Using SmartMove with Thin Provisioning

This section describes how to use SmartMove with Thin Provisioning that improves the synchronization performance and uses thin storage efficiently.

To use SmartMove with Thin Provisioning

  1. Mount the volume as the VxFS file system type. For example:

    # mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/oradg/oravol1 /oravol1
  2. Run the following command:

    # sync
  3. Mirror the volume. For example:

    # vxassist -g oradg mirror oravol1

See the Veritas Storage Foundation Advanced Features Administrator's Guide for more information on Thin Provisioning and SmartMove.