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VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Administrator's Guide: for HP-UX 11i and HP-UX 11i Version 1.5

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A

adding
a disk, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Adding a Disk to Volume Manager
a disk to a disk group, Adding a Disk to a Disk Group, Disk Groups
a DRL log, Adding a DRL Log
a mirror to a volume, Mirroring a Volume
a RAID-5 log, Adding a RAID-5 Log
adding disks, Initializing Disks
format, Formatting the Disk Media
associating log subdisks, Associating Log Subdisks
vxsd, Associating Log Subdisks
associating mirrors
vxmake, Associating Plexes
associating plexes
vxmake, Associating Plexes
associating subdisks
vxmake, Associating Subdisks
vxsd, Associating Subdisks

C

changing volume attributes, Changing RAID-5 Volume Attributes
checkpoint, Parity Recovery
cli
disk device names, Introduction
cluster
disks, Disks in VxVM Clusters
shared objects, Shared Volume Manager Objects
terminology, Cluster Terminology
cluster environment, Introduction
cluster functionality, Introduction, Cluster Functionality Overview
cluster protocol range, vxdctl Utility
cluster protocol version, vxdctl Utility
cluster reconfiguration, Cluster Reconfiguration
cluster-shareable disk group, Shared Volume Manager Objects
columns, in striping, Striping (RAID-0)
command-line utilities, Disk Utilities
concatenated volume
creating, Creating a Concatenated Volume
concatenation, Concatenation
concepts, Volume Manager Conceptual Overview
configuration guidelines, Introduction
conversion
storage layout, Online Relayout
copying mirrors
vxplex, Copying Plexes
creating
a concatenated volume, Creating a Concatenated Volume
a RAID-5 volume, Creating a RAID-5 Volume
a spanned volume, Creating a Concatenated Volume
a striped volume, Creating a Striped Volume
a volume, vxassist Command, Advantages of the vxassist Command, How the vxassist Command Works, Defaults File, Creating a Volume
a volume on a VM disk, Creating a Concatenated Volume on a Specific Disk
creating mirrors
vxmake, Creating Plexes
creating RAID-5 volumes, vxmake Commandand RAID-5 Volumes
creating subdisks, Creating Subdisks
vxmake, Creating Subdisks
creating volumes, vxmake Commandand RAID-5 Volumes
manually, Volume Administration Tasks
vxassist, Volume Administration Tasks

D

daemons, Volume Manager Daemons
configuration, vxdctl Daemon
hot-relocation, How Hot-Relocation Works
Volume Manager, Volume Manager Daemons
vxrelocd, Modifying the vxrelocd Command, vxrelocd Command, Modifying the vxrelocd Process
data
preserving, Protecting Your System
redundancy, Mirroring (RAID-1)
data assignment, Data Assignment
defaults file
vxassist, Defaults File
degraded mode, Disk Failures
deporting
a disk group, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Deporting a Disk Group
disk groups, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
description file, vxmake Command
Dirty Region Logging, Dirty Region Logging, Adding a DRL Log
guidelines, Dirty Region Logging (DRL) Guidelines
log subdisks, Associating Log Subdisks
disabling
a disk, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Disabling a Disk
a disk group, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Deporting a Disk Group
disk failures, Disk Failures
and recovery, Introduction
disk group utilities, Disk Utilities, Disk Group Utilities
disk groups, Disk Groups, Disk Groups
adding a disk, Disk Groups
creating, Creating a Disk Group
default, Creating a Disk Group
deporting, Deporting a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
disabling, Deporting a Disk Group
displaying information, Displaying Disk Group Information
enabling, vxdiskadm Menu Description
importing, Importing a Disk Group, Moving a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
initializing, Creating a Disk Group
moving, Moving a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
moving between systems, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
removing, Removing a Disk Group
renaming, Renaming a Disk Group
using, Using Disk Groups
disk information, displaying, Displaying Disk Information with the vxdiskadm Program
disk media name, Volume Manager Disks, Disk Devices
disk names, Disk Groups
disk utilities, Disk Utilities, Disk Group Utilities
disks, Disk Devices
adding, Initializing Disks
detached, Detecting Failed Disks, Detecting Failed Disks
disabling, Disabling a Disk
displaying information, Displaying Disk Information with the vxdiskadm Program
enabling, Enabling a Physical Disk
failure, Detecting and Replacing Failed Disks, Disk Failures
and hot-relocation, Hot-Relocation
and recovery, Introduction
hot-relocation spares, Displaying Spare Disk Information
in a cluster, Disks in VxVM Clusters
initialization, Initializing Disks
mirroring volumes on, Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk, Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk
moving, Moving Disks
moving volumes from, Moving Volumes from a VM Disk, Moving Volumes from a VM Disk
physical
adding, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Adding a Disk to Volume Manager
adding to disk group, Adding a Disk to a Disk Group
bringing under VxVM control, Adding a Disk to Volume Manager
disabling, vxdiskadm Menu Description
displaying information, Displaying Disk Information
enabling, vxdiskadm Menu Description
moving volumes from, vxdiskadm Menu Description
removing, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Removing Disks
replacing, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Replacing a Disk
reserving, Reserving Disks
reattaching, Reattaching Disks
reinitializing, Reinitializing a Disk
removing, Removing Disks
replacing, Replacing Disks
VM
creating a volume on, Creating a Concatenated Volume on a Specific Disk
VM disks, Volume Manager Disks
displaying
disk group information, Displaying Disk Group Information
disk information, Displaying Disk Information, Displaying Disk Information with the vxdiskadm Program
free disk space, Displaying Free Space in a Disk Group
multipath information, References, Displaying Multipaths Under a VM Disk
volume configuration, Displaying Volume Configuration Information
displaying subdisks
vxprint, Displaying Subdisk Information
dissociating mirrors
vxplex, Removing a Mirror, Dissociating and Removing Plexes
DMP
dynamic multipathing, Dynamic Multipathing (DMP)
load balancing, Load Balancing
path failover mechanism, Path Failover Mechanism
DMP configuration, vxdctl Daemon
DRL, Adding a DRL Log
dynamic multipathing
DMP, Dynamic Multipathing (DMP)

G

getting performance data, Getting Performance Data
graphical user interface, User Interface Overview, Disk Utilities
guidelines
Dirty Region Logging, Dirty Region Logging (DRL) Guidelines
mirroring, Mirroring Guidelines
mirroring and striping, Mirroring and Striping Guidelines
RAID-5, RAID-5 Guidelines

J

joining subdisks
vxsd, Joining Subdisks

P

parity, RAID-5, Volume Manager and RAID-5, Parity Recovery
parity recovery, Parity Recovery
partitions, Partitions
path failover
DMP, Path Failover Mechanism
pathname of a device, Disk Devices
performance, Using RAID-5
guidelines, Performance Guidelines:
management, Introduction
monitoring, Performance Monitoring
optimizing, Performance Guidelines:
priorities, Performance Priorities
performance data, Getting Performance Data
getting, Getting Performance Data
using, Using Performance Data
plex kernel states, Plex Kernel State
DETACHED, Plex Kernel State
DISABLED, Plex Kernel State
ENABLED, Plex Kernel State
plex states, Plex States
ACTIVE, ACTIVE Plex State
CLEAN, CLEAN Plex State
EMPTY, Plex States
IOFAIL, IOFAIL Plex State
OFFLINE, OFFLINE Plex State
STALE, STALE Plex State
TEMP, TEMP Plex State
TEMPRM, TEMPRM Plex State
plex states cycle, The Plex State Cycle
plexes, Plexes, RAID-5 Plexes
and volume, Volumes
as mirrors, Volumes
attach, vxplex Command
attaching, Changing Plex Status: Detaching and Attaching Plexes, Attaching Plexes
changing information, Changing Plex Attributes
copying, Copying Plexes
creating, Creating Plexes
definition, Plexes
detach, vxplex Command
detaching, Changing Plex Status: Detaching and Attaching Plexes
displaying, Displaying Plex Information
listing, Displaying Plex Information
moving, Moving Plexes
offline, Starting a Volume, Stopping a Volume
online, Starting a Volume, Stopping a Volume
striped, Striping (RAID-0)
private disk group, Shared Volume Manager Objects
private region, Disk Devices
public region, Disk Devices
putil, Changing Plex Attributes

R

RAID-0, Striping (RAID-0)
RAID-1, Mirroring (RAID-1)
RAID-5, RAID-5 Volume Layout, RAID-5 Plexes, RAID-5 Logs, vxmake Commandand RAID-5 Volumes, System Failures, Disk Failures, Parity Recovery, Manipulating RAID-5 Logs, Manipulating RAID-5 Subdisks, Starting RAID-5 Volumes, Unstartable RAID-5 Volumes, Forcibly Starting RAID-5 Volumes, Changing RAID-5 Volume Attributes, Using RAID-5
guidelines, RAID-5 Guidelines
recovery, RAID-5 Recovery, Recovery When Starting RAID-5 Volumes
snapshot, Performing Online Backup, Performing Online Backup
subdisk moves, RAID-5 Subdisk Moves
RAID-5 log, Adding a RAID-5 Log
RAID-5 plexes, RAID-5 Volume Layout
RAID-5 volume
creating, Creating a RAID-5 Volume
RAID-5 volumes, Recovery When Starting RAID-5 Volumes
read
policies, Mirroring
reattaching disks, Reattaching Disks
reconfiguration procedures, Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Procedures
recontructing-read, Disk Failures
Recovery
VxVM Boot Disk, VxVM Boot Disk Recovery
recovery, Introduction, Recovery When Starting RAID-5 Volumes
logs, Subdisk Recovery
RAID-5 volumes, RAID-5 Recovery, Recovery When Starting RAID-5 Volumes
volumes, Recovering a Volume
reinitializing disks, Reinitializing a Disk
reinstallation, Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Procedures, Reinstalling the Volume Manager
removing
a disk, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Removing Disks
a DRL, Adding a DRL Log
a physical disk, Removing Disks
a RAID-5 log, Removing a RAID-5 Log
a volume, Removing a Volume
removing disk groups, Removing a Disk Group
vxdg, Removing a Disk Group
removing disks
vxdg, Removing a Disk with No Subdisks
removing mirrors, Removing a Mirror
removing subdisks
vxedit, Removing Subdisks
renaming disk groups, Renaming a Disk Group
replacing a disk, vxdiskadm Menu Description, Replacing a Disk
replacing disks, Replacing Disks
vxdiskadm, Replacing Disks
reserving disks for special purposes, Reserving Disks
resilvering, VxSmartSync Recovery Accelerator
resynchronization
and Oracle databases, VxSmartSync Recovery Accelerator
volume, Volume Resynchronization
rootdg, Disk Groups, Disk Groups
renaming, Renaming a Disk Group

U

unusable volumes, Unstartable RAID-5 Volumes
using disk groups
vxassist, Using Disk Groups
using I/O statistics, Using I/O Statistics
using performance data, Using Performance Data
utility descriptions
vxassist, vxassist Command
vxdctl, vxdctl Daemon
vxedit, vxedit Command
vxmake, vxmake Command
vxmend, vxmend Command
vxplex, vxplex Command
vxprint, vxprint Command
vxsd, vxsd Command
vxstat, vxstat Command
vxvol, vxvol Command

V

VM disks, Volume Manager Disks
definition, Volume Manager Disks
volume kernel states, Volume Kernel State
DETACHED, Volume Kernel State
DISABLED, Volume Kernel State
ENABLED, Volume Kernel State
Volume Manager, Volume Manager User Interfaces, Volume Manager Conceptual Overview, Introduction
and operating system, Volume Manager and the Operating System
daemons, Volume Manager Daemons
layouts, Volume Manager Layouts
objects, Volume Manager Objects
Volume Manager graphical user interface, Disk Utilities
volume reconfiguration, Volume Reconfiguration
volume resynchronization, Volume Resynchronization
volume states, Volume States
ACTIVE, Volume States, RAID-5 Volume States
CLEAN, Volume States, RAID-5 Volume States
EMPTY, Volume States, RAID-5 Volume States
SYNC, Volume States, RAID-5 Volume States
volumes, Volumes
adding a mirror, Mirroring a Volume
and plexes, Volumes
backing up, Preparing a Volume to Restore From Backup
cleanup, Volume Cleanup
concatenated, creating, Creating a Concatenated Volume
creating, vxassist Command, Advantages of the vxassist Command, How the vxassist Command Works, Defaults File, Creating a Volume
concatenated, Creating a Concatenated Volume
definition, Volume Manager Overview, Volumes
displaying configuration, Displaying Volume Configuration Information
increasing size, Resizing a Volume
kernel state, vxvol Command
layout, RAID-5 Volume Layout
managing, vxassist Command, Advantages of the vxassist Command, How the vxassist Command Works, Defaults File
mirroring, Mirroring an Existing Volume
mirroring all existing volumes, Mirroring All Volumes
mirroring on disk, Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk, Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk
moving from disk, Moving Volumes from a VM Disk, Moving Volumes from a VM Disk
operations, vxtrace Command
RAID-5
creating, Creating a RAID-5 Volume
read policy, Changing the Volume Read Policy
recovery, Recovering a Volume
removing, Removing a Volume
removing a RAID-5 log from, Removing a RAID-5 Log
spanned
creating, Creating a Concatenated Volume
starting, Starting a Volume, Stopping a Volume
stopping, Starting a Volume, Stopping a Volume
striped
creating, Creating a Striped Volume
vxassist, Protecting Your System, Performing Online Backup, vxassist Command, Advantages of the vxassist Command, How the vxassist Command Works, Defaults File, Using Disk Groups, Resizing a Volume, Mirroring an Existing Volume, Performing Online Backup, Replacing Disks
backup, Performing Online Backup, Performing Online Backup
creating volumes, Volume Administration Tasks
defaults, vxassist Command Defaults
description of, vxassist Command
growby, Resizing Volumes With the vxassist Command
growto, Resizing Volumes With the vxassist Command
shrinkby, Resizing Volumes With the vxassist Command
shrinkto, Resizing Volumes With the vxassist Command
vxassist addlog, Adding a RAID-5 Log
vxassist growby, Extending by a Given Length
vxassist growto, Extending to a Given Length
vxassist make, Reserving Disks, Creating a Concatenated Volume on Any Disk
vxassist snapshot, Preparing a Volume to Restore From Backup
vxassist snapstart, Preparing a Volume to Restore From Backup
vxclust, vxclustd Daemon
vxconfigd, Volume Manager Daemons, vxdctl Daemon, vxconfigd Daemon
vxdctl, vxdctl Utility
description of, vxdctl Daemon
vxdg, Removing a Disk with No Subdisks, Disk Group Utilities, Moving a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems, vxdg Utility
moving disk groups, Moving a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
removing disk groups, Removing a Disk Group
vxdg free, Displaying Free Space in a Disk Group
vxdg list, Displaying Disk Group Information
vxdisk, Disk Utilities, Removing a Disk with No Subdisks, vxdisk Utility
rm, Removing a Disk with No Subdisks
vxdisk list, Displaying Disk Information
vxdiskadd, Disk Utilities, Volume Manager Disk Installation, Adding a Disk to Volume Manager, Displaying Multipaths Under a VM Disk
vxdiskadm, Disk Utilities, Volume Manager Disk Installation, Removing a Disk with Subdisks, Disk Group Utilities, Replacing Disks
replacing disks, Replacing Disks
starting, Displaying Disk Information with the vxdiskadm Program
vxedit, Removing a Volume, Removing a Mirror, Dissociating and Removing Plexes, Changing Plex Attributes, Removing Subdisks, Changing Subdisk Attributes
description of, vxedit Command
removing subdisks, Removing Subdisks
vxedit rename, Renaming a Disk
vxedit set, Reserving Disks
vxinfo, Replacing Disks
vxiod, Volume Manager Daemons, Volume I/O Daemon vxiod
vxmake, vxmake Command, Mirroring an Existing Volume, Creating Plexes, Associating Plexes, Creating Subdisks, Associating Subdisks, vxmake Commandand RAID-5 Volumes
associating mirrors, Associating Plexes
associating subdisks, Associating Subdisks
creating mirrors, Creating Plexes
creating subdisks, Creating Subdisks
description of, vxmake Command
vxmend, vxmend Command, Starting a Volume, Stopping a Volume, Recovering a Volume, Changing Plex Status: Detaching and Attaching Plexes, Attaching Plexes
vxplex, vxplex Command, Mirroring an Existing Volume, Backing Up Volumes Using Mirroring, Removing a Mirror, Associating Plexes, Changing Plex Status: Detaching and Attaching Plexes, Detaching Plexes, Attaching Plexes, Moving Plexes
copying mirrors, Copying Plexes
description of, vxplex Command
dissociating mirrors, Removing a Mirror, Dissociating and Removing Plexes
moving mirrors, Moving Plexes
vxprint, Displaying Volume Manager Object Listings, Displaying Subdisk Information, vxprint Command, Detecting Failed Disks, Displaying Volume Configuration Information, Displaying Plex Information, Detecting Failed Disks
description of, vxprint Command
displaying subdisks, Displaying Subdisk Information
listing mirrors, Displaying Plex Information
vxreattach, Reattaching Disks
vxrecover, Partial Disk Failure, vxrecover Utility, Partial Disk Failure
moving disk groups, Moving a Disk Group, Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
vxrelocd, How Hot-Relocation Works, Modifying the vxrelocd Command, vxrelocd Command, Modifying the vxrelocd Process
modifying, vxrelocd Command, Modifying the vxrelocd Process
vxsd, vxsd Command, Moving Subdisks, Splitting Subdisks, Associating Subdisks, Dissociating Subdisks
associating log subdisks, Associating Log Subdisks
associating subdisks, Associating Subdisks
description of, vxsd Command
joining subdisks, Joining Subdisks
moving subdisks, Moving Subdisks
splitting subdisks, Splitting Subdisks
VxSmartSync, VxSmartSync Recovery Accelerator
vxstat, vxstat Command, Partial Disk Failure, vxstat Utility, Partial Disk Failure, Getting Performance Data, Obtaining I/O Statistics (vxstat Command), Using I/O Statistics
description of, vxstat Command
vxtrace, vxtrace Command, Getting Performance Data, Tracing I/O (vxtrace Command)
VxVM, Volume Manager User Interfaces, Introduction
vxvol, vxvol Command, Resizing a Volume, Resizing Volumes with the vxvol Command, Detaching Plexes, Replacing Disks
description of, vxvol Command

W

writes
full-stripe, Full-Stripe Writes
read-modify, Read-Modify-Write
reconstruct, Reconstruct-Writes
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