Veritas Volume Manager

Removing Solaris from VxVM Control

suran — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:55:31 GMT

1) Boot into single user from cdrom --> (at ok prompt) boot cdrom -s 2) fsck rootdisk --> fsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 3) mount the root file system--> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 /a 4) backup /a/etc/system --> cp /a/etc/system /a/etc/system.orig 5) remove the following lines or comment them in the system file: rootdev:/pseudo/vxio@0:0 & set vxio:vol_rootdev_is_volume=1 6) restore the pre-vxvm vfstab file ...

Replacing a rootdisk if vxdiskadm fails

suran — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:43:57 GMT

In the event that vxdskadm fails to properly initialize a rootdisk for replacement, it is required that you remove the disk and all its associations from the diskgroup and then rebuild from scratch. Here are the steps to achieve this: # vxdg -g rootdg -k rmdisk rootdisk # vxprint -htg rootdg - remove the plexes associated with the original disk i.e ones marked disabled, nodevice # vxplex dis (all plexes associated with rootdisk) # vxedit -r rm (all ...

How to backup and recover a VxVM configuration for a diskgroup

suran — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:30:20 GMT

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/180321.htm

Veritas Volume Manager - Volume Manager FAQ Classic Commands & Other Useful Links

suran — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:59:26 GMT

http://wikis.sun.com/display/share/Veritas+Volume+Manager+-+Volume+Manager+FAQ+-+Classic+commands
http://www.unixway.com/vm/veritasvm/index.html
http://www.cuddletech.com/veritas/

Online Link To VERITAS PRODUCT GUIDES / Man Pages (in pdf and html)

spanner — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:46:21 GMT

http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/