Volume Agent

Brings online, takes offline, and monitors a VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) volume.

Entry Points

• Online---Starts the volume.
• Offline---Stops the volume.
• Monitor---Determines if the volume is online or offline by reading a block from the raw device interface to the volume.
• Clean---Terminates all ongoing resource actions and takes the resource offline---forcibly when necessary.

State Definitions

• ONLINE---Indicates that the specified volume is started and that I/O is permitted.
• OFFLINE---Indicates that the specified volume is not started---and I/O is not permitted.
• UNKNOWN---Indicates that a problem exists either with the configuration or the ability to determine the status of the resource.

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