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

308 VERITAS Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide
vxassist snapstart volume Preparesa snapshotmirrorof a volume. See
“Backing Up Volumes Online Using
Snapshots” on page 214.
vxassist snapshot volume snapshot Takes a snapshot of a volume. See “Backing
Up Volumes Online Using Snapshots” on
page 214.
vxassist snapback volume snapshot Merges a snapshot with its original volume.
See “Merging a Snapshot Volume
(snapback)” on page 218.
vxassist snapclear snapshot Makes the snapshot volume independent.
See “Dissociating a Snapshot Volume
(snapclear)” on page 219.
vxassist [-g diskgroup] relayout volume \
[layout=layout] [relayout_options]
Performs online relayout of a volume. See
“Performing Online Relayout” on page 221.
vxassist relayout volume layout=raid5 \
stripeunit=W ncol=N
Relays out a volume as a RAID-5 volume
with stripe width W and N columns. See
“Performing Online Relayout” on page 221.
vxrelayout -o bg reverse volume Reverses the direction of a paused volume
relayout. See “Controlling the Progress of a
Relayout” on page 223.
vxassist convert volume [layout=layout]
[convert_options]
Converts between a layered volume and a
non-layered volume layout. See
“Converting Between Layered and
Non-Layered Volumes” on page 224.
vxassist convert volume \
layout=mirror-stripe
Converts a striped-mirror volume to a
mirrored-stripe volume. See “Converting
Between Layered and Non-Layered
Volumes” on page 224.
vxvol stop volume Stops a volume. See “Stopping a Volume”
on page 189.
vxassist remove volume volume Removes a volume. See “Removing a
Volume” on page 205.
Administering Volumes
Command Description