning Disks

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prtvtoc Utility prtvtoc prints the content of the VTOC (volume table of contents). It displays the start/stopcylinder, the size of the partition and the mounted directory. Execute prtvtoc as follows:1. Log on as user root.2. Enter: /usr/sbin/prtvtoc… more »

Compaq Tru64 UNIX: Preparing Hard Disks and partitioning

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disklabel Command The command disklabel displays the start/stop cylinder, the size of the partition, the labeland the disk type of a disk device.As user root, enter the command:disklabel -r /dev/<rawdisk device>disklabel -r /dev/rrz3c Compaq Tr… more »

Veritas / AIX : Logical Volume Manager

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Tasks AIX Logical Volume Manager Veritas Volume Manager Create a Volume Group mkvg vxdg init Create a Logical Volume mklv vxassist make… more »