NAME
vxvmboot — prepare a VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) volume to be root, boot, primary swap or dump volume
SYNOPSIS
/etc/vx/bin/vxvmboot
{-b
|
-r
|
-s
|
-d}
[
-v
]
-o offset
-l length
rawpath
/etc/vx/bin/vxvmboot -v rawpath
DESCRIPTION
The
vxvmboot
command updates information in the
lif(4)
LABEL
file so that the volume at the given offset and of the given length will
become the boot, root, primary swap or dump volume at the next system bootload.
This command is normally invoked via the
vxbootsetup(1M)
utility.
Options
The
-b,
-r,
-s
and
-d
volume type arguments are mutually exclusive.
If more than one of these options are specified on the command line,
vxvmboot
aborts.
- -b
Specify the volume type as a boot volume.
The boot volume is named
standvol.
- -r
Specify the volume type as a root volume.
The root volume is named
rootvol.
- -s
Specify the volume type as a primary swap volume.
The swap volume is named
swapvol.
- -d
Specify the volume type as a dump volume.
The dump volume is named
dumpvol.
If a
dumpvol
volume exists on the given disk, the extent information
from this volume is given.
If no
dumpvol
volume exists, then the extent information of the
swapvol
volume is passed in and the
swapvol
performs dual service as a swap device and a dump device.
- -o offset
Specify the beginning of the volume in 1024-byte blocks
from the beginning of the disk.
- -l length
Specify the volume length in 1024-byte blocks.
- -v
Specify verbose mode.
When given with one of the volume type arguments above,
the LABEL file is first updated
with the given information and then its contents displayed.
When given by itself as in the second usage type above,
the contents of the LABEL file on any
lif(4)
disk are displayed.
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