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V E R I T A S E D U C A T I O N Q U I C K R E F E R E N CE

Basic VxVM Commands

DISK OPERATIONS
Action Command Line VOLUME OPERATIONS
Initialize a disk vxdisksetup -i device Action Command Line
List disks owned by local vxassist -g diskgroup make vol_name size
vxdisk –o alldgs list Create a volume
and remote hosts layout=format diskname
List disk header vxdisk list diskname|device vxedit -g diskgroup -rf rm vol_name
Evacuate a disk vxevac -g diskgroup from_disk to_disk or
Remove a volume
Rename a disk vxedit -g diskgroup rename oldname newname vxassist -g diskgroup remove volume
vol_name
Set spare, no hot relocation, vxedit -g diskgroup set
or reserved space on a disk {spare|nohotuse|reserve}=on|off diskname vxprint -g diskgroup -vt vol_name
Display a volume
Unrelocate a disk vxunreloc -g diskgroup original_diskname vxprint -g diskgroup –l vol_name
vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol round vol_name
DISK GROUP OPERATIONS Change volume read vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol prefer vol_name
Action Command Line policy preferrred_plex_name
Create a disk group vxdg init diskgroup diskname=device vxvol -g diskgroup rdpol select vol_name
Add a disk to disk group vxdg -g diskgroup adddisk diskname=device Mirror an existing plex vxassist -g diskgroup mirror vol_name
Remove a disk from disk vxassist –g diskgroup -b snapstart
vxdg –g diskgroup rmdisk diskname
group vol_name
Create a snapshot
Deport, import or destroy a volume
vxdg {deport|import|destroy} diskgroup vxassist –g diskgroup snapshot vol_name
disk group
new_volume
List disk groups vxdg list [diskgroup]
vxassist -g diskgroup snapabort
Show free/spare space pool vxdg –g diskgroup {free|spare} Abort a snapshot
orig_vol_name
Upgrade disk group version vxdg [-T version] upgrade diskgroup Reassociate a vxassist -g diskgroup snapback
Rewrite disk headers, vxdg flush diskgroup targetdg object... snapshot snapshot_vol
configuration copies, and vxassist -g diskgroup snapclear
or Dissociate a snapshot
kernel log copies in a disk snapshot_vol
group. vxdctl enable (for all disk groups)
Print snapshot
Move an object between vxassist -g diskgroup snapprint vol_name
vxdg move sourcedg targetdg object... information
disk groups
Split objects between disk vxassist -g diskgroup relayout vol_name
vxdg split sourcedg targetdg object... Relayout a volume
groups layout=new_layout [attributes...]
Join disk groups vxdg join sourcedg targetdg Convert to or from a vxassist -g diskgroup convert vol_name
List objects affected by a layered layout layout=new_layout [attributes...]
vxdg listmove sourcedg targetdg object...
disk group move operation
Add a log to a volume vxassist –g diskgroup addlog vol_name
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