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

Administering cluster

functionality

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About the cluster functionality of VxVM

■ Overview of cluster volume management

■ Cluster initialization and configuration

■ Upgrading cluster functionality

■ Dirty region logging in cluster environments

■ Multiple host failover configurations

■ Administering VxVM in cluster environments

About the cluster functionality of VxVM

A cluster consists of a number of hosts or nodes that share a set of disks. The

following are the main benefits of cluster configurations:

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