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

Table A-7
Administering volumes (continued)
DescriptionCommand
Grows a volume to a specified size or
by a specified amount.
See “Resizing volumes with vxassist”
on page 353.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg growby \
myvol 10g
vxassist [-g diskgroup] \
{growto|growby} volume length
Shrinks a volume to a specified size or
by a specified amount.
See “Resizing volumes with vxassist”
on page 353.
Example:
# vxassist -g mydg shrinkto \
myvol 20g
vxassist [-g diskgroup] \
{shrinkto|shrinkby} volume length
Resizes a volume and the underlying
Veritas File System.
See “Resizing volumes with vxresize”
on page 352.
Example:
# vxresize -b -F vxfs \
-g mydg myvol 20g mydg10 \
mydg11
vxresize -b -F vxfs [-g diskgroup] \
volume length diskname ...
Prepares a volume for instant
snapshots and for DRL logging.
See “Preparing a volume for DRL and
instant snapshots” on page 359.
Example:
# vxsnap -g mydg prepare \
myvol drl=on
vxsnap [-g diskgroup] prepare volume \
[drl=on|sequential|off]
Using Veritas Volume Manager commands
About Veritas Volume Manager commands
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