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

Using Storage Expert

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About Storage Expert

■ How Storage Expert works

■ Before using Storage Expert

■ Running Storage Expert

■ Identifying configuration problems using Storage Expert

About Storage Expert

System administrators often find that gathering and interpreting data about large

and complex configurations can be a difficult task. Veritas Storage Expert is

designed to help in diagnosing configuration problems with VxVM.

Storage Expert consists of a set of simple commands that collect VxVM

configuration data and compare it with “best practice.” Storage Expert then

produces a summary report that shows which objects do not meet these criteria

and makes recommendations for VxVM configuration improvements.

These user-configurable tools help you as an administrator to verify and validate

systems and non-optimal configurations in both small and large VxVM

installations.

See “How Storage Expert works” on page 506.

See “Before using Storage Expert” on page 506.

See “Running Storage Expert” on page 506.

See “Identifying configuration problems using Storage Expert” on page 509.

See “Rule definitions and attributes” on page 515.

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