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Notes on Volume Manager (Veritas)
Below is a quick reference on Veritas Volume manager and can be used for revision purposes.
When viewing this document the following is assumed:
<device> = Disk device i.e c1t3d0s2
<disk> = Volume manager name i.e disk01
VM daemons
vxconfigd
Maintains system configuration in the kernel & disk (private region). If
the daemon is stopped it does not disable any configuration state
loaded into thekernel. It only affects the ability to make configuration
changes until vxconfigd is restarted.
vxrelocd Monitors for failure events and relocates failed subdisks
VM utilities
vxiod
The vxiod utility starts, stops, or reports on VER ITAS Volume
Manager (VxVM) I/O daemons. An I/O daemon provides a process
context for performing I/O in VxVM.Manage extended disk i/o &
handles dirty regions, logging
vxiod set <number> Set the number of volume i/o daemons.
vxdctl enable
Rebuilds volume and plex device node directories, also this operation
will cause vxconfigd to scan for any disks that were newly added since
vxconfigd was last started.
vxdctl license init
If a license has expired use this command to reread the new licenses
entered
vxinstall
Install volume manger (use /etc/vx/disk to exclude any disks or
controllers)
vxiod Displays #of vxiod daemons that are running.
Disks
Add a disk slice to
volboot
vxdctl add disk <device>type=simple
Add a disk slice vxdisk f <device>type=simple
Add a disk vxdiskadd c1t0d0 or c1 (all disk on controller)
Remove a disk totally
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from VM
vxdisk rm <device>
Remove a disk from a
volume
vxdg rmdisk <diskname>
Remove a disk slice from
VM
vxdctl rm disk <device>
Renaming a disk vxedit rename <old disk name><new disk name>
Off lining disk vxdisk offline <dev name>i.e. c0t3d0s2
Hot spare vxedit g <group>set spare=on <disk>
NoHotUse vxedit g <group>set nohotuse=on <disk>
Encapsulate a disk vxdisk define c0t0d0s0 type=nopriv
Disk Group
Create a disk group vxdg init group <disk>=<device>
Remove a group vxdg destroy <group>
Add a disk to a group vxdg g <group>adddisk <disk>=<device>
Remove a disk from a
group
vxdg g <group>rmdisk <disk>
Import a group vxdg import <group>
Depot a group vxdg deport <group>
List no hot use on disk vxdg g <group>nohotuse <disk>
List spare space on disk vxdg g <group>spare <disk>
Display free space vxdg g <group>free
Volume
Adding mirror to root /etc/vx/bin/vxrootmir <alternate> create rootvol, swap vol,
Create a simple volume vxassist make <volume><size><disk>
Mirror a simple volume vxassist mirror <volume> >disk>
Create a stripped volume vxassist make <volume> <size>layout= stripe
Create mirrored volume
with log
vxassist make <volume> <size>layout=mirror, log nmirror=#nlog=#
Create a raid volume vxassist make <volume> <size>layout=raid5
Remove a volume
vxvol stop <volume>
vxedit rf rm <volume>
Initializing a volume vxvol init state <volume> [plex]state=clean,enable,active
Starting a volume vxstart <volume>
Start a disabled volume vxrecover s <volume>
Disable a volume vxvol stop ot stopall
Maintennce mode vxvol maint <volume>
Not clean vxmend mirror clean <plex>
No kernel state vxplex att <vol_name> <plex>
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Remove a volume
unmount <volume>
vxvol stop <volume>
vxedit rf rm <volume>
Extending a volume size vxresize <volume> <new length>
Shrinking a volume size vxresize <volume> <new length>
Extending log size vxvol set loglen = 2m <volume/log>
Detering volume size vxassit maxsize layout =mirror
Recover a volume Vxmend fix clean <plex>
Plexs
Creating a plex vxmake plex <plex>sd =<sub disk name>
Remove a plex vxplex o rm dis <plex>
Moving a plex vxplex mv <original plex><new plex>
Copying a plex vxplex cp <volume> <new plex>
Attaching a plex vxplex att <volume> <plex>
Detaching a plex vxplex det <plex>
Offlining a plex vxmend off vol01-02
Sub-disks
Creating sub-disk vxmake sd <sub-disk><disk>, offset, len
Removing sub-disk vxedit rm <sub-disk>
Moving sub-disk vxsd mv <old sub-disk><new sub-disk>
Associating with a plex
vxmake plex <plex>sd=<sub-disk>,
i.e vxmake plex home-1 sd= disk02-01, disk02-00, disk02-02
Dissociating vxsd dis <sub-disk>
Splitting vxsd s<size> split sd<new sub><newsub2>
J oining vxsd join <sub-disk1><subdisk2><new subdisk>
Vx info
Display volume info vxprint Aht <vol9>
Display volume properties vxprint vl
Display plex properties vxprint vp
Display sub-disk
properties
vxprint st
Display group properties vxdg list
Display detailed group
info
vxdg list <volume group>
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Display all the physical
disks
vxdisk list
Display detailed disk info vxdisk list <disk>
Check for disk failures vxstat g <group>ff d
Check for plex failures vxstat g <group>ff -p
Check for volume failures vxstat g <group>ff -v
Iostats vxstat [d (disks)]
Tracing vxtrace
Display tasks vxtask list
Replace a disk in A5000
1. run vxdiskadm select option 4 to remove a disk for replacement
2. run option 11 to take disk offline
3. run luxadm remove_device [-f] <array>,<slot> (remember to do this both sides in a cluster)
4. replace disk
5. run luxadm insert_device <array>,<slot> (remember to do this both sides in a cluster)
6. run vxdctl enable
7. run vxdiskadm select option 5 to replace a failed or removed disk
8. run "vxtask list" to make sure volumes have been sync'd if mirrors are involved