Index

how to minimize file system free space fragmentation, Reorganizing a file system
how to reorganize a file system, Reorganizing a file system
how to resize a file system, Resizing a file system
reporting extent fragmentation, Monitoring fragmentation
scheduling defragmentation using cron, Monitoring fragmentation

fsadm_vxfs, Managing a file system with large files

fscat, Snapshot file system backups

fsck, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

fsckptadm

Storage Checkpoint administration, Storage Checkpoint administration

fstyp

how to determine the file system type, Identifying file system types

fsvoladm, Example of creating a multi-volume file system

full-sized instant snapshots, How full-sized instant snapshots work

creating, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots
creating volumes for use as, Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot

fullinst snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

G

get I/O parameter ioctl, Getting the I/O size
getext, Commands related to extent attributes
GPT labels, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
GUID Partition Table (GPT) labels, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

H

HBA information

displaying, Displaying information about controllers

HBAs

listing ports, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter
listing supported, Listing all the Host Bus Adapters including iSCSI
listing targets, Listing the targets configured from a Host Bus Adapter or a port

highwatermark attribute, Creating a shared cache object

hot-relocation

complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
configuration summary, Configuring a system for hot-relocation
daemon, How hot-relocation works
defined, Hot-relocation
detecting disk failure, How hot-relocation works
detecting plex failure, How hot-relocation works
detecting RAID-5 subdisk failure, How hot-relocation works
excluding free space on disks from use by, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
limitations, How hot-relocation works
making free space on disks available for use by, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
marking disks as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
modifying behavior of, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
notifying users other than root, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
operation of, About hot-relocation
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
preventing from running, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
reducing performance impact of recovery, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
removing disks from spare pool, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
subdisk relocation, How space is chosen for relocation
subdisk relocation messages, Moving relocated subdisks
unrelocating subdisks, Moving relocated subdisks
unrelocating subdisks using vxunreloc, Moving relocated subdisks using vxunreloc
use of free space in disk groups, How space is chosen for relocation
use of spare disks, How space is chosen for relocation
use of spare disks and free space, How space is chosen for relocation
using only spare disks for, Configuring hot-relocation to use only spare disks
vxrelocd, How hot-relocation works

how to access a Storage Checkpoint, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

how to create a Storage Checkpoint, Creating a Storage Checkpoint

how to determine the file system type, Identifying file system types

how to display mounted file systems, Unmounting a file system

how to minimize file system free space fragmentation, Reorganizing a file system

how to mount a Storage Checkpoint, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

how to remove a Storage Checkpoint, Removing a Storage Checkpoint

how to reorganize a file system, Reorganizing a file system

how to resize a file system, Resizing a file system

how to unmount a Storage Checkpoint, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

I

I/O

direct, Direct I/O
gathering statistics for DMP, Gathering and displaying DMP I/O statistics
kernel threads, How VxVM works with the operating system
scheduling on secondary paths, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active array
sequential, Direct I/O CPU overhead
synchronous, Direct I/O versus synchronous I/O
throttling, How DMP monitors I/O on paths

I/O operations

maximum size of, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

I/O policy

displaying, Displaying the DMP I/O policy
example, Example of applying load balancing in a SAN
specifying, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

I/O requests

asynchronous, mincache mount option
synchronous, nodatainlog mount option

I/O throttling, Configuring the DMP I/O throttling mechanism

I/O throttling options

configuring, Displaying recovery option values

identifiers for tasks, Specifying task tags

idle LUNs, DMP tunable parameters

implicit failover mode, How DMP works

initialization

of disks, Adding a disk to VxVM

inodes, block based, Extent-based allocation

instant snap version

of DCOs, DCO volume versioning

instant snapshots

backing up multiple volumes, Creating multiple instant snapshots
cascaded, Cascaded snapshots
creating backups, Creating instant snapshots
creating for volume sets, Creating instant snapshots of volume sets
creating full-sized, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots
creating space-optimized, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
creating volumes for use as full-sized, Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot
displaying information about, Displaying instant snapshot information
dissociating, Dissociating an instant snapshot
full-sized, How full-sized instant snapshots work
improving performance of synchronization, Improving the performance of snapshot synchronization
reattaching, Reattaching an instant full-sized or plex break-off snapshot
refreshing, Refreshing an instant space-optimized snapshot
removing, Removing an instant snapshot
restoring volumes using, Restoring a volume from an instant space-optimized snapshot
space-optimized, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots
splitting hierarchies, Splitting an instant snapshot hierarchy
synchronizing, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

intent log, Fast file system recovery

multi-volume file system support, Features implemented using multi-volume support

intent log resizing, VxFS intent log resizing

intent logging, Data integrity in volume snapshots

internal quotas file, About quota files on Veritas File System

ioctl calls, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

ioctl interface, About extent attributes

iSCSI parameters

administering with DDL, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
setting with vxddladm, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters

J

JBOD

DMP support, How DMP claims devices

JBODs

adding disks to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
listing supported disks, Listing supported disks in the DISKS category
removing disks from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category

L

large files, Support for large files and large file systems, largefiles|nolargefiles mount option

creating file systems with, Creating a file system with large files
mounting file systems with, Mounting a file system with large files

largefiles mount option, Mounting a file system with large files

layered volumes

defined, Layered volumes, Types of volume layouts
striped-mirror, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)

layouts

left-symmetric, Left-symmetric layout
types of volume, Types of volume layouts

left-symmetric layout, Left-symmetric layout

LILO

restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

link objects, Linked break-off snapshot volumes

linked break-off snapshots, Linked break-off snapshot volumes

creating, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

linked third-mirror snapshots

reattaching, Reattaching a linked break-off snapshot volume

listing

DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays

load balancing, How DMP works

displaying policy for, Displaying the DMP I/O policy
specifying policy for, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

local mount, Cluster file systems

log mount option, Mounting a VxFS file system, log mount option

log subdisks

DRL, Log subdisks and plexes

logdisk, Creating a RAID-5 volume

logical units, How DMP works

logiosize mount option, logiosize mount option

logs

RAID-5, RAID-5 logging, Resynchronization process
specifying number for RAID-5, Creating a RAID-5 volume

LUN, How DMP works

LUN expansion, Dynamic LUN expansion

LUN group failover, How DMP works

LUN groups

displaying details of, Displaying the members of a LUN group

LUNs

idle, DMP tunable parameters
thin provisioning, Migrating to thin provisioning

M

Master Boot Record

restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

maxautogrow attribute, Creating a shared cache object

memory

granularity of allocation by VxVM, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
maximum size of pool for VxVM, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
minimum size of pool for VxVM, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
persistence of FastResync in, How FastResync works

messages

complete disk failure, Complete disk failure mail messages
hot-relocation of subdisks, Moving relocated subdisks
partial disk failure, Partial disk failure mail messages

metadata

multi-volume support, Features implemented using multi-volume support

METADATA subdisks, Allocation of METADATA Subdisks During Root Disk Encapsulation

metanodes

DMP, How DMP works

migrating to thin storage, Migrating to thin provisioning

mincache mount option, Mounting a VxFS file system, mincache mount option

minimum queue load balancing policy, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

minimum redundancy levels

displaying for a device, Displaying the path redundancy level of a device or enclosure under DMP control
specifying for a device, Specifying the minimum number of active paths for a device or enclosure under DMP control

mirbrk snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

mirdg attribute, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

mirrored volumes

changing read policies for, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
configuring VxVM to create by default, Mirroring all volumes
creating, Creating a mirrored volume
creating across controllers, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
creating across targets, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
defined, Types of volume layouts
dirty region logging, Resynchronization process
DRL, Resynchronization process
FastResync, Resynchronization process
FR, Resynchronization process
logging, Resynchronization process
snapshots, FastResync

mirrored-concatenated volumes

creating, Creating a mirrored-concatenated volume
defined, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)

mirrored-stripe volumes

benefits of, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)
creating, Creating a mirrored-stripe volume
defined, Types of volume layouts

mirroring

boot disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
defined, Mirroring (RAID-1)
root disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk

mirroring plus striping, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)

mirrors

adding to volumes, Adding a mirror to a volume
creating snapshot, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
defined, Volumes
removing from volumes, Removing a mirror
specifying number of, Creating a mirrored volume

mirvol attribute, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

mirvol snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

mkfs

creating files with, Creating a VxFS file system, Converting a file system to VxFS
creating large files, Managing a file system with large files

modes

enhanced data integrity, Enhanced data integrity modes

monitoring fragmentation, Monitoring fragmentation

mount, Extended mount options, Managing a file system with large files

how to display mounted file systems, Unmounting a file system
mounting a Storage Checkpoint, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
pseudo device, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

mount options, Intent log size

blkclear, blkclear mount option
choosing, Intent log size
combining, Combining mount command options
convosync, Mounting a VxFS file system, convosync mount option
delaylog, The delaylog option and enhanced performance, delaylog mount option
extended, Extended mount options
largefiles, Mounting a file system with large files
log, The log option and data integrity, Mounting a VxFS file system, log mount option
logiosize, logiosize mount option
mincache, Mounting a VxFS file system, mincache mount option
nodatainlog, Mounting a VxFS file system, nodatainlog mount option
tmplog, tmplog mount option

mounted file system

displaying, Displaying information on mounted file systems

mounting a file system

option combinations, Combining mount command options
with large files, Mounting a file system with large files

mounting a Storage Checkpoint, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

mounting a Storage Checkpoint of a cluster file system, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

multi-pathing

disabling, Making devices invisible to VxVM
displaying information about, About displaying Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) information, Displaying the paths to a disk
enabling, Making devices visible to VxVM

multi-volume file systems, About multi-volume file systems

Multi-Volume Support, About volume sets

multi-volume support

creating a MVS file system, Example of creating a multi-volume file system

multiple block operations, Extent-based allocation

N

name space

preserved by Storage Checkpoints, About Storage Checkpoints

names

defining for snapshot volumes, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command
device, Physical objects
disk media, VM disks
plex, Volumes
renaming disks, Renaming a disk
subdisk, Subdisks
VM disk, Subdisks
volume, Volumes

naming

DMP nodes, Setting customized names for DMP nodes

naming scheme

changing for disks, Changing the disk device naming scheme
changing for TPD enclosures, Changing device naming for TPD-controlled enclosures
displaying for disks, Displaying the disk-naming scheme

ncachemirror attribute, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots

ncheck, Reverse path name lookup

ndcomirror attribute, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume

ndcomirs attribute, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume

newvol attribute, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots

nmirror attribute, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots

nodata Storage Checkpoints, Converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint

nodata Storage Checkpoints definition, Nodata Storage Checkpoints

nodatainlog mount option, Mounting a VxFS file system, nodatainlog mount option

nodes

DMP, How DMP works

nomanual path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

non-autotrespass mode, How DMP works

Non-Persistent FastResync, How FastResync works

nopreferred path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

nopriv devices, Using nopriv disks for encapsulation

O

objects

physical, Physical objects
virtual, Virtual objects

online invalid status, Displaying disk information

online relayout

changing number of columns, Specifying a non-default layout
changing region size, Controlling the progress of a relayout
changing speed of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
changing stripe unit size, Specifying a non-default layout
controlling progress of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
defined, Online relayout
destination layouts, Performing online relayout
failure recovery, Transformation characteristics
how it works, How online relayout works
limitations, Limitations of online relayout
monitoring tasks for, Viewing the status of a relayout
pausing, Controlling the progress of a relayout
performing, Performing online relayout
resuming, Controlling the progress of a relayout
reversing direction of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
specifying non-default, Specifying a non-default layout
specifying plexes, Specifying a plex for relayout
specifying task tags for, Tagging a relayout operation
temporary area, How online relayout works
transformation characteristics, Transformation characteristics
transformations and volume length, Transformations and volume length
types of transformation, Permitted relayout transformations
viewing status of, Viewing the status of a relayout

online status, Displaying disk information

ordered allocation, Creating a RAID-5 volume, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes

OTHER_DISKS category, Disk categories

O_SYNC, Mounting a VxFS file system

P

parity in RAID-5, RAID-5 (striping with parity)

partial device discovery, Partial device discovery

partition size

displaying the value of, Displaying the DMP I/O policy
specifying, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

partition table, Allocation of METADATA Subdisks During Root Disk Encapsulation

partitioned directories, Partitioned directories

partitions

number, Partitions
slices, Partitions

path aging, DMP tunable parameters

path failover in DMP, Path failover mechanism

pathgroups

creating, Making devices invisible to VxVM

paths

disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers or array ports
enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers or array ports
setting attributes of, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths for a device or enclosure under DMP control

performance

changing values of tunables, Methods to change Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing tunable parameters , Methods to change Veritas Volume Manager tunable parameters
improving for instant snapshot synchronization, Improving the performance of snapshot synchronization
load balancing in DMP, Load balancing
overall, Block size
snapshot file systems, Snapshot file system performance

persistence

device naming option, Changing the disk device naming scheme

persistent device name database, Regenerating persistent device names

persistent device naming, Regenerating persistent device names

Persistent FastResync, How FastResync works, How persistent FastResync works with snapshots, Version 0 DCO volume layout, Persistent FastResync of volume snapshots

physical disks

complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
determining failed, Partial disk failure mail messages
displaying information, Displaying disk information
displaying information about, Displaying disk information
displaying spare, Displaying spare disk information
excluding free space from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
failure handled by hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
installing, About disk installation and formatting
making available for hot-relocation, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
making free space available for hot-relocation use, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
marking as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
moving between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
moving volumes from, Moving volumes from a VM disk
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
postponing replacement, Removing and replacing disks
removing, Removing disks, Removing and replacing disks
removing from pool of hot-relocation spares, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
removing with subdisks, Removing a disk with subdisks, Removing a disk with no subdisks
replacing, Removing and replacing disks
replacing removed, Replacing a failed or removed disk
spare, How space is chosen for relocation

physical objects, Physical objects

ping-pong effect, DMP in a clustered environment

plex attribute, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots

plexes

adding to snapshots, Adding plexes to a snapshot volume
changing read policies for, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
converting to snapshot, Converting a plex into a snapshot plex
defined, Plexes
failure in hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
maximum number of subdisks, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
maximum number per volume, Volumes
mirrors, Volumes
moving, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
names, Volumes
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
putting online, Reattaching a plex manually
reattaching, Reattaching a plex manually
recovering after correctable hardware failure, Partial disk failure mail messages
removing from volumes, Removing a mirror
sparse, Limitations of online relayout
specifying for online relayout, Specifying a plex for relayout
striped, Striping (RAID-0)
types, Plexes

point-in-time copy solutions

applications, When to use point-in-time copies

polling interval for DMP restore, Configuring DMP path restoration policies

ports

listing, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter

PowerPath

coexistence with DMP, Autodiscovery of EMC Symmetrix arrays

prefer read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

preferred plex

read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

preferred priority path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

primary fileset relation to Storage Checkpoints, How a Storage Checkpoint works

primary path, How DMP works, Displaying the paths to a disk

primary path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

priority load balancing, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

pseudo device, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

Q

queued I/Os

displaying statistics, Displaying DMP statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os

quota commands, About quota commands

quotacheck, About quota checking with Veritas File System

quotas, About quota limits

exceeding the soft limit, About quota limits
hard limit, Storage Checkpoint quotas, About quota limits
soft limit, About quota limits

quotas file, About quota files on Veritas File System

quotas.grp file, About quota files on Veritas File System

R

RAID-0, Striping (RAID-0)

RAID-0+1, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)

RAID-1, Mirroring (RAID-1)

RAID-1+0, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)

RAID-5

hot-relocation limitations, How hot-relocation works
logs, RAID-5 logging, Resynchronization process
parity, RAID-5 (striping with parity)
specifying number of logs, Creating a RAID-5 volume
subdisk failure handled by hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
volumes, RAID-5 (striping with parity)

RAID-5 volumes

changing number of columns, Specifying a non-default layout
changing stripe unit size, Specifying a non-default layout
creating, Creating a RAID-5 volume
defined, Types of volume layouts

raw device nodes

controlling access for volume sets, Controlling raw device access for an existing volume set
displaying access for volume sets, Displaying the raw device access settings for a volume set
enabling access for volume sets, Enabling raw device access when creating a volume set
for volume sets, Managing raw device nodes of component volumes

read policies

changing, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
prefer, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
round, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
select, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
siteread, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
split, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

recovery

checkpoint interval, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
I/O delay, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

recovery accelerator, SmartSync recovery accelerator

recovery option values

configuring, Displaying recovery option values

redo log configuration, Redo log volume configuration

redundancy

of data on mirrors, Types of volume layouts
of data on RAID-5, Types of volume layouts

redundancy levels

displaying for a device, Displaying the path redundancy level of a device or enclosure under DMP control
specifying for a device, Specifying the minimum number of active paths for a device or enclosure under DMP control

redundant-loop access, About enclosure-based naming

regionsize attribute, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume, Creating a shared cache object

reinitialization of disks, Disk reinitialization

relayout

changing number of columns, Specifying a non-default layout
changing region size, Controlling the progress of a relayout
changing speed of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
changing stripe unit size, Specifying a non-default layout
controlling progress of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
limitations, Limitations of online relayout
monitoring tasks for, Viewing the status of a relayout
online, Online relayout
pausing, Controlling the progress of a relayout
performing online, Performing online relayout
resuming, Controlling the progress of a relayout
reversing direction of, Controlling the progress of a relayout
specifying non-default, Specifying a non-default layout
specifying plexes, Specifying a plex for relayout
specifying task tags for, Tagging a relayout operation
storage, Online relayout
transformation characteristics, Transformation characteristics
types of transformation, Permitted relayout transformations
viewing status of, Viewing the status of a relayout

relocation

automatic, About hot-relocation
complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
limitations, How hot-relocation works
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages

removable Storage Checkpoints definition, Removable Storage Checkpoints

removing devices

from VxVM control, Making devices invisible to VxVM

removing disks, Removing and replacing disks

removing physical disks, Removing disks

reorganization

directory, Monitoring fragmentation
extent, Monitoring fragmentation

replacing disks, Removing and replacing disks

replay logs and sequential DRL, Sequential DRL

report extent fragmentation, Monitoring fragmentation

reservation space, About extent attributes

resilvering

databases, SmartSync recovery accelerator

restore policy

check_all, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_alternate, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_disabled, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_periodic, Configuring DMP path restoration policies

restored daemon, How DMP monitors I/O on paths

restrictions

at boot time, Boot-time volume restrictions
on BIOS, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
on Master Boot Record, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
on rootability, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
on using LILO, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

resyncfromoriginal snapback, Restoring the original volume from a snapshot

resyncfromreplica snapback, Restoring the original volume from a snapshot

resynchronization

checkpoint interval, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
I/O delay, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
of volumes, Volume resynchronization

resynchronizing

databases, SmartSync recovery accelerator
snapshots, Choices for snapshot resynchronization

retry option values

configuring, Displaying recovery option values

Reverse Path Name Lookup, Reverse path name lookup

root disk

defined, Rootability
encapsulating, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
encapsulation, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
supported layouts for encapsulation, Sample supported root disk layouts for encapsulation
unencapsulating, Unencapsulating the root disk
unsupported layouts for encapsulation, Sample unsupported root disk layouts for encapsulation

root disk group, Disk groups

root volume, Booting root volumes

rootability, Rootability

removing, Unencapsulating the root disk
restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

rootdg, Disk groups

round read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

round-robin

load balancing, Specifying the DMP I/O policy
read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

S

s#, Partitions

scandisks

vxdisk subcommand, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices

secondary path, How DMP works

secondary path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

secondary path display, Displaying the paths to a disk

select read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

sequential DRL

defined, Sequential DRL
maximum number of dirty regions, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

sequential I/O, Direct I/O CPU overhead

setext, Commands related to extent attributes

setting

path redundancy levels, Specifying the minimum number of active paths for a device or enclosure under DMP control

single active path policy, Specifying the DMP I/O policy

siteread read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

slices

partitions, Partitions

SmartMove feature, Migrating to thin provisioning

SmartSync, SmartSync recovery accelerator

disabling on shared disk groups, Tunable parameters for CVM
enabling on shared disk groups, Tunable parameters for CVM

SmartTier, About volume sets

multi-volume file system support, Features implemented using multi-volume support

snap objects, How persistent FastResync works with snapshots

snap volume naming, Creating multiple snapshots

snapabort, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work

snapback

defined, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
merging snapshot volumes, Reattaching a snapshot volume
resyncfromoriginal, Restoring the original volume from a snapshot
resyncfromreplica, Restoring the original volume from a snapshot, Reattaching a snapshot volume

snapclear

creating independent volumes, Dissociating a snapshot volume

snapmir snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

snapof, Creating a snapshot file system

snapped file systems, Online backup, About snapshot file systems

performance, Snapshot file system performance
unmounting, About snapshot file systems

snapread, Snapshot file system backups

snapshot file systems, Online backup, About snapshot file systems

blockmap, About snapshot file system disk structure
creating, Creating a snapshot file system
data block area, About snapshot file system disk structure
disabled, How a snapshot file system works
fscat, Snapshot file system backups
fuser, About snapshot file systems
mounting, Creating a snapshot file system
multiple, About snapshot file systems
on cluster file systems, About snapshot file systems
performance, Snapshot file system performance
read, Snapshot file system backups
super-block, About snapshot file system disk structure

snapshot hierarchies

creating, Adding a snapshot to a cascaded snapshot hierarchy
splitting, Splitting an instant snapshot hierarchy

snapshot mirrors

adding to volumes, Adding snapshot mirrors to a volume
removing from volumes, Removing a snapshot mirror

snapshots

adding mirrors to volumes, Adding snapshot mirrors to a volume
adding plexes to, Adding plexes to a snapshot volume
and FastResync, FastResync
backing up multiple volumes, Creating multiple instant snapshots, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command
backing up volumes online using, Creating instant snapshots
cascaded, Cascaded snapshots
comparison of features, Comparison of snapshot features
converting plexes to, Converting a plex into a snapshot plex
creating a hierarchy of, Adding a snapshot to a cascaded snapshot hierarchy
creating backups using third-mirror, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
creating for volume sets, Creating instant snapshots of volume sets
creating full-sized instant, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots
creating independent volumes, Dissociating a snapshot volume
creating instant, Creating instant snapshots
creating linked break-off, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
creating snapshots of, Creating a snapshot of a snapshot
creating space-optimized instant, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
creating third-mirror break-off, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots
creating volumes for use as full-sized instant, Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot
defining names for, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command
displaying information about, Displaying snapshot information
displaying information about instant, Displaying instant snapshot information
dissociating instant, Dissociating an instant snapshot
finding out those configured on a cache, Removing a cache
full-sized instant, Comparison of snapshot features, How full-sized instant snapshots work
hierarchy of, Cascaded snapshots
improving performance of synchronization, Improving the performance of snapshot synchronization
instant, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots
linked break-off, Linked break-off snapshot volumes
listing for a cache, Listing the snapshots created on a cache
merging with original volumes, Reattaching a snapshot volume
of volumes, Volume snapshots
on multiple volumes, Creating multiple snapshots
reattaching instant, Reattaching an instant full-sized or plex break-off snapshot
reattaching linked third-mirror, Reattaching a linked break-off snapshot volume
refreshing instant, Refreshing an instant space-optimized snapshot
removing, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
removing instant, Removing an instant snapshot
removing linked snapshots from volumes, Removing a linked break-off snapshot volume
removing mirrors from volumes, Removing a snapshot mirror
restoring from instant, Restoring a volume from an instant space-optimized snapshot
resynchronization on snapback, Restoring the original volume from a snapshot
resynchronizing, Choices for snapshot resynchronization
resynchronizing volumes from, Reattaching a snapshot volume
space-optimized instant, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots
synchronizing instant, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization
third-mirror, Volume snapshots
use of copy-on-write mechanism, How full-sized instant snapshots work

snapsize, Creating a snapshot file system

snapstart, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work

snapvol attribute, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

snapwait, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

source attribute, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes

space-optimized instant snapshots, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots

creating, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots

spaceopt snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

spanned volumes, Concatenation, spanning, and carving

spanning, Concatenation, spanning, and carving

spare disks

displaying, Displaying spare disk information
marking disks as, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
used for hot-relocation, How space is chosen for relocation

sparse file, Fixed extent size

sparse plexes, Limitations of online relayout

specifying

redundancy levels, Specifying the minimum number of active paths for a device or enclosure under DMP control

split read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

standby path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure

states

of link objects, Linked break-off snapshot volumes

statistics gathering, How DMP monitors I/O on paths

storage

clearing, blkclear mount option
ordered allocation of, Creating a RAID-5 volume, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
uninitialized, blkclear mount option

storage attributes and volume layout, Creating a volume on specific disks

storage cache, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots

used by space-optimized instant snapshots, How space-optimized instant snapshots work

Storage Checkpoints, Storage Checkpoints, Storage Checkpoints and Storage Rollback process

accessing, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
administration of, Storage Checkpoint administration
converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint with multiple Storage Checkpoints, Converting multiple Storage Checkpoints
creating, Creating a Storage Checkpoint
data Storage Checkpoints, Data Storage Checkpoints
definition of, About Storage Checkpoints
difference between a data Storage Checkpoint and a nodata Storage Checkpoint, Showing the difference between a data and a nodata Storage Checkpoint
freezing and thawing a file system, How a Storage Checkpoint works
mounting, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
multi-volume file system support, Features implemented using multi-volume support
nodata Storage Checkpoints, Nodata Storage Checkpoints, Converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint
operation failures, Storage Checkpoint space management considerations
pseudo device, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
removable Storage Checkpoints, Removable Storage Checkpoints
removing, Removing a Storage Checkpoint
space management, Storage Checkpoint space management considerations
synchronous vs. asynchronous conversion, Converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint
types of, Types of Storage Checkpoints
unmounting, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
using the fsck command, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
writable Storage Checkpoints, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

storage processor, How DMP works

storage relayout, Online relayout

Storage Rollback, About Storage Rollbacks, Storage Checkpoints and Storage Rollback process

stripe columns, Striping (RAID-0)

stripe units

changing size, Specifying a non-default layout
defined, Striping (RAID-0)

stripe-mirror-col-split-trigger-pt, Creating a striped-mirror volume

striped plexes

defined, Striping (RAID-0)

striped volumes

changing number of columns, Specifying a non-default layout
changing stripe unit size, Specifying a non-default layout
creating, Creating a striped volume
defined, Types of volume layouts
failure of, Striping (RAID-0)
specifying non-default number of columns, Creating a striped volume
specifying non-default stripe unit size, Creating a striped volume

striped-mirror volumes

benefits of, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)
creating, Creating a striped-mirror volume
defined, Types of volume layouts
mirroring columns, Creating a striped-mirror volume
mirroring subdisks, Creating a striped-mirror volume
trigger point for mirroring, Creating a striped-mirror volume

striping, Striping (RAID-0)

striping plus mirroring, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)

subdisk names, Subdisks

subdisks

blocks, Subdisks
complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
defined, Subdisks
determining failed, Partial disk failure mail messages
DRL log, Log subdisks and plexes
hot-relocation, Hot-relocation, About hot-relocation, How space is chosen for relocation
hot-relocation messages, Moving relocated subdisks
listing original disks after hot-relocation, Examining which subdisks were hot-relocated from a disk
maximum number per plex, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
METADATA, Allocation of METADATA Subdisks During Root Disk Encapsulation
mirroring in striped-mirror volumes, Creating a striped-mirror volume
moving after hot-relocation, Moving relocated subdisks
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
RAID-5 failure of, How hot-relocation works
specifying different offsets for unrelocation, Forcing hot-relocated subdisks to accept different offsets
unrelocating after hot-relocation, Moving relocated subdisks
unrelocating to different disks, Moving hot-relocated subdisks back to a different disk
unrelocating using vxunreloc, Moving relocated subdisks using vxunreloc

super-block, About snapshot file system disk structure

SVID requirement

VxFS conformance to, Application program interface

synchronization

controlling for instant snapshots, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization
improving performance of, Improving the performance of snapshot synchronization

synchronous I/O, Direct I/O versus synchronous I/O

syncing attribute, Creating instant snapshots, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

syncpause, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

syncresume, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

syncstart, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

syncstop, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

syncwait, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization

system failure recovery, Fast file system recovery

system performance

overall, Block size

T

tags

for tasks, Specifying task tags
removing from volumes, Setting tags on volumes
renaming, Setting tags on volumes
setting on volumes, Setting tags on volumes
specifying for online relayout tasks, Tagging a relayout operation
specifying for tasks, Specifying task tags

target IDs

specifying to vxassist, Creating a volume on specific disks

target mirroring, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes

targets

listing, Listing the targets configured from a Host Bus Adapter or a port

task monitor in VxVM, Monitoring and controlling tasks

tasks

aborting, vxtask operations
changing state of, vxtask operations
identifiers, Specifying task tags
listing, vxtask operations
managing, Managing tasks with vxtask
modifying parameters of, vxtask operations
monitoring, vxtask operations
monitoring online relayout, Viewing the status of a relayout
pausing, vxtask operations
resuming, vxtask operations
specifying tags, Specifying task tags
specifying tags on online relayout operation, Tagging a relayout operation
tags, Specifying task tags

temporary area used by online relayout, How online relayout works

temporary directories, Temporary file system mode

thaw, Freezing and thawing a file system

thin provisioning

using, Migrating to thin provisioning

Thin Reclamation, Thin Reclamation of a file system, Thin Reclamation, Thin Reclamation of a file system

thin storage

using, Migrating to thin provisioning

third-mirror

snapshots, Volume snapshots

third-mirror break-off snapshots

creating, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots

third-party driver (TPD), Third-party driver coexistence

throttling, How DMP monitors I/O on paths

tmplog mount option, tmplog mount option

TPD

displaying path information, Displaying DMP path information for devices under third-party driver control
support for coexistence, Third-party driver coexistence

tpdmode attribute, Changing device naming for TPD-controlled enclosures

trigger point in striped-mirror volumes, Creating a striped-mirror volume

tunables

changing values of, Methods to change Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing tunable parameters , Methods to change Veritas Volume Manager tunable parameters
dmp_cache_open, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_daemon_count, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_delayq_interval, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_fast_recovery, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_health_time, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_log_level, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_low_impact_probe, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_lun_retry_timeout, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_fabric, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_osevent, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_ownership, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_native_support, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_pathswitch_blks_shift, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_path_age, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_probe_idle_lun, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_probe_threshold, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_cycles, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_interval, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_state, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_scsi_timeout, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_sfg_threshold, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_stat_interval, DMP tunable parameters
FastrResync/cache object metadata cache size, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
maximum vol_stats_enable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
volcvm_smartsync, Tunable parameters for CVM
voldrl_max_drtregs, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
voldrl_max_seq_dirty, Sequential DRL, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
voldrl_min_regionsz, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
voliomem_chunk_size, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliomem_maxpool_sz, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliot_errbuf_dflt, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliot_iobuf_default, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliot_iobuf_limit, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliot_iobuf_max, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
voliot_max_open, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
volpagemod_max_memsz, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
volraid_minpool_size, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
volraid_rsrtransmax, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_checkpt_default, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_default_iodelay, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_fmr_logsz, How non-persistent FastResync works with snapshots, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
vol_maxio, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_maxioctl, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_maxparallelio, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_maxspecialio, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_max_vol, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
vol_subdisk_num, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

Tuning DMP

using templates, About tuning Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates

U

umount command, Unmounting a file system

unencapsulating the root disk, Unencapsulating the root disk

uninitialized storage, clearing, blkclear mount option

unmount, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

a snapped file system, About snapshot file systems

user-specified device names, Setting customized names for DMP nodes

use_all_paths attribute, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active array

use_avid

vxddladm option, Changing the disk device naming scheme

utility

vxtune, Changing the values of the Veritas Volume Manager tunable parameters using the vxtune command line

V

V-5-1-2829, Disk group versions

V-5-2-3091, Listing objects potentially affected by a move

V-5-2-4292, Listing objects potentially affected by a move

Veritas Operations Manager, About Veritas Operations Manager

version 0

of DCOs, DCO volume versioning

Version 1 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 2 disk layout, About disk layouts

version 20

of DCOs, DCO volume versioning , Instant snap (version 20) DCO volume layout

Version 3 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 4 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 5 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 6 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 7 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 8 disk layout, About disk layouts

Version 9 disk layout, About disk layouts

versioning

of DCOs, DCO volume versioning

versions

disk group, Upgrading the disk group version
displaying for disk group, Upgrading the disk group version
upgrading, Upgrading the disk group version

virtual disks, File system resizing

virtual objects, Virtual objects

VM disks

defined, VM disks
displaying spare, Displaying spare disk information
excluding free space from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
making free space available for hot-relocation use, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
marking as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
mirroring volumes on, Mirroring volumes on a VM disk
moving volumes from, Moving volumes from a VM disk
names, Subdisks
postponing replacement, Removing and replacing disks
removing from pool of hot-relocation spares, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
renaming, Renaming a disk

vol##, Volumes

vol##-##, Volumes

volbrk snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information

volcvm_smartsync tunable, Tunable parameters for CVM

voldrl_max_drtregs tunable, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

voldrl_max_seq_dirty tunable, Sequential DRL, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

voldrl_min_regionsz tunable, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

voliomem_chunk_size tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliomem_maxpool_sz tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliot_errbuf_dflt tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliot_iobuf_default tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliot_iobuf_limit tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliot_iobuf_max tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

voliot_max_open tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

volpagemod_max_memsz tunable, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

volraid_minpool_size tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

volraid_rsrtransmax tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

volume resynchronization, Volume resynchronization

volume sets

adding volumes to, Adding a volume to a volume set
administering, About volume sets
controlling access to raw device nodes, Controlling raw device access for an existing volume set
creating, Creating a volume set
creating instant snapshots of, Creating instant snapshots of volume sets
displaying access to raw device nodes, Displaying the raw device access settings for a volume set
enabling access to raw device nodes, Enabling raw device access when creating a volume set
listing details of, Listing details of volume sets
raw device nodes, Managing raw device nodes of component volumes
removing volumes from, Removing a volume from a volume set
starting, Stopping and starting volume sets
stopping, Stopping and starting volume sets

volumes

adding mirrors, Adding a mirror to a volume
adding snapshot mirrors to, Adding snapshot mirrors to a volume
adding to volume sets, Adding a volume to a volume set
adding version 0 DCOs to, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
backing up, Volume-level snapshots
backing up online using snapshots, Creating instant snapshots
boot-time restrictions, Boot-time volume restrictions
booting root, Booting root volumes
changing layout online, Performing online relayout
changing number of columns, Specifying a non-default layout
changing read policies for mirrored, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
changing stripe unit size, Specifying a non-default layout
concatenated, Concatenation, spanning, and carving, Types of volume layouts
concatenated-mirror, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10), Types of volume layouts
creating concatenated-mirror, Creating a concatenated-mirror volume
creating for use as full-sized instant snapshots, Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot
creating from snapshots, Dissociating a snapshot volume
creating mirrored, Creating a mirrored volume
creating mirrored-concatenated, Creating a mirrored-concatenated volume
creating mirrored-stripe, Creating a mirrored-stripe volume
creating RAID-5, Creating a RAID-5 volume
creating snapshots, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
creating striped, Creating a striped volume
creating striped-mirror, Creating a striped-mirror volume
defined, Volumes
displaying information about snapshots, Displaying snapshot information
dissociating version 0 DCOs from, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
effect of growing on FastResync maps, Effect of growing a volume on the FastResync map
excluding storage from use by vxassist, Creating a volume on specific disks
flagged as dirty, Dirty flags
layered, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10), Layered volumes, Types of volume layouts
limit on number of plexes, Volumes
limitations, Volumes
maximum number of, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
merging snapshots, Reattaching a snapshot volume
mirrored, Mirroring (RAID-1), Types of volume layouts
mirrored-concatenated, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)
mirrored-stripe, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1), Types of volume layouts
mirroring across controllers, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
mirroring across targets, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
mirroring all, Mirroring all volumes
mirroring on disks, Mirroring volumes on a VM disk
moving from VM disks, Moving volumes from a VM disk
names, Volumes
naming snap, Creating multiple snapshots
performing online relayout, Performing online relayout
RAID-0, Striping (RAID-0)
RAID-0+1, Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1)
RAID-1, Mirroring (RAID-1)
RAID-1+0, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)
RAID-10, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10)
RAID-5, RAID-5 (striping with parity), Types of volume layouts
reattaching plexes, Reattaching a plex manually
reattaching version 0 DCOs to, Reattaching a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
recovering after correctable hardware failure, Partial disk failure mail messages
removing, Removing a volume
removing from /etc/fstab, Removing a volume
removing linked snapshots from, Removing a linked break-off snapshot volume
removing mirrors from, Removing a mirror
removing plexes from, Removing a mirror
removing snapshot mirrors from, Removing a snapshot mirror
removing version 0 DCOs from, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
restarting moved, Joining disk groups
restoring from instant snapshots, Restoring a volume from an instant space-optimized snapshot
resynchronizing from snapshots, Reattaching a snapshot volume
snapshots, Volume snapshots
spanned, Concatenation, spanning, and carving
specifying non-default number of columns, Creating a striped volume
specifying non-default relayout, Specifying a non-default layout
specifying non-default stripe unit size, Creating a striped volume
specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
specifying use of storage to vxassist, Creating a volume on specific disks
stopping activity on, Removing a volume
striped, Striping (RAID-0), Types of volume layouts
striped-mirror, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0 or RAID-10), Types of volume layouts
taking multiple snapshots, Creating multiple snapshots
trigger point for mirroring in striped-mirror, Creating a striped-mirror volume
types of layout, Types of volume layouts

vol_checkpt_default tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_default_iodelay tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_fmr_logsz tunable, How non-persistent FastResync works with snapshots, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

vol_maxio tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_maxioctl tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_maxparallelio tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_maxspecialio tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_max_vol tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vol_subdisk_num tunable, Tunable parameters for core VxVM

vxassist

adding DCOs to volumes, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
adding mirrors to volumes, Adding a mirror to a volume
creating cache volumes, Creating a shared cache object
creating concatenated-mirror volumes, Creating a concatenated-mirror volume
creating mirrored volumes, Creating a mirrored volume
creating mirrored-concatenated volumes, Creating a mirrored-concatenated volume
creating mirrored-stripe volumes, Creating a mirrored-stripe volume
creating RAID-5 volumes, Creating a RAID-5 volume
creating snapshots, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
creating striped volumes, Creating a striped volume
creating striped-mirror volumes, Creating a striped-mirror volume
creating volumes for use as full-sized instant snapshots, Creating a volume for use as a full-sized instant or linked break-off snapshot
defaults file, Setting default values for vxassist
defining layout on specified storage, Creating a volume on specific disks
displaying information about snapshots, Displaying snapshot information
dissociating snapshots from volumes, Dissociating a snapshot volume
excluding storage from use, Creating a volume on specific disks
listing tags set on volumes, Setting tags on volumes
merging snapshots with volumes, Reattaching a snapshot volume
mirroring across controllers, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
mirroring across targets, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
moving DCO plexes, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
relaying out volumes online, Performing online relayout
removing mirrors, Removing a mirror
removing plexes, Removing a mirror
removing tags from volumes, Setting tags on volumes
removing version 0 DCOs from volumes, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
removing volumes, Removing a volume
replacing tags set on volumes, Setting tags on volumes
resynchronizing volumes from snapshots, Reattaching a snapshot volume
setting default values, Setting default values for vxassist
setting tags on volumes, Setting tags on volumes
snapabort, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
snapback, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
snapshot, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
snapstart, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
specifying number of mirrors, Creating a mirrored volume
specifying number of RAID-5 logs, Creating a RAID-5 volume
specifying ordered allocation of storage, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
specifying plexes for online relayout, Specifying a plex for relayout
specifying storage attributes, Creating a volume on specific disks
specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
specifying tags for online relayout tasks, Tagging a relayout operation
taking snapshots of multiple volumes, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command

vxcache

listing snapshots in a cache, Listing the snapshots created on a cache
resizing caches, Growing and shrinking a cache
starting cache objects, Creating a shared cache object
stopping a cache, Removing a cache
tuning cache autogrow, Tuning the autogrow attributes of a cache

vxcached

tuning, Tuning the autogrow attributes of a cache

vxconfigd

managing with vxdctl, About the configuration daemon in VxVM
monitoring configuration changes, Using vxnotify to monitor configuration changes

vxdco

dissociating version 0 DCOs from volumes, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
reattaching version 0 DCOs to volumes, Reattaching a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
removing version 0 DCOs from volumes, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume

vxdctl

managing vxconfigd, About the configuration daemon in VxVM
setting default disk group, Displaying and specifying the system-wide default disk group

vxdctl enable

configuring new disks, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
invoking device discovery, Enabling discovery of new disk arrays

vxddladm

adding disks to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
adding foreign devices, Foreign devices
changing naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
displaying the disk-naming scheme, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
listing all devices, Listing all the devices including iSCSI
listing configured devices, Listing the devices configured from a Host Bus Adapter and target
listing configured targets, Listing the targets configured from a Host Bus Adapter or a port
listing excluded disk arrays, Listing excluded disk arrays, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
listing ports on a Host Bus Adapter, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter
listing supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays
listing supported disks in DISKS category, Listing supported disks in the DISKS category
listing supported HBAs, Listing all the Host Bus Adapters including iSCSI
removing disks from DISKS category, Autodiscovery of EMC Symmetrix arrays, Removing disks from the DISKS category, Foreign devices
setting iSCSI parameters, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
used to exclude support for disk arrays, Excluding support for a disk array library
used to re-include support for disk arrays, Re-including support for an excluded disk array library

vxdg

displaying boot disk group, Displaying the system-wide boot disk group
displaying default disk group, Displaying and specifying the system-wide default disk group
displaying disk group version, Upgrading the disk group version
joining disk groups, Joining disk groups
listing objects affected by move, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
moving disks between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups
moving objects between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
splitting disk groups, Splitting disk groups
upgrading disk group version, Upgrading the disk group version

vxdisk

displaying multi-pathing information, Displaying the paths to a disk
listing disks, Displaying disk information
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
notifying dynamic LUN expansion, Dynamic LUN expansion
scanning disk devices, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices

vxdisk scandisks

rescanning devices, Partial device discovery
scanning devices, Partial device discovery

vxdiskadd

placing disks under VxVM control, Using vxdiskadd to put a disk under VxVM control

vxdiskadm

Add or initialize one or more disks, Adding a disk to VxVM
adding disks, Adding a disk to VxVM
changing the disk-naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
Encapsulate one or more disks, Encapsulating a disk
Exclude a disk from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
excluding free space on disks from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
initializing disks, Adding a disk to VxVM
List disk information, Displaying disk information with vxdiskadm
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
Make a disk available for hot-relocation use, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
making free space on disks available for hot-relocation use, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
Mark a disk as a spare for a disk group, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
marking disks as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
Mirror volumes on a disk, Mirroring volumes on a VM disk
mirroring disks, Rootability
mirroring root disks, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring volumes, Mirroring volumes on a VM disk
Move volumes from a disk, Moving volumes from a VM disk
moving disks between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups
moving volumes from VM disks, Moving volumes from a VM disk
Remove a disk, Removing disks
Remove a disk for replacement, Removing and replacing disks
removing disks from pool of hot-relocation spares, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
Replace a failed or removed disk, Replacing a failed or removed disk
Turn off the spare flag on a disk, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare

vxdiskunsetup

removing disks from VxVM control, Removing a disk from VxVM control

vxdmpadm

changing TPD naming scheme, Changing device naming for TPD-controlled enclosures
configuring an APM, Configuring array policy modules
configuring I/O throttling, Configuring the DMP I/O throttling mechanism
configuring response to I/O errors, Configuring DMP's response to I/O failures, Displaying recovery option values
disabling controllers in DMP, About enabling and disabling I/O for controllers and storage processors
disabling I/O in DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers or array ports
displaying APM information, Configuring array policy modules
displaying DMP database information, About displaying Veritas Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) information
displaying DMP node for a path, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying the members of a LUN group
displaying DMP node for an enclosure, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
displaying I/O error recovery settings, Displaying recovery option values
displaying I/O policy, Displaying the DMP I/O policy
displaying I/O throttling settings, Displaying recovery option values
displaying information about controllers, Displaying information about controllers
displaying information about enclosures, Displaying information about enclosures
displaying partition size, Displaying the DMP I/O policy
displaying paths controlled by DMP node, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
displaying status of DMP restoration thread, Displaying the status of the DMP path restoration thread
displaying TPD information, Displaying DMP path information for devices under third-party driver control
enabling I/O in DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers or array ports
gathering I/O statistics, Gathering and displaying DMP I/O statistics
listing information about array ports, Displaying information about array ports
removing an APM, Configuring array policy modules
renaming enclosures, Renaming an enclosure
setting I/O policy, Specifying the DMP I/O policy
setting path attributes, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
setting restore polling interval, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
specifying DMP path restoration policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
stopping DMP restore daemon, Stopping the DMP path restoration thread

vxdmpadm list

displaying DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes

vxdump, Commands related to extent attributes

vxedit

excluding free space on disks from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
making free space on disks available for hot-relocation use, Making a disk available for hot-relocation use
marking disks as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
removing a cache, Removing a cache
removing disks from pool of hot-relocation spares, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
removing instant snapshots, Removing an instant snapshot
removing snapshots from a cache, Removing a cache
removing volumes, Removing a volume
renaming disks, Renaming a disk

vxencap

encapsulating the root disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk

VxFS

storage allocation, Block size

vxfs_inotopath, Reverse path name lookup

vxiod I/O kernel threads, How VxVM works with the operating system

vxlsino, Reverse path name lookup

vxmake

creating cache objects, Creating a shared cache object
creating plexes, Adding a mirror to a volume

vxmend

re-enabling plexes, Reattaching a plex manually

vxmirror

configuring VxVM default behavior, Mirroring all volumes
mirroring root disks, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring volumes, Mirroring all volumes

vxnotify

monitoring configuration changes, Using vxnotify to monitor configuration changes

vxplex

attaching plexes to volumes, Adding a mirror to a volume
converting plexes to snapshots, Converting a plex into a snapshot plex
reattaching plexes, Reattaching a plex manually
removing mirrors, Removing a mirror
removing mirrors of root disk volumes, Unencapsulating the root disk
removing plexes, Removing a mirror

vxprint

displaying DCO information, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
displaying snapshots configured on a cache, Removing a cache
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
verifying if volumes are prepared for instant snapshots, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume

vxrecover

recovering plexes, Partial disk failure mail messages
restarting moved volumes, Joining disk groups

vxrelayout

resuming online relayout, Controlling the progress of a relayout
reversing direction of online relayout, Controlling the progress of a relayout
viewing status of online relayout, Viewing the status of a relayout

vxrelocd

hot-relocation daemon, How hot-relocation works
modifying behavior of, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
notifying users other than root, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
operation of, How hot-relocation works
preventing from running, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation
reducing performance impact of recovery, Modifying the behavior of hot-relocation

vxrestore, Commands related to extent attributes

vxsnap

adding snapshot mirrors to volumes, Adding snapshot mirrors to a volume
administering instant snapshots, How full-sized instant snapshots work
backing up multiple volumes, Creating multiple instant snapshots
controlling instant snapshot synchronization, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization
creating a cascaded snapshot hierarchy, Adding a snapshot to a cascaded snapshot hierarchy
creating full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
creating linked break-off snapshot volumes, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
creating space-optimized instant snapshots, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
displaying information about instant snapshots, Displaying instant snapshot information
dissociating instant snapshots, Dissociating an instant snapshot
preparing volumes for instant snapshots, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume
reattaching instant snapshots, Reattaching an instant full-sized or plex break-off snapshot
reattaching linked third-mirror snapshots, Reattaching a linked break-off snapshot volume
refreshing instant snapshots, Refreshing an instant space-optimized snapshot
removing a snapshot mirror from a volume, Removing a snapshot mirror, Removing a linked break-off snapshot volume
restore, How full-sized instant snapshots work
restoring volumes, Restoring a volume from an instant space-optimized snapshot
splitting snapshot hierarchies, Splitting an instant snapshot hierarchy

vxstat

determining which disks have failed, Partial disk failure mail messages

vxtask

aborting tasks, Using the vxtask command
listing tasks, Using the vxtask command
monitoring online relayout, Viewing the status of a relayout
monitoring tasks, Using the vxtask command
pausing online relayout, Controlling the progress of a relayout
resuming online relayout, Controlling the progress of a relayout
resuming tasks, Using the vxtask command

vxtune

setting volpagemod_max_memsz, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)

vxtune utility, Changing the values of the Veritas Volume Manager tunable parameters using the vxtune command line

vxunreloc

listing original disks of hot-relocated subdisks, Examining which subdisks were hot-relocated from a disk
moving subdisks after hot-relocation, Moving relocated subdisks using vxunreloc
restarting after errors, Restarting vxunreloc after errors
specifying different offsets for unrelocated subdisks, Forcing hot-relocated subdisks to accept different offsets
unrelocating subdisks after hot-relocation, Moving relocated subdisks using vxunreloc
unrelocating subdisks to different disks, Moving hot-relocated subdisks back to a different disk

vxunroot

removing rootability, Unencapsulating the root disk
unencapsulating the root disk, Unencapsulating the root disk

VxVM

configuration daemon, About the configuration daemon in VxVM
configuring to create mirrored volumes, Mirroring all volumes
dependency on operating system, How VxVM works with the operating system
disk discovery, Discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
granularity of memory allocation by, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
maximum number of subdisks per plex, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
maximum number of volumes, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
maximum size of memory pool, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
minimum size of memory pool, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
objects in, Virtual objects
removing disks from control of, Removing a disk from VxVM control
rootability, Rootability
task monitor, Monitoring and controlling tasks
types of volume layout, Types of volume layouts
upgrading, Upgrading the disk group version
upgrading disk group version, Upgrading the disk group version

vxvol

restarting moved volumes, Joining disk groups
setting read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
stopping volumes, Removing a volume

vxvset

adding volumes to volume sets, Adding a volume to a volume set
controlling access to raw device nodes, Controlling raw device access for an existing volume set
creating volume sets, Creating a volume set
creating volume sets with raw device access, Enabling raw device access when creating a volume set
listing details of volume sets, Listing details of volume sets
removing volumes from volume sets, Removing a volume from a volume set
starting volume sets, Stopping and starting volume sets
stopping volume sets, Stopping and starting volume sets

VX_DSYNC, Data synchronous I/O

VX_FREEZE, Freezing and thawing a file system, About quota checking with Veritas File System

VX_GETCACHE, Cache advisories

VX_SETCACHE, Cache advisories

VX_SNAPREAD, Snapshot file system backups

VX_THAW, Freezing and thawing a file system

VX_UNBUFFERED, Unbuffered I/O

W

warning messages

Specified region-size is larger than the limit on the system, Creating instant snapshots

writable Storage Checkpoints, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

write size, Fixed extent size