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

Table 9-8
Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes
From mirror-stripeRelayout to
Yes.concat
Yes.concat-mirror
No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to the concatenated-mirror
volume 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 changed.raid5
Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.stripe
Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.
Otherwise, use vxassist convert.
stripe-mirror
Table 9-9 shows the supported relayout transformations for unmirrored stripe
and layered striped-mirror volumes.
Table 9-9
Supported relayout transformations for unmirrored stripe and
layered striped-mirror volumes
From stripe or stripe-mirrorRelayout to
Yes.concat
Yes.concat-mirror
No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to the concatenated-mirror
volume 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 changed.raid5
Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.stripe
Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.stripe-mirror
Specifying a non-default layout
You can specify one or more of the following relayout options to change the default
layout configuration:
Administering volumes
Performing online relayout
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