Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

See “Creating a volume using vxmake” on page 300.
■ Initialize the volume using vxvol start or vxvol init zero.
See “Initializing and starting a volume created using vxmake” on page 303.
The steps to create the subdisks and plexes, and to associate the plexes with the
volumes can be combined by using a volume description file with the vxmake
command.
See “Creating a volume using a vxmake description file” on page 302.
See “Creating a volume using vxmake” on page 300.
Assisted approach
The assisted approach takes information about what you want to accomplish and
then performs the necessary underlying tasks. This approach requires only
minimal input from you, but also permits more detailed specifications.
Assisted operations are performed primarily through the vxassist command.
vxassist and Storage Foundation Manager (SFM) create the required plexes and
subdisks using only the basic attributes of the desired volume as input.
Additionally, they can modify existing volumes while automatically modifying
any underlying or associated objects.
Both vxassist and SFM use default values for many volume attributes, unless
you provide specific values. They do not require you to have a thorough
understanding of low-level VxVM concepts, vxassist and SFM do not conflict
with other VxVM commands or preclude their use. Objects created by vxassist
and SFM are compatible and inter-operable with objects created by other VxVM
commands and interfaces.
Using vxassist
You can use the vxassist utility to create and modify volumes. Specify the basic
requirements for volume creation or modification, and vxassist performs the
necessary tasks.
The advantages of using vxassist rather than the advanced approach include:
■ Most actions require that you enter only one command rather than several.
■ You are required to specify only minimal information to vxassist. If necessary,
you can specify additional parameters to modify or control its actions.
■ Operations result in a set of configuration changes that either succeed or fail
as a group, rather than individually. System crashes or other interruptions do
Creating volumes
Using vxassist
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