Best practices question for vg00

[PamelaJThrasher]

Hello-
I am in the process of documenting our server build standards. On the HP servers I support, we keep vg00 purely for the o/s and monitoring tools. We do not allow any application or database data in vg00.

I did not design these servers so I do not know if this is an HP best practice or if is some rule that someone here invented.

Any thoughts?

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

vg00 is the boot volume.

Best practices IMHO is that no user data go on vg00.

vg00 should be backed up with Ignite, either make_tape_recovery or make_net_recovery.

This enables quick recovery of the server in case of a bad patch set or hard disk problem. If you have user data in vg00 this makes life much harder.

SEP

[Torsten.]

This is a best practice for sure.

[PamelaJThrasher]

Thank you for your very prompt response!