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vxassist command syntax :
Commonly used options are given below (See man vxassist for complete list of supported options)
Keywords used are make , mirror , move , growto ,growby ,shrintto ,shirnkby ,snapstart , snapshot ,snapwait
Attributes specify volumes layout disks controllar to include exclude etc
Extending a volume up to certain length
Command syntax :
To extend vol3 up to 8000 sectors, type:
Extending by a Given Length
Command Syntax :
To extend volapp by 1000 sectors, type:
Shrinking a Volume
Caution - Do not shrink a volume below the size of the file system. If you have a VxFS file system, you can shrink the file system and then shrink the volume. If you do not shrink the file system first, you risk unrecoverable data loss.
Always make sure you have a good backup of the data volume to be shirnked.
Shrinking to a Given Length
Shrink a volume to a specific length as follows:
Make sure you do not shrink the volume below the current size of the file system or database using the volume. This command can be safely used on empty volumes.
To shrink volcat to 1300 sectors, type:
Shrinking by a Given Length
Shrink a volume by a specific length as follows:
To extend volapp by 1000 sectors, type:
vxassist <option> <Keyword> volume_name [attributes]Commonly used options are given below (See man vxassist for complete list of supported options)
-g for specifying diskgroups
-b for background operation
-d file containing defaults for vxassist if not specified /etc/default/vxassist is used
Keywords used are make , mirror , move , growto ,growby ,shrintto ,shirnkby ,snapstart , snapshot ,snapwait
Attributes specify volumes layout disks controllar to include exclude etc
Extending a volume up to certain length
Command syntax :
vxassist growto volume_name lengthTo extend vol3 up to 8000 sectors, type:
#vxassist growto vol3 8000
Extending by a Given Length
Command Syntax :
vxassist growby volume_name lengthTo extend volapp by 1000 sectors, type:
#vxassist growby volapp 1000
Shrinking a Volume
Caution - Do not shrink a volume below the size of the file system. If you have a VxFS file system, you can shrink the file system and then shrink the volume. If you do not shrink the file system first, you risk unrecoverable data loss.
Always make sure you have a good backup of the data volume to be shirnked.
Shrinking to a Given Length
Shrink a volume to a specific length as follows:
vxassist shrinkto volume_name lengthMake sure you do not shrink the volume below the current size of the file system or database using the volume. This command can be safely used on empty volumes.
To shrink volcat to 1300 sectors, type:
#vxassist shrinkto volcat 1300
Shrinking by a Given Length
Shrink a volume by a specific length as follows:
vxassist shrinkby volume_name lengthTo extend volapp by 1000 sectors, type:
#vxassist shrinkby volapp2 8000
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Labels:
Veritas Volume Manager,
VxVM - Volumes
1 comments:
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