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04-05-2006 12:40 AM
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04-05-2006 12:44 AM
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Re: Is it possible to partition a harddisk without using LVM?
Only other way is to use VxVM instead of LVM. I dont think fdisk and other utilities are supported.
-Arun
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04-05-2006 12:51 AM
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Re: Is it possible to partition a harddisk without using LVM?
Hi,
YES. It is possible.
there is an option to select th whole disk approach, ie witout LVM during installation.
Regards,
Siva
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04-05-2006 12:52 AM
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Re: Is it possible to partition a harddisk without using LVM?
It is not supported in HP-UX.
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04-05-2006 12:59 AM
04-05-2006 12:59 AM
SolutionHP-UX supports "whole disk approach" which means you use whole disk, from begining to end, without partitioning.
HP-UX does NOT have disk labeling feature!
For example, TRU64 unix and linux have disk labeling feature, you can partition disk (you must do it), but not HP-UX.
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Re: Is it possible to partition a harddisk without using LVM?
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04-05-2006 01:40 AM
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Re: Is it possible to partition a harddisk without using LVM?
NOTE: While HP-UX can use whole-disk layouts (no LVM or VxVM), it is not recommended as many utilities like Ignite/UX may not handle the layout correctly. It's probably OK for data disks, but as most sysadmins will tell you, today's disks are just too big for some of the uses and by putting several directories on a single disk can mean a single program can accidently fill the disk and take down everything using that particular disk. With a paritioning system, you can separate particularly vulnerable directories into their own partition.
For instance, /var is VERY critical for Unix systems, with many different usages including daemons from the kernel. An accidental (or purposeful) email swarm could fill /var by sending thousands of megs of email to the system. But if /var/mail is a separate volume, once iot fills, sendmail stops and the rest of the system continues without a problem.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin