VeritasTM Volume Manager (VxVM) by Symantec is a storage management subsystem that allows you to manage physical disks and logical unit numbers (LUNs) as logical devices called volumes. A VxVM volume appears to applications and the operating system as a physical device on which file systems, databases and other managed data objects can be configured.
VxVM provides easy-to-use online disk storage management for computing environments and Storage Area Network (SAN) environments. By supporting the Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) model, VxVM can be configured to protect against disk and hardware failure, and to increase I/O throughput. Additionally, VxVM provides features that enhance fault tolerance and fast recovery from disk failure or storage array failure.
VxVM overcomes restrictions imposed by hardware disk devices and by LUNs by providing a logical volume management layer. This allows volumes to span multiple disks and LUNs.
VxVM provides the tools to improve performance and ensure data availability and integrity. You can also use VxVM to dynamically configure storage while the system is active.
For more information on administering Veritas Volume Manager, see the following documentation:
Veritas Storage Foundation Advanced Features Administrator's Guide
This guide provides more information on using the Cross-platform Data Sharing (CDS) feature of Veritas Volume Manager. CDS lets you move VxVM disks and objects between machines that run different operating systems. To use CDS, you need a Veritas Storage Foundation license.
This guide also gives you guidelines about how to use FlashSnap software to implement point-in-time copy solutions for backup and database replication. To use FlashSnap, you need a separate license.
This guide also describes the Veritas Thin Provisioning and SmartMove™ features which let you take advantage of thin storage.
Veritas Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide
This guide describes how to recover from hardware failure, configure and recover disk groups, and log commands and transactions. It also documents common error messages and suggests solutions.