Section 1M - administrative commands

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

Table: Section 1M manual pages

Name

Description

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.

vxdco

Perform operations on version 0 DCO objects and DCO volumes.

vxdctl

Control the volume configuration daemon.

vxddladm

Device Discovery Layer subsystem administration.

vxdefault

Manage the defaults set in /etc/default/vxsf that configure settings such as as smartmove thin reclamation.

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.

vxdmptune

Display and change values of DMP tunable parameters.

vxedit

Create, remove, and modify Veritas Volume Manager records.

vxencap

Encapsulate partitions on a new disk.

vxevac

Evacuate all volumes from a disk.

vxinfo

Print accessibility and usability of volumes.

vxinitrd

Create initial ramdisk images for preloading VxVM modules.

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.

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.

vxrootadm

Grow or take snapshots of the boot disk.

vxrootmir

Mirror root disk to an alternate disk.

vxscsiinq

Display SCSI inquiry data.

vxsd

Perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on subdisks.

vxsnap

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

vxstat

Veritas Volume Manager statistics management utility.

vxtask

List and administer Veritas Volume Manager tasks.

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.

vxunroot

Remove Veritas Volume Manager hooks from encapsulated root volumes.

vxvol

Perform Veritas Volume Manager operations on volumes.

vxvoltune

Display and change values of VxVM tunable parameters.

vxvset

Create and administer volume sets.