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LVM Logical Volumes

26 May 2014 3 minute read 3474 visits.

The use of logical volumes is similar to the use of partitions and is accomplished with the same standard commands (mkfs, mount, fsck, df, ...)

26 May 2014 2 minute read 2909 visits.

A volume group (vg) is an abstraction layer between block devices and logical volumes. The commands used to manage a volume group start with vg

26 May 2014 3 minute read 2896 visits.

A physical volume (pv) is any block device (a disk, a partition, a RAID device, an iSCSI device, etc.)

7 Feb 2005 1 minute read 3036 visits.

There are two way to change block size to get quickly synchronized disks in mirrored system

17 Jan 2005 1 minute read 2755 visits.

Did you know that it is also possible without a volume manager? You just have to know some special arguments to the mkfs command.

23 Mar 2003 5 minute read 2837 visits.

When in doubt consult enotify 43212 on SunSolve for latest patches

16 Sep 2002 2 minute read 3192 visits.

Veritas Volume Replicator aides in an effective maintain a consistent copy of application data at one or more remote locations via data-replication

12 Jul 2002 4 minute read 2902 visits.

A collection of troubleshooting tps for the Veritas File System (VxFS).

12 Jul 2002 3 minute read 3164 visits.

This article is aimed a providing a list of basic commands for Veritas File System (VxFS).

4 Dec 2019 9 minute read 2089 visits.

This article is aimed at providing a list of basic and advanced command-line examples for Veritas Volume Manager.

19 Jun 2002 10 minute read 3410 visits.

Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) is an implementation of disk management allowing for mirroring and raid to better manage and utilise your storage.

26 Jun 2002 1 minute read 3234 visits.

This post provides an example of how to remove VxVM from a Solaris root disk. The operating system is mirrored between the two devices.

12 Jul 2002 3 minute read 2802 visits.

This article is aimed a providing a list of basic and advanced commands and common information for Veritas Volume Manager

15 Aug 2001 2 minute read 3246 visits.

A rate occurrance where VxVM fails where we cannot import a diskgroup due to the Veritas configuration database become corrupt.

29 May 2001 12 minute read 1317 visits.

This article is designed to walk you through common VxVM problems allowing you to troubleshoot them.