Creating logical volume in Solaris

[Nagaraj Dandeboyina_1]

Hi,
Since I am working for long on HP-UX, I am not good in solaris, still I need some help in solaris.

Please give me complete steps to create a logical volume in soaris.

Thanks for your help even though this is not right place to ask.

Regards
-Nag

[Michael Steele_2]

This VXVM?

VxVM
Create a volume of one of these layout types:

A concatenated volume

A striped mirror volume

A RAID-5 volume


vxassist make vol_name length

vxassist make vol_name length layout=mirror, stripe

vxassist

[Nagaraj Dandeboyina_1]

Hi Michael Steele,

No I am not trying to use any of the above mentioned by you. I would like to create a LVM using format utility in solaris?? Can you help me.

[Patrick Wallek]

Solaris, by default, does NOT use LVM, unless they have changed with Solaris 9.

Solaris still uses disk slices unless you specifically install and configure some sort of LVM product.

Using the format utility allows you set up a disk slice of a size you need.

You should try 'man format' for more details.

[Ravi_8 · Accepted solution]

Hi Nag

I too sure about solaris. my colleague used to do like this

login as root
#format
format> partition
partition> label

and then mount the labeled disk partition.

i need to explore

[Ravi_8]

Hi Nag

I am not too sure about solaris. my colleague used to do like this

login as root
#format
format> partition
partition> label

and then mount the labeled disk partition.

i need to explore

[Patrick Wallek]

Have a look here for more information on how to use the format utility:

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-4073/6jd67r9fh?a=view

It is a part of this manual:

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-4073