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

Note: If you have not installed database software, you can omit /opt/VRTSdbed/bin,
/opt/VRTSdb2ed/bin and /opt/VRTSsybed/bin. Similarly, /opt/VRTSvxfs/bin
is only required to access some VxFS commands.
VxVM library commands and supporting scripts are located under the
/usr/lib/vxvm directory hierarchy. You can include these directories in your
path if you need to use them on a regular basis.
For detailed information about an individual command, refer to the appropriate
manual page in the 1M section.
See “Online manual pages” on page 569.
Commands and scripts that are provided to support other commands and scripts,
and which are not intended for general use, are not located in /opt/VRTS/bin and
do not have manual pages.
Commonly-used commands are summarized in the following tables:
■ Table A-1 lists commands for obtaining information about objects in VxVM.
■ Table A-2 lists commands for administering disks.
■ Table A-3 lists commands for creating and administering disk groups.
■ Table A-4 lists commands for creating and administering subdisks.
■ Table A-5 lists commands for creating and administering plexes.
■ Table A-6 lists commands for creating volumes.
■ Table A-7 lists commands for administering volumes.
■ Table A-8 lists commands for monitoring and controlling tasks in VxVM.
Table A-1
Obtaining information about objects in VxVM
DescriptionCommand
List licensed features of VxVM.
The init parameter is required when a
license has been added or removed from
the host for the new license to take
effect.
vxdctl license [init]
Using Veritas Volume Manager commands
About Veritas Volume Manager commands
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