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Overview of VERITAS product documentation on UnixWare 7 systems

Topics that do not apply to the VxVM basic and Mirroring products

In general, the information in the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) User's Guide and the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) System Administrator's Guide applies to the VxVM ``basic'' product and to the Mirroring product, with some exceptions.

The exceptions are listed in the following tables. All the listed topics do not apply to the Volume Manager ``basic'' product. In addition, the tables list which topics do not apply to the Mirroring product.

For example, in the ``Volume Manager (VxVM) User's Guide'' table, the topic ``Creating a File System on a Mirrored Volume,'' does not apply to the VxVM ``basic'' product, but does apply to the Mirroring product.

Chapters and topics that are not listed in the tables are applicable for all products, or are general, descriptive information.

Volume Manager (VxVM) System Administrator's Guide


Topics
(none of these apply to the basic VxVM product)

Applies to
Mirroring product?
Chapter 4 - Disk Operations  
4.3.3 Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool No
4.3.4 Removing a VM Disk from the Hot-Relocation Pool No
Chapter 5 - File System Operations  
5.3.2 Creating a File System on a Striped Volume No
5.3.3 Creating a File System on a RAID-5 Volume No
5.3.4 Creating a File System on a Mirrored Volume Yes
5.12.2.2 Striped Volume/FS Create Form No
5.12.2.3 RAID-5 Volume/FS Create Form No
Chapter 6 - Volume Operations  
6.2.2 Creating a Striped Volume No
6.2.3 Creating a RAID-5 Volume No
6.2.4 Creating a Mirrored Volume Yes
6.2.5 Creating a Striped and Mirrored Volume No
6.4 Adding a Mirror to a Volume Yes
6.5 Adding a Log No
6.6 Removing a Mirror or a Log Yes
6.8 Preparing a Volume for Online Backup No
6.11.2.2 Striped Volume/FS Create Form No
6.11.2.3 RAID-5 Volume/FS Create Form No
6.11.2.5 Snapshot Form No
Chapter 7 - Plex Operations  
7.5 Detaching a Plex No
7.6 Attaching a Plex No
Chapter 8 - Subdisk Operations  
8.4.1 Log Subdisks No
Chapter 10 - Disk CLI Operations  
10.3.2 Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool No
10.3.3 Removing a VM Disk From the Hot-Relocation Pool No
10.4 Mirroring the Boot Disk Yes
Chapter 12 - Volume CLI Operations  
12.2.2 Creating a Striped Volume No
12.2.3 Creating a RAID-5 Volume No
12.3 Removing a Volume No
12.4 Mirroring a Volume Yes
12.5 Adding a RAID-5 Log No
12.6 Adding a DRL Log No
12.7 Removing a Mirror No
12.8 Removing a Raid-5 Log No
12.9 Extending a Volume No
12.10 Shrinking a Volume No
12.11 Preparing a Volume for Online Backup No
Chapter 13 - Menu Interface Operations  
13.3.4 Adding a VM Disk to the Hot-Relocation Pool No
13.3.5 Removing a VM Disk From the Hot-Relocation Pool No
13.4.1 Mirroring Volumes on a VM Disk Yes
13.4.2 Moving Volumes from a VM Disk No

Volume Manager (VxVM) User's Guide


Topics
(none of these apply to the basic VxVM product)

Applies to
Mirroring product?
Chapter 2 - Performance Monitoring No
2.2 Performance Guidelines No
2.2.1 Data Assignment No
2.2.2 Striping No
2.2.3 Mirroring Yes
2.2.4 Mirroring and Striping No
2.2.5 Using RAID-5 No
2.2.6 Hot-Relocation No
2.3.1 Performance Priorities No
2.3.3 Using Performance Data No
2.4.2.8 voldrl_min_regionsz No
2.4.2.9 voldrl_max_drtregs No
Chapter 3 - Disk and Disk Group Administration  
3.6 Detecting and Replacing Failed Disks No
Chapter 4 - Volume Administration  
4.4.4.1 Associating Log Subdisks No
4.5.1 Creating Plexes Yes
4.5.2 Backup Using Mirroring Yes
4.5.4 Dissociating and Removing Plexes Yes
4.5.8 Moving Plexes No
4.5.9 Copying Plexes No
4.6.7.3 Changing Volume Read Policy Yes
4.6.9 Mirroring Existing Volumes Yes
4.7 RAID-5 Volume Operations No
4.8 Performing Online Backup No
Appendix A - Volume Manager Error Messages  
A.3.2.37 System boot disk does not have a valid root plex No
A.3.4.2 Detached log for volume No
A.3.4.7 Volume entering degraded mode Yes
A.4.1.3 Read error on object of mirror in volume corrected Yes
A.4.2.4 Read error on mirror of volume Yes
A.4.2.5 Write error on mirror of volume offset length Yes
A.4.2.7 Overlapping mirror detached from volume No
A.4.2.10 Detaching RAID-5 volume No
A.4.2.11 Object detached from RAID-5 volume No
A.4.2.12 RAID-5 volume entering degraded mode operation No
A.4.2.13 Double failure condition detected on RAID-5 volume No
A.4.2.14 Failure in RAID-5 logging operation No
Appendix B - Recovery No


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