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VxVM System Administrator's Guide

Audience
Scope
Organization
Using This Guide
Related Documents
Conventions

Description of the Volume Manager

Introduction
Volume Manager Overview
How the Volume Manager Works
Physical Objects
Volume Manager Objects
Relationships Between VxVM Objects
Volume Manager RAID Implementations
Hot-Relocation
Volume Resynchronization
Dirty Region Logging
Volume Manager Rootability
Volume Manager Daemons
Volume Manager Interfaces
Disk Array Overview
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)

VxVM Performance Monitoring

Introduction
Performance Guidelines
Data Assignment
Striping
Mirroring
Mirroring and Striping
Using RAID-5
Hot-Relocation
Performance Monitoring
Performance Priorities
Using Performance Data
Tuning the Volume Manager
General Tuning Guidelines
Tunables
Tuning for Large Systems

Disk and Disk Group Administration

Introduction
Standard Disk Devices
Disk Groups
Disk and Disk Group Utilities
Using Disks
Initializing and Adding Disks
Formatting the Disk Media
VxVM Disk Installation
Removing Disks
Moving Disks
Detecting and Replacing Failed Disks
Hot-Relocation
Detecting Failed Disks
Replacing Disks
Moving Relocated Subdisks
Working with Disk Groups
Creating a Disk Group
Using Disk Groups
Removing a Disk Group
Moving Disk Groups Between Systems
Using Special Devices
Using vxdisk for Special Encapsulations
Using vxdisk for RAM Disks

Volume Administration

Introduction
VxVM Operations
VxVM Utility Descriptions
Using vxassist
Manipulating the Volume Configuration Daemon With vxdctl
Removing and Modifying Entities With vxedit
Creating VxVM Objects With vxmake
Correcting Plex Problems With vxmend
Performing Plex Operations With vxplex
Printing Configuration Information With vxprint
Performing Subdisk Operations With vxsd
Printing Volume Statistics With vxstat
Tracing Volume Operations With vxtrace
Performing Volume Operations With vxvol
Subdisk Operations
Creating Subdisks
Removing Subdisks
Displaying Subdisk Information
Associating Subdisks
Dissociating Subdisks
Changing Subdisk Information
Moving Subdisks
Splitting Subdisks
Joining Subdisks
Plex Operations
Creating Plexes
Backup Using Mirroring
Associating Plexes
Dissociating and Removing Plexes
Displaying Plex Information
Changing Plex Attributes
Changing Plex Status: Detaching and Attaching Plexes
Moving Plexes
Copying Plexes
Volume Operations
Creating Volumes
Initializing Volumes
Estimating Maximum Volume Size
Removing Volumes
Displaying Volume Information
Changing Volume Attributes
Resizing Volumes
Starting and Stopping Volumes
Mirroring Existing Volumes
Volume Recovery
RAID-5 Volume Operations
RAID-5 Volume Layout
Creating RAID-5 Volumes
Initializing RAID-5 Volumes
Failures and RAID-5 Volumes
RAID-5 Recovery
Miscellaneous RAID-5 Operations
Performing Online Backup

Volume Manager Error Messages

Introduction
Logging Error Messages
Volume Manager Configuration Daemon Error Messages
vxconfigd Usage Messages
vxconfigd Error Messages
vxconfigd Warning Messages
Kernel Error Messages
Kernel Notice Messages
Kernel Warning Messages
Kernel Panic Messages

Introduction
Protecting Your System
The UNIX Boot Process
Disk Controller Specifics
The VxVM Boot Floppy
Configuring the System
Booting After Failures
Failures and Recovery Procedures
Hot-Relocation and Boot Disk Failures
Re-Adding and Replacing Boot Disks
Reattaching Disks
Reinstallation Recovery
General Reinstallation Information
Reinstallation and Reconfiguration Procedures
Plex and Volume States
Plex States
The Plex State Cycle
Plex Kernel State
Volume States
Volume Kernel State

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