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Permitted relayout transformations

Supported relayout transformations for concatenated volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for concatenated volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for concatenated volumes

Relayout to

From concat

concat

No. 

concat-mirror

No. Add a mirror, and then use vxassist convert instead. 

mirror-concat

No. Add a mirror instead. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. 

stripe

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. 

Supported relayout transformations for concatenated-mirror volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for concatenated-mirror volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for concatenated-mirror volumes

Relayout to

From concat-mirror

concat

No. Use vxassist convert, and then remove unwanted mirrors from the resulting mirrored-concatenated volume instead. 

concat-mirror

No. 

mirror-concat

No. Use vxassist convert instead. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. 

stripe

Yes. This removes a mirror and adds striping. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined.  

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for RAID-5 volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes

Relayout to

From mirror-stripe

concat

Yes. 

concat-mirror

Yes. 

mirror-concat

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to concatenated-mirror volume instead. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be changed. 

stripe

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. Otherwise, use vxassist convert

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-concatenated volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for mirror-concatenated volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-concatenated volumes

Relayout to

From mirror-concat

concat

No. Remove unwanted mirrors instead. 

concat-mirror

No. Use vxassist convert instead. 

mirror-concat

No. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be defined. Choose a plex in the existing mirrored volume on which to perform the relayout. The other plexes are removed at the end of the relayout operation. 

stripe

Yes. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. 

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for mirrored-stripe volumes

Relayout to

From mirror-stripe

concat

Yes. 

concat-mirror

Yes. 

mirror-concat

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to concatenated-mirror volume instead. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be changed. 

stripe

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. Otherwise, use vxassist convert

Supported relayout transformations for unmirrored stripe and layered striped-mirror volumes shows the supported relayout transformations for unmirrored stripe and layered striped-mirror volumes.

Supported relayout transformations for unmirrored stripe and layered striped-mirror volumes

Relayout to

From stripe or stripe-mirror

concat

Yes. 

concat-mirror

Yes. 

mirror-concat

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to concatenated-mirror volume instead. 

mirror-stripe

No. Use vxassist convert after relayout to striped-mirror volume instead. 

raid5

Yes. The stripe width and number of columns may be changed. 

stripe

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed. 

stripe-mirror

Yes. The stripe width or number of columns must be changed.