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Maintenance Commands (1m)

Name

Description

dgcfgbackup 

dgcfgbackup - create or update VxVM volume group configuration backup file 

dgcfgdaemon 

dgcfgdaemon - start the VxVM configuration backup daemon 

dgcfgrestore 

dgcfgrestore - display or restore VxVM disk group configuration from backup file 

vgrestore 

vgrestore - restore a VxVM disk group back to an LVM volume group 

vradmin 

vradmin - administer Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) in a distributed environment 

vrnotify 

vrnotify - display Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) events 

vrport 

vrport - Veritas Volume Replicator port management utility 

vrstat 

vrstat - display statistical information for volumes in RVGs and RLINKs, and for all hosts in an RDS 

vx_emerg_start 

vx_emerg_start - start Veritas Volume Manager from recovery media 

vxadm 

vxadm - perform distributed VxVM operations 

vxaslkey 

vxaslkey - decode an ASL key 

vxassist 

vxassist - create, relayout, convert, mirror, backup, grow, shrink, delete, and move volumes 

vxbootsetup 

vxbootsetup - set up system boot information on a Veritas Volume Manager disk 

vxbrk_rootmir 

vxbrk_rootmir - break off a mirror of a VxVM root disk to create a separate root disk generation 

vxcache 

vxcache - administer the cache object for space-optimized snapshots 

vxcached 

vxcached - resize cache volumes when required 

vxcdsconvert 

vxcdsconvert - make disks and disk groups portable between systems 

vxchg_rootid 

vxchg_rootid - set up VxVM root disk that has been cloned or copied from another operational VxVM root disk 

vxclustadm 

vxclustadm - start, stop, and reconfigure a cluster 

vxcmdlog 

vxcmdlog - administer command logging 

vxconfigbackup 

vxconfigbackup - back up disk group configuration 

vxconfigbackupd 

vxconfigbackupd - disk group configuration backup daemon 

vxconfigd 

vxconfigd - Veritas Volume Manager configuration daemon 

vxconfigrestore 

vxconfigrestore - restore disk group configuration 

vxcp_lvmroot 

vxcp_lvmroot - copy LVM root disk onto new Veritas Volume Manager root disk 

vxdarestore 

vxdarestore - restore simple or nopriv disk access records 

vxdco 

vxdco - perform operations on DCO objects and DCO volumes 

vxdctl 

vxdctl - control the volume configuration daemon 

vxddladm 

vxddladm - Device Discovery Layer subsystem administration 

vxdestroy_lvmroot 

vxdestroy_lvmroot - remove LVM root disk and associated LVM volume group 

vxdg 

vxdg - manage Veritas Volume Manager disk groups 

vxdisk 

vxdisk - define and manage Veritas Volume Manager disks 

vxdiskadd 

vxdiskadd - add one or more disks for use with Veritas Volume Manager 

vxdiskadm 

vxdiskadm - menu-driven Veritas Volume Manager disk administrator 

vxdisksetup 

vxdisksetup, vxdiskunsetup - configure a disk for use with Veritas Volume Manager 

vxdisksetup 

vxdisksetup, vxdiskunsetup - configure a disk for use with Veritas Volume Manager 

vxdmpadm 

vxdmpadm - DMP subsystem administration 

vxdmpinq 

vxdmpinq - display SCSI inquiry data 

vxedit 

vxedit - create, remove, and modify Veritas Volume Manager records 

vxevac 

vxevac - evacuate all volumes from a disk 

vxibc 

vxibc - perform Veritas Volume Replicator In-Band Control Messaging operations 

vximportdg 

vximportdg - import a disk group into the Veritas Volume Manager configuration 

vxinfo 

vxinfo - print accessibility and usability of volumes 

vxinstall 

vxinstall - menu-driven Veritas Volume Manager initial configuration procedure 

vxintro 

vxintro - introduction to the Veritas Volume Manager utilities 

vxiod 

vxiod - start, stop, and report on Veritas Volume Manager I/O threads 

vxlicense 

vxlicense - Veritas licensing key utility 

vxmake 

vxmake - create Veritas Volume Manager configuration records 

vxmemstat 

vxmemstat - display memory statistics for Veritas Volume Manager 

vxmend 

vxmend - mend simple problems in configuration records 

vxmirror 

vxmirror - mirror volumes on a disk or control default mirroring 

vxnotify 

vxnotify - display Veritas Volume Manager configuration events 

vxpfto 

vxpfto - set Powerfail Timeout (pfto) 

vxplex 

vxplex - perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on plexes 

vxpool 

vxpool - create and administer storage pools 

vxprint 

vxprint - display records from the Veritas Volume Manager configuration 

vxr5check 

vxr5check - verify RAID-5 volume parity 

vxreattach 

vxreattach - reattach disk drives that have once again become accessible 

vxrecover 

vxrecover - perform volume recovery operations 

vxrelayout 

vxrelayout - convert online storage from one layout to another 

vxrelocd 

vxrelocd - monitor Veritas Volume Manager for failure events and relocate failed subdisks 

vxres_lvmroot 

vxres_lvmroot - restore LVM root disk from Veritas Volume Manager root disk 

vxresize 

vxresize - change the length of a volume containing a file system 

vxrlink 

vxrlink - perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on RLINKs 

vxrootmir 

vxrootmir - create a mirror of a Veritas Volume Manager root disk 

vxrvg 

vxrvg - perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on RVGs 

vxsd 

vxsd - perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on subdisks 

vxse 

vxse - Storage Expert rules 

vxlicense 

vxlicense - Veritas licensing key utility 

vxsnap 

vxsnap - enable DRL on a volume, and create and administer instant snapshots 

vxsnptadm 

vxsmptadm - administer VxVM snappoints 

vxsparecheck 

vxsparecheck - monitor Veritas Volume Manager for failure events and replace failed disks 

vxsplitlines 

vxsplitlines - show disks with conflicting configuration copies in a cluster 

vxstat 

vxstat - Veritas Volume Manager statistics management utility 

vxtask 

vxtask - list and administer Veritas Volume Manager tasks 

vxtemplate 

vxtemplate - install and administer volume templates and template sets 

vxtrace 

vxtrace - trace operations on volumes 

vxtranslog 

vxtranslog - administer transaction logging 

vxtune 

vxtune - adjust Veritas Volume Replicator and Veritas Volume Manager tunables 

vxunreloc 

vxunreloc - move a hot-relocated subdisk back to its original disk 

vxusertemplate 

vxusertemplate - create and administer user templates 

vxvmboot 

vxvmboot - prepare Veritas Volume Manager volume as a root, boot, primary swap or dump volume 

vxvmconvert 

vxvmconvert - convert LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups 

vxvol 

vxvol - perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on volumes 

vxvoladm 

vxvoladm - create and administer application volumes on allocated storage 

vxvoladmtask 

vxvoladmtask - administer ISP tasks 

vxvset 

vxvset - create and administer volume sets 

vvrsecdgd 

vvrsecdgd - Monitors the disk group of bunker secondary and performs import and recovery of the disk group if the disk group is disabled because of transient I/O failure.