Associating Plexes

A plex becomes a participating plex for a volume by associating the plex with the volume. To associate a plex with an existing volume, use the following command:

# vxplex att volume_name plex_name

For example, to associate a plex named vol01-02 with a volume named vol01, use the following command:

# vxplex att vol01 vol01-02

If the volume has not been created, a plex (or multiple plexes) can be associated with the volume to be created as part of the volume create command. To associate a plex with the volume to be created, use the following command:

# vxmake -U usetype vol volume_name plex=plex_name1, plex_name2...

For example, to create a mirrored, fsgen-type volume named home and associate two existing plexes named home-1 and home-2, use the following command:

# vxmake -hfsgen vol home plex=home-1,home-2 

	NOTE: You can also use the following command on an existing volume to add and associate a plex: vxassist mirror volume_name