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Section 1M — administrative commands

Section 1M manual pages lists the manual pages in section 1M for commands that are used to administer Veritas Volume Manager.

Section 1M manual pages

Name

Description

vxadddevtype 

Add a new PdDvLn device type to Veritas Volume Manager. 

vxassist 

Create, relayout, convert, mirror, backup, grow, shrink, delete, and move volumes. 

vxcache 

Administer the cache object for space-optimized snapshots. 

vxcached 

Resize cache volumes when required. 

vxcdsconvert 

Make disks and disk groups portable between systems. 

vxclustadm 

Start, stop, and reconfigure a cluster. 

vxcmdlog 

Administer command logging. 

vxconfigbackup 

Back up disk group configuration. 

vxconfigbackupd 

Disk group configuration backup daemon. 

vxconfigd 

Veritas Volume Manager configuration daemon 

vxconfigrestore 

Restore disk group configuration. 

vxconvert 

Convert JFS file systems and LVM volumes to VxFS file systems and VxVM volumes. 

vxdco 

Perform operations on version 0 DCO objects and DCO volumes. 

vxdctl 

Control the volume configuration daemon. 

vxddladm 

Device Discovery Layer subsystem administration. 

vxdg 

Manage Veritas Volume Manager disk groups. 

vxdisk 

Define and manage Veritas Volume Manager disks. 

vxdiskadd 

Add one or more disks for use with Veritas Volume Manager. 

vxdiskadm 

Menu-driven Veritas Volume Manager disk administration. 

vxdisksetup 

Configure a disk for use with Veritas Volume Manager. 

vxdiskunsetup 

Deconfigure a disk from use with Veritas Volume Manager. 

vxdmpadm 

DMP subsystem administration. 

vxdmpinq 

Display SCSI inquiry data. 

vxedit 

Create, remove, and modify Veritas Volume Manager records. 

vxevac 

Evacuate all volumes from a disk. 

vxinfo 

Print accessibility and usability of volumes. 

vxinstall 

Menu-driven Veritas Volume Manager initial configuration. 

vxintro 

Introduction to the Veritas Volume Manager utilities. 

vxiod 

Start, stop, and report on Veritas Volume Manager kernel I/O threads. 

vxmake 

Create Veritas Volume Manager configuration records. 

vxmemstat 

Display memory statistics for Veritas Volume Manager. 

vxmend 

Mend simple problems in configuration records. 

vxmirror 

Mirror volumes on a disk or control default mirroring. 

vxnotify 

Display Veritas Volume Manager configuration events. 

vxplex 

Perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on plexes. 

vxpool 

Create and administer ISP storage pools. 

vxprint 

Display records from the Veritas Volume Manager configuration. 

vxr5check 

Verify RAID-5 volume parity. 

vxreattach 

Reattach disk drives that have become accessible again. 

vxrecover 

Perform volume recovery operations. 

vxrelayout 

Convert online storage from one layout to another. 

vxrelocd 

Monitor Veritas Volume Manager for failure events and relocate failed subdisks. 

vxresize 

Change the length of a volume containing a file system. 

vxsd 

Perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on subdisks. 

vxse 

Storage Expert rules. 

vxsnap 

Enable DRL on a volume, and create and administer instant snapshots. 

vxsparecheck 

Monitor for disk failure, and replace failed disks. 

vxsplitlines 

Show disks with conflicting configuration copies in a cluster. 

vxstat 

Veritas Volume Manager statistics management utility. 

vxtask 

List and administer Veritas Volume Manager tasks. 

vxtemplate 

Install and administer ISP volume templates and template sets. 

vxtrace 

Trace operations on volumes. 

vxtranslog 

Administer transaction logging. 

vxtune 

Adjust Veritas Volume Replicator and Veritas Volume Manager tunables. 

vxunreloc 

Move a hot-relocated subdisk back to its original disk. 

vxusertemplate 

Create and administer ISP user templates. 

vxvmconvert 

Convert LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups. 

vxvol 

Perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on volumes. 

vxvoladm 

Create and administer ISP application volumes on allocated storage. 

vxvoladmtask 

Administer ISP tasks. 

vxvset 

Create and administer volume sets.