veritas volume manager

[avizen9]

Hello,
i would like to extend my one of existing vol how i can do that what is command,
/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/testvol

i had verify that my rootdg having some free space, thanks,

[Sunny123_1]

Hi,

You can use either "vxresize" or "vxassist" command to extend the veritas file system.



vxresize:

#vxresize -F vxfs disk
disk ---> spare disk
size ---> in gb, mb or sectors . default is sectors
eg:

#vxresize -F vxfs /test 18g disk1

vxassist:

# vxassist growto length
(To extend the volume to a specific length)

# vxassist growby length
( To extend the volume by a specific length

For example

>/opt/VRTS/bin/vxresize -F vxfs -g rootdg usrvol 2140000

Use man pages also.

Regards
Sunny

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Avizen,

Below is an example of the command to extend a vxvm volume.

# vxresize -F vxfs -g your_dg your_vol +100g

will add 100GB to your_vol

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[avizen9]

how we can get current size info for particular dg,?
is there any way to get out put in gb or mb?

[Mel Burslan]

I am not quite familiar with VxVM but here is a cheat-sheet page, to find all VxVM related commands and info:

http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/resources/veritas/veritas_lvm_cs.htm

finding the info you need is not as trivial as vgdisplay command on LVM unfortunately.

Good luck

[Sunny123_1]

Hi

You can go through the following link.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B9106-90003/ch04s02.html

Regards
Sunny

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

Try,

# vxprint -g

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[avizen9]

Hello ,

appriciate you all for rapid response, I would like to know about VxSF_FULL (just list like OnlineJFS,
is it freeware i can download it and can install it on my server, is it require reboot?

my server version is below mentioned.
B.11.11 U 9000/800 2006609984

[Kanagaraj]

You can not get freeware VVM(Veritas Volume manager) software.You can buy it from HP as well veritas.


see this forum.
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1244182467802+28353475&threadId=44963

[Kanagaraj]

after installation of veritas,it is require a reboot.

[Richard Hepworth]

Hi,

Not sure what you mean exactly by VxSF_FULL. If you are referring to Veritas Storage Foundation then that is not a free product as it offers alot more functionality over the base VxVM product.
If you are looking for Veritas's equivilent to OnlineJFS, that is already available as standard functionality in the base VxVM.

[avizen9]

normally in hpux if i want to extend any logical volume i should perform below task.

1) umount /tmp (/dev/vg01/lvol7)
2)lvextend -L 5000 /dev/vg01/lvol7 this will extend current lvol7 to around 5g
3) extendfs -F vxfs /dev/vg01/rlvol7
4) mount /dev/vg01/lvol7 /tmp

what are the steps i should perform in veritas volume manager

i am having /tmp which is in

/dev/vx/dsk/rootdg/testvol

and rootdg having space to extend,


also in my privious question i asked about Online JFS, is there any similiar utility available for veritas volume manager so we can extend current file system without umount it,

if yes is it freeware, where to download, thansk,

[Dennis Handly]

>I asked about Online JFS, is there any similar utility available for veritas volume manager so we can extend current file system without umount it

No, for an application of this sensitive nature, you expect to pay a lot for it, so you know your data isn't corrupted and to have support.