Volume Manager Manual Pages for Storage Foundation

Maintenance Commands (1m)

Name Description

dgcfgbackup

create or update VxVM volume group configuration backup file

dgcfgdaemon

start the VxVM configuration backup daemon

dgcfgrestore

display or restore VxVM disk group configuration from backup file

vgrestore

restore a VxVM disk group back to an LVM volume group

vradmin

administer VERITAS Volume Replicator (VVR) in a distributed environment

vrnotify

display VERITAS Volume Replicator (VVR) events

vrport

VERITAS Volume Replicator port management utility

vrstat

display statistical information for volumes in RVGs and RLINKsand for all hosts in an RDS

vx_emerg_start

start VERITAS Volume Manager from recovery media

vxadm

perform distributed VxVM operations

vxaslkey

decode an ASL key

vxassist

createrelayout, convert, mirror, backup, grow, shrink, delete, and move volumes

vxbootsetup

set up system boot information on a VERITAS Volume Manager disk

vxbrk_rootmir

break off a mirror of a VxVM root disk to create a separate root disk generation

vxcache

administer the cache object for space-optimized snapshots

vxcached

resize cache volumes when required

vxcdsconvert

make disks and disk groups portable between systems

vxchg_rootid

set up VxVM root disk that has been cloned or copied from another operational VxVM root disk

vxclustadm

startstop, and reconfigure a cluster

vxcmdlog

administer command logging

vxconfigbackup

back up disk group configuration

vxconfigbackupd

disk group configuration backup daemon

vxconfigd

VERITAS Volume Manager configuration daemon

vxconfigrestore

restore disk group configuration

vxcp_lvmroot

copy LVM root disk onto new VERITAS Volume Manager root disk

vxdarestore

restore simple or nopriv disk access records

vxdco

perform operations on DCO objects and DCO volumes

vxdctl

control the volume configuration daemon

vxddladm

Device Discovery Layer subsystem administration

vxdestroy_lvmroot

remove LVM root disk and associated LVM volume group

vxdg

manage VERITAS Volume Manager disk groups

vxdisk

define and manage VERITAS Volume Manager disks

vxdiskadd

add one or more disks for use with VERITAS Volume Manager

vxdiskadm

menu-driven VERITAS Volume Manager disk administrator

vxdisksetup

vxdiskunsetupconfigure a disk for use with VERITAS Volume Manager

vxdisksetup

vxdiskunsetupconfigure a disk for use with VERITAS Volume Manager

vxdmpadm

DMP subsystem administration

vxdmpinq

display SCSI inquiry data

vxedit

createremove, and modify VERITAS Volume Manager records

vxevac

evacuate all volumes from a disk

vxibc

perform VERITAS Volume Replicator In-Band Control Messaging operations

vximportdg

import a disk group into the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration

vxinfo

print accessibility and usability of volumes

vxinstall

menu-driven VERITAS Volume Manager initial configuration procedure

vxintro

introduction to the VERITAS Volume Manager utilities

vxiod

startstop, and report on VERITAS Volume Manager kernel daemons

vxlicense

VERITAS licensing key utility

vxmake

create VERITAS Volume Manager configuration records

vxmemstat

display memory statistics for VERITAS Volume Manager

vxmend

mend simple problems in configuration records

vxmirror

mirror volumes on a disk or control default mirroring

vxnotify

display VERITAS Volume Manager configuration events

vxpfto

set Powerfail Timeout (pfto)

vxplex

perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on plexes

vxpool

create and administer storage pools

vxprint

display records from the VERITAS Volume Manager configuration

vxr5check

verify RAID-5 volume parity

vxreattach

reattach disk drives that have once again become accessible

vxrecover

perform volume recovery operations

vxrelayout

convert online storage from one layout to another

vxrelocd

monitor VERITAS Volume Manager for failure events and relocate failed subdisks

vxres_lvmroot

restore LVM root disk from VERITAS Volume Manager root disk

vxresize

change the length of a volume containing a file system

vxrlink

perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on RLINKs

vxrootmir

create a mirror of a VERITAS Volume Manager root disk

vxrvg

perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on RVGs

vxsd

perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on subdisks

vxse

Storage Expert rules

vxlicense

VERITAS licensing key utility

vxsnap

enable DRL on a volumeand create and administer instant snapshots

vxsparecheck

monitor VERITAS Volume Manager for failure events and replace failed disks

vxsplitlines

show disks with conflicting configuration copies in a cluster

vxstat

VERITAS Volume Manager statistics management utility

vxtask

list and administer VERITAS Volume Manager tasks

vxtemplate

install and administer volume templates and template sets

vxtrace

trace operations on volumes

vxtranslog

administer transaction logging

vxtune

adjust VERITAS Volume Replicator and VERITAS Volume Manager tunables

vxunreloc

move a hot-relocated subdisk back to its original disk

vxusertemplate

create and administer user templates

vxvmboot

prepare VERITAS Volume Manager volume as a rootboot, primary swap or dump volume

vxvmconvert

convert LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups

vxvol

perform VERITAS Volume Manager operations on volumes

vxvoladm

create and administer application volumes on allocated storage

vxvoladmtask

administer ISP tasks

vxvset

create and administer volume sets

Publication date: June 2005.