The Veritas Volume Manager cluster functionality (CVM) makes logical volumes and raw device applications accessible throughout a cluster.

In the split Storage Foundation model, CVM is placed in the control domain and VxFS is placed in the guest domain. In this model, CVM provides high availability and shared storage visibility at the control domain level across multiple physical nodes in the cluster.

See Cluster Volume Manager in the control domain for providing high availability.

In the guest-based Storage Foundation stack model, CVM is placed in the guest domain, providing high availability and shared storage visibility at the guest domain level across multiple guest domains that act as the nodes in the cluster.