A
- absolute pathnames
- use with symbolic links, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- access type, Disk access type auto
- accessing
- Quick I/O files with symbolic links, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- activation
- default, Displaying the maximum number of devices in a CDS disk group
- AIX coexistence label, AIX coexistence label
- alignment, Disk group alignment
- changing, Changing the alignment of a non-CDS disk group
- allocating file space, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- analyze, Analyzing LVM volume groups, JFS and JFS2 for conversion
- analyzing I/O statistics, About I/O statistics for DB2, About I/O statistics for Sybase
- ARCHIVELOG mode, Creating Storage Checkpoints
- archiving
- using NetBackup, About Veritas NetBackup
- attribute
- CDS, Determining the setting of the CDS attribute on a disk group
- attributes
- init, Preparing a full-sized instant snapshot for a backup, Preparing a snapshot of a mounted file system with shared access
- ndcomirror, Preparing a full-sized instant snapshot for a backup, Preparing a snapshot of a mounted file system with shared access
- nmirror, Preparing a full-sized instant snapshot for a backup, Preparing a snapshot of a mounted file system with shared access
- regionsize, Preparing a space-optimized snapshot for a database backup, Preparing for the replica database
- auto disk type, Disk access type auto
- automatic backups, About Veritas NetBackup
C
- cache advisory
- checking setting for, Determining individual file settings for Cached Quick I/O using qioadmin
- cache hit ratio
- calculating, About I/O statistics for DB2, About I/O statistics for Sybase
- Cached Quick I/O
- customizing, Enabling and disabling Cached Quick I/O for individual files
- determining files to use, Collecting I/O statistics
- disabling individual files, Setting cache advisories for individual files
- enabling individual files, Setting cache advisories for individual files
- making settings persistent, Making individual file settings for Cached Quick I/O persistent
- prerequisite for enabling, Enabling and disabling the qio_cache_enable flag
- calculating cache hit ratio, About I/O statistics for DB2, About I/O statistics for Sybase
- CDS
- attribute, Determining the setting of the CDS attribute on a disk group
- changing setting, Changing the default CDS setting for disk group creation
- creating DGs, Creating CDS disk groups
- creating disks, Creating CDS disks from initialized VxVM disks
- disk group alignment, CDS disk access and format
- disk group device quotas, Device quotas
- disks, CDS disk access and format
- CDS disk groups
- alignment, Displaying the disk group alignment
- joining, Joining disk groups
- moving, Moving objects between CDS disk groups and non-CDS disk groups, Moving objects between CDS disk groups
- setting alignment, Changing the alignment of a non-CDS disk group
- CDS disks
- creating, Creating CDS disks from uninitialized disks
- changing CDS setting, Changing the default CDS setting for disk group creation
- changing default CDS setting, Changing the default CDS setting for disk group creation
- changing disk format, Changing the default disk format
- changing file sizes, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- chgrp command, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- chmod command
- commands
- chmod, Enabling Cached Quick I/O on a file system
- chown command, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- commands
- chown, Enabling Cached Quick I/O on a file system
- cluster file systems
- off-host backup of, Backing up on an off-host cluster file system
- co-existence label, AIX coexistence label
- collecting I/O statistics, Collecting I/O statistics
- commands
- chgrp, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- chown, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- fsadm command, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment
- grep, Using vxtunefs to obtain tuning information
- ls, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- mount, How to set up Quick I/O
- qioadmin, Enabling and disabling Cached Quick I/O for individual files
- qiomkfile, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment, Monitoring tablespace free space with DB2 and extending tablespace containers
- qiostat, Collecting I/O statistics
- setext, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- vxtunefs, Determining individual file settings for Cached Quick I/O using qioadmin
- concepts, Overview of CDS
- Concurrent I/O
- benefits, How Concurrent I/O works
- disabling, Disabling Concurrent I/O for DB2, Disabling Concurrent I/O for Sybase
- enabling, Enabling Concurrent I/O for DB2, Enabling Concurrent I/O for Sybase
- configuration
- LVM, About converting LVM, JFS and JFS2 configurations
- configuration VxVM, About converting LVM, JFS and JFS2 configurations
- conversion
- speed, General information regarding conversion speed
- vxconvert, Converting LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups
- converting non-CDS disks to CDS, Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdiskadm
- converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks, Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks
- CREADs, Effects of read-aheads on I/O statistics
- creating
- Quick I/O files, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- symbolic links to access Quick I/O files, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- creating a DRL log, Creating a volume with a DRL log
- creating CDS disk groups, Creating CDS disk groups
- creating CDS disks, Creating CDS disks from uninitialized disks, Creating CDS disks from initialized VxVM disks
- creating DRL logs, Creating a volume with a DRL log
- creating non-CDS disk groups, Creating non-CDS disk groups
- creating pre-version 110 disk groups, Creating non-CDS disk groups
- cross-platform data sharing
- recovery file, Converting the byte order of a file system
- current-rev disk groups, Non-CDS disk groups
- customizing Cached Quick I/O, Enabling and disabling Cached Quick I/O for individual files
D
- data on Secondary
- using for off-host processing, What is off-host processing?
- database performance
- using Quick I/O, How Quick I/O improves database performance
- databases
- incomplete media recovery, Rolling back a database
- integrity of data in, Data integrity in volume snapshots
- online backup of, Online database backups
- rolling back, Rolling back a database
- using Storage Checkpoints, Database recovery using Storage Checkpoints
- dataserver buffer cache, How Cached Quick I/O works in a Sybase environment
- DB2 BufferPool, How Cached Quick I/O works in a DB2 environment
- decision support
- using point-in-time copy solutions, Using a replica database for decision support
- default activation, Displaying the maximum number of devices in a CDS disk group
- default CDS setting
- changing, Changing the default CDS setting for disk group creation
- defaults files, Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks, Defaults files
- determining
- if Quick I/O installed and enabled, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- device quotas, Device quotas, Displaying the maximum number of devices in a CDS disk group
- displaying, Displaying the maximum number of devices in a CDS disk group
- setting, Setting the maximum number of devices for CDS disk groups
- direct-write
- copy-behind, How Cached Quick I/O improves database performance
- disabling Cached Quick I/O for a file, Setting cache advisories for individual files
- disabling Concurrent I/O, Disabling Concurrent I/O for DB2, Disabling Concurrent I/O for Sybase
- disabling qio_cache_enable flag, Enabling and disabling the qio_cache_enable flag
- disabling Quick I/O, Disabling Quick I/O
- disk
- access type, Disk access type auto
- change format, Changing the default disk format
- disk space, Volume group conversion limitations
- labels, Restoring CDS disk labels
- LVM, Changing the default disk format
- replacing, Replacing a disk in a CDS disk group
- disk access, Operating system data
- disk format, CDS disk access and format
- disk group alignment, Changing the alignment of a non-CDS disk group
- displaying, Displaying the disk group alignment
- disk groups, CDS disk groups
- alignment, Disk group alignment
- creating, Changing the default CDS setting for disk group creation
- joining, Joining disk groups
- non-CDS, Non-CDS disk groups
- upgrading, Upgrading an older version non-CDS disk group
- disk headers, Initializing disks for VxVM use
- disk quotas
- setting, Setting the maximum number of devices for CDS disk groups
- disk types, CDS disk types
- disks
- effects of formatting or partitioning, Additional considerations when importing CDS disk groups
- displaying device quotas, Displaying the maximum number of devices in a CDS disk group
- displaying disk group alignment, Displaying the disk group alignment
- displaying DRL log size, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- displaying DRL map size, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- displaying log map values, Displaying the disk group alignment
- displaying log size, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- displaying volume log map values, Displaying the disk group alignment
- displaying v_logmap values, Displaying the disk group alignment, Displaying the log map length and alignment
- double buffering, How Cached Quick I/O works in a DB2 environment, How Cached Quick I/O works in a Sybase environment
- DRL log size
- displaying, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- setting, Changing the DRL map and log size
- DRL logs
- creating, Creating a volume with a DRL log
- DRL map length, Setting the DRL map length
- DRL map size
- displaying, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- setting, Changing the DRL map and log size
- DSS (see Decision Support)
E
- enabling
- Quick I/O, How to set up Quick I/O
- enabling Cached Quick I/O for a file, Setting cache advisories for individual files
- enabling Concurrent I/O, Enabling Concurrent I/O for DB2, Enabling Concurrent I/O for Sybase
- enabling qio_cache_enable flag, Enabling and disabling the qio_cache_enable flag
- encapsulation, Changing the default disk format
- Example
- analyze LVM groups, Listing disk information
- conversion, Listing disk information
- failed conversion, Listing disk information
- list, Listing disk information
- list disk information, Listing disk information
- list LVM volume group information, Listing disk information
- listvg, Listing disk information
- LVM to VxVM, Listing disk information
- vxprint output, Listing disk information
- example
- Failed Analysis, Listing disk information
- extending
a file, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- extending Quick I/O files, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment
F
- FastResync
- Persistent, Persistent FastResync of volume snapshots
- file
- space allocation, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- file systems
- growing to accommodate Quick I/O files, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment
- mounting for shared access, Mounting a file system for shared access
- FileSnaps
- about, About FileSnaps
- data mining, reporting, and testing, Using FileSnaps to create multiple copies of data instantly
- virtual desktops, Using FileSnaps to provision virtual desktops
- write intensive applications, Using FileSnaps to optimize write intensive applications for virtual machines
- best practices, Using FileSnaps to create point-in-time copies of files
- FlashSnap, About Storage Foundation point-in-time copy technologies
- fsadm command, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment
- fscdsadm, Using the fscdsadm command
- fscdsconv, Converting the byte order of a file system
- full backups, About Veritas NetBackup
L
- length listing, Displaying offset and length information in units of 512 bytes
- licensing, Verifying licensing
- list LVM, Listing LVM volume group information
- listing disk groups, Displaying offset and length information in units of 512 bytes
- listing disks, Displaying offset and length information in units of 512 bytes
- listing offset and length information, Creating non-CDS disk groups
- log size
- displaying, Displaying map length and map alignment of traditional DRL logs
- setting, Changing the DRL map and log size
- ls command, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- LVM
- metadata, Volume group conversion limitations
- LVM disks, Changing the default disk format
- LVM names
- symbolic names, Plan for new VxVM logical volume names
- LVM VGRA, Initializing disks for VxVM use
P
- persistence
- for Cached Quick I/O settings, Making individual file settings for Cached Quick I/O persistent
- Persistent FastResync, Persistent FastResync of volume snapshots
- platform block, Platform block
- point-in-time copy solutions
- applications, When to use point-in-time copies
- for decision support, Using a replica database for decision support
- for off-host cluster file system backup, Backing up on an off-host cluster file system
- for online database backup, Online database backups
- PREADs, Effects of read-aheads on I/O statistics
- preallocating space for Quick I/O files, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- private region, Private and public regions
- public region, Private and public regions
Q
- qioadmin command, Enabling and disabling Cached Quick I/O for individual files
- qiomkfile command, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment, Monitoring tablespace free space with DB2 and extending tablespace containers
- options for creating files
- symbolic links, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- qiostat
- output of, About I/O statistics for DB2, About I/O statistics for Sybase
- qiostat command, Collecting I/O statistics
- qio_cache_enable flag
- disabling, Enabling and disabling the qio_cache_enable flag
- enabling, Enabling and disabling the qio_cache_enable flag
- Quick I/O
- accessing regular VxFS files as, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- benefits, How Quick I/O works
- determining status, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- disabling, Disabling Quick I/O
- enabling, How to set up Quick I/O
- extending files, Extending a Quick I/O file in a DB2 or Sybase environment
- improving database performance with, How Quick I/O improves database performance
- performance improvements, How Cached Quick I/O improves database performance
- preallocating space for files, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- showing resolution to a raw device, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- using relative and absolute pathnames, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
R
- read-ahead algorithm
- for Cached Quick I/O, How Cached Quick I/O improves database performance
- recovery
- using Storage Checkpoints, Database recovery using Storage Checkpoints
- recovery file, cross-platform data sharing, Converting the byte order of a file system
- regionsize attribute, Preparing a space-optimized snapshot for a database backup, Preparing for the replica database
- relative pathnames
- use with symbolic links, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- replacing disks, Replacing a disk in a CDS disk group
- resetlogs option, Rolling back a database
- resizing a file, Creating database containers or files as Quick I/O files using qiomkfile
- restoring
- using NetBackup, About Veritas NetBackup
- restoring CDS disk labels, Restoring CDS disk labels
- restoring disk labels, Restoring CDS disk labels
- rootability
- root disk, Volume group conversion limitations
- root volume, Volume group conversion limitations
S
- SAM
- vgdisplay, Identify LVM disks and volume groups for conversion
- Secondary
- using data, What is off-host processing?
- setext command, Preallocating space for Quick I/O files using the setext command
- setting CDS disk group alignment, Changing the alignment of a non-CDS disk group
- setting device quotas, Setting the maximum number of devices for CDS disk groups
- setting disk quotas, Setting the maximum number of devices for CDS disk groups
- setting DRL log size, Changing the DRL map and log size
- setting DRL map length, Setting the DRL map length
- setting DRL map size, Changing the DRL map and log size
- setting log size, Changing the DRL map and log size
- settings
- making Cached Quick I/O persistent, Making Cached Quick I/O settings persistent across reboots and mounts
- shared access
- mounting file systems for, Mounting a file system for shared access
- showing
- Quick I/O file resolved to raw device, Displaying Quick I/O status and file attributes
- snapshots
- reattaching instant, Reattaching snapshot plexes, Reattaching snapshot plexes
- sparse files, About sparse files
- Storage Checkpoints, Storage Checkpoints
- creating, Creating Storage Checkpoints
- database recovery, Database recovery using Storage Checkpoints
- Storage Rollback
- implementing using Storage Checkpoints, Database recovery using Storage Checkpoints
- using VxDBA, Rolling back a database
- symbolic links
- advantages and disadvantages, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- to access Quick I/O files, Accessing regular VxFS files as Quick I/O files
- system buffer cache, How Cached Quick I/O improves database performance
V
- verifying caching using vxfstune parameters, Using vxtunefs to obtain tuning information
- verifying vxtunefs system parameters, Using vxtunefs to obtain tuning information
- volumes
- backing up, Volume-level snapshots
- vradmin utility
- ibc
- using off-host processing, About using VVR for off-host processing
- vxcdsconvert, Converting non-CDS disks to CDS disks
- vxconvert, Analyzing LVM volume groups, JFS and JFS2 for conversion
- vxdctl enable, Additional considerations when importing CDS disk groups
- vxdg init, Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdg init
- vxdg split, Splitting a CDS disk group
- vxdisk scandisks, Additional considerations when importing CDS disk groups
- vxdiskadm, Creating CDS disks by using vxdiskadm, Creating a CDS disk group by using vxdiskadm
- vxdisksetup, Creating CDS disks by using vxdisksetup
- vxsnap
- reattaching instant snapshots, Reattaching snapshot plexes, Reattaching snapshot plexes
- vxtunefs command, Determining individual file settings for Cached Quick I/O using qioadmin
- commands
- vxtunefs, Using vxtunefs to obtain tuning information
- VxVM
- devices, Disk drive sector size
- metadata, Volume group conversion limitations
- VxVM names
- symbolic link, Plan for new VxVM logical volume names
- vxvol, Setting the DRL map length
- v_logmap
- displaying, Displaying the disk group alignment, Displaying the log map length and alignment
