VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator's Guide (September 2002)

Preface

Introduction

TheVERITASVolumeManager

Administrator’s Guideprovidesinformation on howtouse

VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) and all of its features.

Audience

This guide is intended for system administrators responsible for installing, conﬁguring,

and maintaining systems under the control of VxVM.

This guide assumes that the user has a:

◆ working knowledge of the UNIXoperating system

◆ basic understanding of UNIX system administration

◆ basic understanding of volume management

Scope

The purpose of this guide is to provide the system administrator with a thorough

knowledge of the procedures and concepts involved with volume management and

system administration using VxVM. This guide includes guidelines on how to take

advantage of various advanced VxVM features, and instructions on how to use VxVM

commands to create and manipulate objects in VxVM.