Setup Tasks After Installation

The setup sequence listed below is a typical example. Your system requirements may differ.

  Initial Setup Tasks

1. Create disk groups by placing disks under VERITAS Volume Manager control.
2. If you intend to use the Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP) feature, create storage pools within the disk groups.
3. Create volumes in the disk groups.
4. Configure file systems on the volumes.

  Optional Setup Tasks

• Place the root disk under VxVM control and mirror it to create an alternate boot disk.
• Designate hot-relocation spare disks in each disk group.
• Add mirrors to volumes.
• Configure DRL and FastResync on volumes.

  Maintenance Tasks

• Resize volumes and file systems.
• Add more disks, create new disk groups, and create new volumes.
• Create and maintain snapshots.