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Solaris Raid Level and Array Type Primer

Updated   Read time 6 min(s) 37 sec(s)   (649 visits).

A simple article highligting the raid levels and arry types available for the Solaris operating system

Troubleshooting SEVM/VxVM 3.x

Updated   Read time 12 min(s) 16 sec(s)   (1036 visits).

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

VxVM command line cheat sheet (part 2)

Updated   Read time 9 min(s) 6 sec(s)   (1637 visits).

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

VxVM 5.1 exit codes

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The majority of the VxVM utilities use a common set of exit codes, which allow programs to react to specific problems detected by the utilities.

Basic VERITAS Volume Replicator Commands

Updated   Read time 2 min(s) 16 sec(s)   (2769 visits).

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

Network ports used by Veritas Storage Foundation

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If you have configured a firewall, ensure that the firewall settings allow access to the services and ports used by SF and SF-HA

Backup and Recover VxVM Disk Configuration

Published   Read time 3 min(s) 43 sec(s)   (3114 visits).

How to backup Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) configuration for a disk group and use the backup to recover the disk group configuration

Sun Storage T3 DMP Failover FAQ

Published   Read time 6 min(s) 53 sec(s)   (2368 visits).

This FAQ should answer some of the basic questions on how failovers work on the StorEdge T3 array

Moving a SPARCstorage Array between servers

Published   Read time 1 min 25 sec(s)   (3045 visits).

Here are the steps necessary to ensure successful switch-over of a Sun Storage Array (SSA) between two Sun systems.

Growing a UFS filesystem on Solaris

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

Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) cheat sheet

Updated   Read time 3 min(s) 54 sec(s)   (2404 visits).

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

Setting VxVM permissions on volumes

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Witihout using vxedit to change permissions VxVM device files go back to the defaults each time vxconfigd is enabled or the system rebooted.

Veritas Volume Manager state flowchart

Updated   Read time 1 min 44 sec(s)   (3480 visits).

This diagram is derived from the Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) Performance and Tuning course notes. Additional state paths have been added.

Cannot import diskgroup - No Configuration Copies

Published   Read time 2 min(s) 58 sec(s)   (2955 visits).

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

Removing VxVM from a Solaris root disk

Updated   Read time 1 min 51 sec(s)   (2934 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.

Renaming Sun Cluster node names

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Sometime hostname need to be changed especially when your customer want to make some list of server more orderly and correctly identify your machine

Basic VxVM Commands

Published   Read time 10 min(s) 15 sec(s)   (2991 visits).

This post provides a list of basic Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) commands

Veritas Volume Manager

Published   Read time 10 min(s) 41 sec(s)   (3089 visits).

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