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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 »

Veritas VxVM Drivers and Daemons

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The VxVM software storage management subsystem is implemented by the drivers and daemons described below. Kernel Drivers VxVM software storage management drivers include the following: vxio – The vxio driver manages access to VxVM software virtual… more »

How to configure disk to use for veritas volume manager (VxVM)

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Detect new disk -> dfsadm, cfgadm -c configure control_number Labeling disk -> format, choose disk number, label Configure disks # vxdisksetup -i disk_name or using vxdiskadm -> choose 1. Add or initialize one or more disks Make disk… more »

Veritas: Replacing a bad drive

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1. remove disk from veritas control if it belongs to a disk group; if it doesn’t belong to a disk group proceed to step 2 a. # vxdiskadm b. select option 4 to “remove a disk for replacement” c. enter the veritas disk name to remove d. choose the di… more »

Recovery with veritas, booting up outside vxvm

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1. Boot from the network or from the CD-ROM. 2. Run fsck, then mount slice 0 from the primary boot disk onto /mnt 3. Restore the file(s) that need to be restored from your backup tape. 4. Use a vfstab that mounts underlying partitions directly… more »