Veritas Volume Manager 5.1 SP1 Administrator"s Guide (5900-1506, April 2011)

Table 9-4
Supported relayout transformations for concatenated volumes
(continued)
From concatRelayout to
No. Add a mirror instead.mirror-concat
No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to the striped-mirror
volume instead.
mirror-stripe
Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined.raid5
Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined.stripe
Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined.stripe-mirror
Table 9-5 shows the supported relayout transformations for concatenated-mirror
volumes.
Table 9-5
Supported relayout transformations for concatenated-mirror
volumes
From concat-mirrorRelayout to
No. Use vxassist convert, and then remove the unwanted mirrors
from the resulting mirrored-concatenated volume instead.
concat
No.concat-mirror
No. Use vxassist convert instead.mirror-concat
No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to the striped-mirror
volume instead.
mirror-stripe
Yes.raid5
Yes. This relayout removes a mirror and adds striping. The stripe
width and number of columns may be defined.
stripe
Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined.stripe-mirror
Table 9-6 shows the supported relayout transformations for RAID-5 volumes.
Table 9-6
Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes
From mirror-stripeRelayout to
Yes.concat
Yes.concat-mirror
Administering volumes
Performing online relayout
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