A

A/A disk arrays, How DMP works
A/A-A disk arrays, How DMP works
A/P disk arrays, How DMP works
A/P-C disk arrays, How DMP works
A/PF disk arrays, How DMP works
A/PG disk arrays, How DMP works
about
DMP, About Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP)
Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager, About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
about deploying Oracle with CNFS, About deploying Oracle with CNFS
access port, How DMP works
Actions, Actions
activation modes for shared disk groups, Activation modes of shared disk groups
active path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
active paths
devices, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
ACTIVE state, Linked break-off snapshot volumes
Active/Active disk arrays, How DMP works
Active/Passive disk arrays, How DMP works
adaptive load-balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
adaptiveminq policy, Specifying the I/O policy
adding disks, Using vxdiskadd to put a disk under VxVM control
Administering
Clustered NFS, Administering Clustered NFS
FSS, Administering Flexible Storage Sharing
administration
SFCFSHA, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability administration
Agents
CVM, Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability and Veritas Volume Manager cluster functionality agents
allocation
site-based, About sites and remote mirrors
allocation policies, Fixed extent size
default, Fixed extent size
extent, About extents
extent based, About extents, Veritas File System features
APM
configuring, Configuring Array Policy Modules
Architecture
SFCFSHA, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability architecture
VCS, About Cluster Server architecture
array policy module (APM)
configuring, Configuring Array Policy Modules
array ports
disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
displaying information about, Displaying information about array ports
enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
array support library (ASL), Disk categories
Array Volume ID
device naming, Changing the disk device naming scheme
arrays
DMP support, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
ASL
array support library, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays, Disk categories
Asymmetric Active/Active disk arrays, How DMP works
Asymmetric mounts, About asymmetric mounts
asymmetric mounts
mount_vxfs(1M), About asymmetric mounts
ATTACHING state, Linked break-off snapshot volumes
attributes
active, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
autogrow, Creating a shared cache object, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
autogrowby, Creating a shared cache object
cache, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
cachesize, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
dcolen, Version 0 DCO volume layout, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
for specifying storage, Creating a volume on specific disks
highwatermark, Creating a shared cache object
maxautogrow, Creating a shared cache object
maxdev, Compatibility of disk groups between platforms
mirdg, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
mirvol, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
ncachemirror, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
ndcomirror, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
ndcomirs, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume
newvol, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots
nmirror, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots
nomanual, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
nopreferred, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
preferred priority, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
primary, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
secondary, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
setting for paths, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
snapvol, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
source, Creating and managing full-sized instant snapshots, Creating and managing linked break-off snapshot volumes
standby, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
syncing, Creating instant snapshots, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization
autogrow
tuning, Tuning the autogrow attributes of a cache
autogrow attribute, Creating a shared cache object, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
autogrowby attribute, Creating a shared cache object
autotrespass mode, How DMP works
availability
storage, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures

B

Backup strategies
SFCFSHA, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability backup strategies
backups
created using snapshots, Creating instant snapshots
creating for volumes, Volume-level snapshots
creating using instant snapshots, Creating instant snapshots
creating using third-mirror snapshots, Creating traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots
for multiple volumes, Creating multiple instant snapshots, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command
of disk group configuration, Backing up and restoring disk group configuration data
of FSS disk group configuration, Backing up and restoring Flexible Storage Sharing disk group configuration data
bad block revectoring, nodatainlog mount option
balanced path policy, Specifying the I/O policy
base minor number, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
Basic design
Clustered NFS, Basic design
BIOS
restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
blkclear mount option, blkclear mount option
block based architecture, Veritas File System performance enhancements
blockmap for a snapshot file system, About snapshot file system disk structure
blocks on disks, Virtual objects
boot disk
encapsulating, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
unencapsulating, Unencapsulating the root disk
booting root volumes, Booting root volumes
BROKEN state, Linked break-off snapshot volumes
buffered file systems, Veritas File System features
buffered I/O, Direct I/O CPU overhead

C

cache
for space-optimized instant snapshots, Space-optimized instant volume snapshots
cache advisories, Cache advisories
cache attribute, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
cache objects
creating, Creating a shared cache object
enabling, Creating a shared cache object
listing snapshots in, Listing the snapshots created on a cache
caches
creating, Creating a shared cache object
deleting, Removing a cache
finding out snapshots configured on, Removing a cache
growing, Growing and shrinking a cache
listing snapshots in, Listing the snapshots created on a cache
removing, Removing a cache
resizing, Growing and shrinking a cache
shrinking, Growing and shrinking a cache
stopping, Removing a cache
used by space-optimized instant snapshots, How space-optimized instant snapshots work
cachesize attribute, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
Campus Cluster feature
administering, About sites and remote mirrors
campus clusters
administering, About sites and remote mirrors
serial split brain condition in, Example of a serial split brain condition in a cluster
cascade instant snapshots, Cascaded snapshots
cascaded snapshot hierarchies
creating, Adding a snapshot to a cascaded snapshot hierarchy
categories
disks, Disk categories
CDS
compatible disk groups, Creating a disk group
cds attribute, Creating a disk group
CFS file system
growing, Growing a CFS file system
Sharing, Sharing a CFS file system previously added to VCS, Sharing a CFS file system previously added to VCS
CFS primary node
fails, When the CFS primary node fails
CFS primaryship
determining, Determining or moving primaryship
moving, Determining or moving primaryship
cfscluster command, CFS commands
cfsdgadm command, CFS commands
cfsmntadm command, CFS commands
cfsmount command, CFS commands
cfsnfssg_dummy
service group, Service group cfsnfssg_dummy
cfsshare
manual page, cfsshare manual page
cfsshare (1M), cfsshare manual page
cfsshare command, CFS commands
cfsumount command, CFS commands
Changing the CVM master, Changing the CVM master manually
checkpoint interval, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
check_all policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_alternate policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_disabled policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_periodic policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
CIFS
Common Internet File System, About CIFS
debugging, Debugging CIFS
cio
Concurrent I/O, cio mount option
cloned disks, How VxVM handles hardware clones or snapshots, Importing the existing disk group with only the cloned disks, Importing the cloned disks as a new standard disk group
cluster file systems
support features
VxFS, About Veritas File System features supported in cluster file systems
Cluster file systems
VxFS
unsupported features, Veritas File System features not in cluster file systems
Cluster master node
changing, Changing the CVM master manually
cluster-shareable disk groups in clusters, About private and shared disk groups
Clustered NFS, About Clustered NFS
Administering, Administering Clustered NFS
Basic design, Basic design
Configure, Configure Clustered NFS
Debugging, Debugging Clustered NFS
Functionality, Internal Clustered NFS functionality
Unconfigure, Unconfiguring Clustered NFS
Understanding, Understanding how Clustered NFS works
clusters
activating disk groups, Activation modes of shared disk groups
activating shared disk groups, Changing the activation mode on a shared disk group
activation modes for shared disk groups, Activation modes of shared disk groups
benefits, About the cluster functionality of VxVM
checking cluster protocol version, Displaying the cluster protocol version
cluster-shareable disk groups, About private and shared disk groups
configuration, CVM initialization and configuration
configuring exclusive open of volume by node, Creating volumes with exclusive open access by a node, Setting exclusive open access to a volume by a node
connectivity policies, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
converting shared disk groups to private, Converting a disk group from shared to private
creating shared disk groups, Creating a shared disk group
designating shareable disk groups, About private and shared disk groups
detach policies, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
determining if disks are shared, Determining if a LUN is in a shareable disk group
forcibly adding disks to disk groups, Forcibly importing a disk group
forcibly importing disk groups, Forcibly importing a disk group
FSS, About Flexible Storage Sharing
importing disk groups as shared, Importing disk groups as shared
initialization, CVM initialization and configuration
introduced, Overview of clustering
limitations of shared disk groups, Limitations of shared disk groups
listing shared disk groups, Listing shared disk groups
moving objects between disk groups, Moving objects between shared disk groups
node shutdown, Node shutdown
nodes, Overview of cluster volume management
operation of DRL in, Dirty region logging in cluster environments, How DRL works in a cluster environment
operation of vxconfigd in, vxconfigd daemon
operation of VxVM in, Overview of cluster volume management
private disk groups, About private and shared disk groups
private networks, Overview of cluster volume management
protection against simultaneous writes, About private and shared disk groups
reconfiguration of, Cluster reconfiguration
resolving disk status in, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
shared disk groups, About private and shared disk groups
shared objects, Activation modes of shared disk groups
splitting disk groups in, Splitting shared disk groups
use of DMP in, DMP in a clustered environment
volume reconfiguration, Volume reconfiguration
vol_fmr_logsz tunable, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
vxclustadm, vxclustadm utility
vxdctl, Requesting node status and discovering the master node
vxrecover, Recovering volumes in shared disk groups
vxstat, Obtaining cluster performance statistics
CNFS, About Clustered NFS
columns
changing number of, Specifying a non-default layout
in striping, Striping (RAID-0)
mirroring in striped-mirror volumes, Creating a striped-mirror volume
commands
cfscluster, CFS commands
cfsdgadm, CFS commands
cfsmntadm, CFS commands
cfsmount, CFS commands
cfsshare, CFS commands
cfsumount, CFS commands
cron, About file system resizing
fsadm, About defragmentation
getext, Commands related to extent attributes
setext, Commands related to extent attributes
Common Internet File System
CIFS, About CIFS
compressing files, Veritas File System features
concatenated volumes, Concatenation, spanning, and carving, Types of volume layouts
concatenated-mirror volumes
creating, Creating a concatenated-mirror volume
defined, Mirroring plus striping (striped-mirror, RAID-1+0, or RAID-10)
recovery, Types of volume layouts
concatenation, Concatenation, spanning, and carving
configuration backup and restoration, Backing up and restoring disk group configuration data
configuration changes
monitoring using vxnotify, Using vxnotify to monitor configuration changes
configuration database
listing disks with, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
metadata, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
reducing size of, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups
Configure
Clustered NFS, Configure Clustered NFS
Configuring
low priority link, Configuring a low-priority link
Configuring a CNFS
samples, Samples for configuring a Clustered NFS, Sample 1 uses the cfsshare command to add a CFS file system to VCS configuration
configuring CNFS server for Oracle, Configuring the CNFS server for Oracle
Configuring DMP
using templates, About tuning Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
configuring Oracle for DNFS, Configuring Oracle for Direct NFS
connectivity policies, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
contiguous reservation, Extent attribute contiguity
Controller ID
displaying, Displaying information about controllers
controllers
disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
disabling in DMP, About enabling and disabling I/O for controllers and storage processors
displaying information about, Displaying information about controllers
enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
mirroring across, Specifying ordered allocation of storage to volumes
specifying to vxassist, Creating a volume on specific disks
converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint, Converting a data Storage Checkpoint to a nodata Storage Checkpoint
convosync mount option, Mounting a VxFS file system, convosync mount option
coordinator disks
DMP devices, About coordination points
for I/O fencing, About coordination points
copy-on-write
used by instant snapshots, How full-sized instant snapshots work
copy-on-write technique, Copy-on-write, About Storage Checkpoints
copymaps, DCO volume versioning , Instant snap (version 20) DCO volume layout
CP server
deployment scenarios, Deployment and migration scenarios for CP server
migration scenarios, Deployment and migration scenarios for CP server
CP server database, About the CP server database
CP server user privileges, About the CP server user types and privileges
creating
snapshot, Creating a snapshot on a cluster
Creating
database for Oracle 11gr2, Creating a database for Oracle 11gr2
creating a multi-volume support file system, Creating multi-volume file systems
creating file systems with large files, Creating a file system with large files
creating files with mkfs, Creating a VxFS file system
cron, About defragmentation, Monitoring fragmentation
cron sample script, Monitoring fragmentation
customized naming
DMP nodes, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
CVM
agents, Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability and Veritas Volume Manager cluster functionality agents
cluster functionality of VxVM, About the cluster functionality of VxVM
failure tolerance, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
functionality, Veritas Volume Manager cluster functionality
resilience, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
storage disconnectivity tolerance, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
CVM master
changing, Changing the CVM master manually

D

data change object
DCO, DCO volume versioning
data copy, Direct I/O
data corruption
preventing, About preventing data corruption with I/O fencing
data disks
for I/O fencing, About data disks
data redundancy, Mirroring (RAID-1), Striping plus mirroring (mirrored-stripe or RAID-0+1), RAID-5 (striping with parity)
data Storage Checkpoints definition, Data Storage Checkpoints
data synchronous I/O, mincache mount option, Data synchronous I/O
data transfer, Direct I/O
database replay logs and sequential DRL, Sequential DRL
databases
integrity of data in, Data integrity in volume snapshots
DCO
adding version 0 DCOs to volumes, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
considerations for disk layout, Moving DCO volumes between disk groups
data change object, DCO volume versioning
dissociating version 0 DCOs from volumes, Removing a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
effect on disk group split and join, Moving DCO volumes between disk groups
instant snap version, DCO volume versioning
log plexes, How persistent FastResync works with snapshots
log volume, DCO volume versioning
moving log plexes, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
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
specifying storage for version 0 plexes, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
used with DRL, Dirty region logging
version 0, DCO volume versioning
version 20, DCO volume versioning , Instant snap (version 20) DCO volume layout
versioning, DCO volume versioning
dcolen attribute, Version 0 DCO volume layout, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
DDL, Device discovery
Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
debugging CIFS, Debugging CIFS
Debugging Clustered NFS, Debugging Clustered NFS
default
allocation policy, Fixed extent size
defaultdg, Displaying and specifying the system-wide default disk group
defragmentation, About defragmentation
extent, Monitoring fragmentation
scheduling with cron, Monitoring fragmentation
delaylog, Veritas File System features
delaylog mount option, delaylog mount option
deploying Oracle
CNFS environment, Tasks for deploying Oracle with CNFS, About deploying Oracle with CNFS, VCS service groups in a CNFS environment, Configuring the CNFS server for Oracle, Configuring Oracle for Direct NFS, Recommended mount options for NFS, About oranfstab, Verifying Oracle Direct NFS usage
deploying Oracle with CNFS, Tasks for deploying Oracle with CNFS
configuring CNFS server, Configuring the CNFS server for Oracle
configuring Oracle for DNFS, Configuring Oracle for Direct NFS, Recommended mount options for NFS, About oranfstab
mount options for NFS, Recommended mount options for NFS
oranfstab, About oranfstab
VCS service groups, VCS service groups in a CNFS environment
verifying DNFS usage, Verifying Oracle Direct NFS usage
detach policy
global, How CVM handles local storage disconnectivity with the global detach policy
Determining
CFS primaryship, Determining or moving primaryship
device discovery
introduced, Device discovery
partial, Partial device discovery
Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
Device Discovery Layer (DDL), Device discovery, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
device names, Physical objects
configuring persistent, Regenerating persistent device names
user-specified, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
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
devices
adding foreign, Foreign devices
fabric, Partial device discovery
JBOD, How DMP claims devices
listing all, Listing all the devices including iSCSI
making invisible to VxVM, Making devices invisible to VxVM
nopriv, Using nopriv disks for encapsulation
path redundancy, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
direct data transfer, Direct I/O
direct I/O, Direct I/O
directory reorganization, Monitoring fragmentation
dirty flags set on volumes, Dirty flags
dirty region logging. (see DRL)
dirty regions, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
disable failure policy, Availability of shared disk group configuration copies
disabled file system
snapshot, How a snapshot file system works
disabled paths, Displaying the paths to a disk
discovered direct I/O, Discovered Direct I/O
disk access records
stored in /etc/vx/darecs, About the configuration daemon in Veritas Volume Manager
disk arrays
A/A, How DMP works
A/A-A, How DMP works
A/P, How DMP works
A/P-G, How DMP works
A/PF, How DMP works
Active/Active, How DMP works
Active/Passive, How DMP works
adding disks to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
Asymmetric Active/Active, How DMP works
defined, Disk arrays
excluding support for, Excluding support for a disk array library
JBOD devices, How DMP claims devices
listing claimed disks in DISKS category, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
listing excluded, Listing excluded disk arrays
listing supported, Listing all supported disk arrays
multipathed, Multiple paths to disk arrays
re-including support for, Re-including support for an excluded disk array library
removing disks from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category
supported with DMP, Listing all supported disk arrays
Disk Group Split/Join, Disk group split/join
disk groups
activating shared, Changing the activation mode on a shared disk group
activation in clusters, Activation modes of shared disk groups
avoiding conflicting minor numbers on import, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
clearing locks on disks, Handling errors when importing disks
cluster-shareable, About private and shared disk groups
compatible with CDS, Creating a disk group
configuration backup and restoration, Backing up and restoring disk group configuration data
configuring site consistency on, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
configuring site-based allocation on, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
converting to private, Converting a disk group from shared to private
creating shared, Creating a shared disk group
creating with old version number, Creating a disk group with an earlier disk group version
defaults file for shared, Activation modes of shared disk groups
defined, Virtual objects
deporting, Deporting a disk group
designating as shareable, About private and shared disk groups
destroying, Destroying a disk group
determining the default disk group, Rules for determining the default disk group
disabling, Disabling a disk group
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 free space in, Displaying free space in a disk group
displaying information about, Displaying disk group information
displaying network shared disk groups, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
displaying version of, Upgrading the disk group version
failure policy, Availability of shared disk group configuration copies
features supported by version, Disk group versions
forcing import of, Handling errors when importing disks
free space in, How space is chosen for relocation
importing, Importing a disk group
importing as shared, Importing disk groups as shared
importing forcibly, Forcibly importing a disk group
importing with cloned disks, Importing the existing disk group with only the cloned disks, Importing the cloned disks as a new standard disk group
ISP, Working with existing ISP disk groups
joining, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups, Joining disk groups
kernel logs and configuration databases, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
layout of DCO plexes, Moving DCO volumes between disk groups
limitations of move
split (see and join)
listing objects affected by a move, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
listing shared, Listing shared disk groups
making site consistent, Making an existing disk group site consistent
moving between systems, Moving disk groups between systems
moving disks between, Moving disks between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
moving licensed EMC disks between, Moving objects between disk groups
moving objects between, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
moving objects in clusters, Moving objects between shared disk groups
private in clusters, About private and shared disk groups
recovering destroyed, Recovering a destroyed disk group
recovery from failed reconfiguration, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups
removing disks from, Removing a disk from a disk group
renaming, Renaming a disk group
reorganizing, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups
reserving minor numbers, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
restarting moved volumes, Joining disk groups
serial split brain condition, Handling conflicting configuration copies
setting default disk group, Displaying and specifying the system-wide default disk group
setting the FSS attribute, Setting the Flexible Storage Sharing attribute on a disk group
shared in clusters, About private and shared disk groups
splitting, Reorganizing the contents of disk groups, Splitting disk groups
splitting in clusters, Splitting shared disk groups
upgrading version of, Upgrading the disk group version
version, Disk group versions, Upgrading the disk group version
volume layout for FSS, About the volume layout for Flexible Storage Sharing disk groups
disk layout
Version 10, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 6, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 7, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 8, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 9, About Veritas File System disk layouts
disk names
configuring persistent, Regenerating persistent device names
diskdetpolicy attribute, Setting the detach policy for shared disk groups
disks, Disk categories
adding, Using vxdiskadd to put a disk under VxVM control
adding to disk groups forcibly, Forcibly importing a disk group
adding to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
array support library, Disk categories
categories, Disk categories
changing naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
clearing locks on, Handling errors when importing disks
cloned, Importing the existing disk group with only the cloned disks, Importing the cloned disks as a new standard disk group
complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
configuring newly added, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
configuring persistent names, Regenerating persistent device names
determining failed, Partial disk failure mail messages
determining if shared, Determining if a LUN is in a shareable disk group
Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
disabled path, Displaying the paths to a disk
discovery of by DMP, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
discovery of by VxVM, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
disk access records file, About the configuration daemon in Veritas Volume Manager
disk arrays, Disk arrays
displaying exporrted disks, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
displaying information, Displaying disk information, Displaying disk information with vxdiskadm
displaying information about, Displaying disk information, Displaying disk group information
displaying naming scheme, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
displaying spare, Displaying spare disk information
dynamic LUN expansion, Dynamic LUN expansion
EFI, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
enabled path, Displaying the paths to a disk
encapsulation, Encapsulating a disk, Rootability
enclosures, About enclosure-based naming
excluding free space from hot-relocation use, Excluding a disk from hot-relocation use
failure handled by hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
formatting, About disk installation and formatting
handling clones, How VxVM handles hardware clones or snapshots
handling duplicated identifiers, How VxVM handles hardware clones or snapshots
hot-relocation, About hot-relocation
initializing, Adding a disk to VxVM
installing, About disk installation and formatting
invoking discovery of, Enabling discovery of new disk arrays
layout of DCO plexes, Moving DCO volumes between disk groups
listing tags on, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
listing those claimed in JBODs, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
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
mirroring boot disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring root disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring volumes on, Mirroring volumes on a VxVM disk
moving between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
moving disk groups between systems, Moving disk groups between systems
moving volumes from, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
nopriv devices, Using nopriv disks for encapsulation
OTHER_DISKS category, Disk categories
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
postponing replacement, Removing and replacing disks
primary path, Displaying the paths to a disk
reinitializing, Disk reinitialization
releasing from disk groups, Destroying a disk group
removing, Removing disks, Removing and replacing disks
removing from disk groups, Removing a disk from a disk group
removing from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category
removing from pool of hot-relocation spares, Removing a disk from use as a hot-relocation spare
removing from VxVM control, Removing a disk from a disk group, Removing a disk from VxVM control
removing with subdisks, Removing a disk with subdisks, Removing a disk with no subdisks
renaming, Renaming a disk
replacing, Removing and replacing disks
replacing removed, Replacing a failed or removed disk
resolving status in clusters, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
root disk, Rootability
scanning for, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
secondary path, Displaying the paths to a disk
setting tags on, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
spare, How space is chosen for relocation
specifying to vxassist, Creating a volume on specific disks
tagging with site name, Configuring site tagging for disks or enclosures
UDID flag, How VxVM uses the unique disk identifier (UDID)
unique identifier, How VxVM uses the unique disk identifier (UDID)
VxVM, Virtual objects
writing a new identifier to, Writing a new UDID to a disk
DISKS category, Disk categories
adding disks, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
listing claimed disks, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
removing disks, Removing disks from the DISKS category
displaying
DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
HBA information, Displaying information about controllers
redundancy levels, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure
supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays
displaying mounted file systems, Displaying information on mounted file systems
displaying statistics
erroneous I/Os, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
queued I/Os, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
DMP
check_all restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_alternate restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_disabled restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
check_periodic restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
configuring disk devices, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
configuring DMP path restoration policies, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
configuring I/O throttling, Configuring the I/O throttling mechanism
configuring response to I/O errors, Configuring the response to I/O failures, Displaying recovery option values
disabling array ports, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
disabling controllers, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
disabling multi-pathing, Making devices invisible to VxVM
disabling paths, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
disk discovery, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
displaying DMP database information, About displaying DMP database information
displaying DMP node for a path, Retrieving information about a DMP node
displaying DMP node for an enclosure, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
displaying DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
displaying information about array ports, Displaying information about array ports
displaying information about controllers, Displaying information about controllers
displaying information about enclosures, Displaying information about enclosures
displaying information about paths, Displaying the paths to a disk
displaying LUN group for a node, Displaying the members of a LUN group
displaying paths controlled by DMP node, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
displaying paths for a controller, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
displaying paths for an array port, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
displaying recoveryoption values, Displaying recovery option values
displaying status of DMP path restoration thread, Displaying the status of the DMP path restoration thread
displaying TPD information, Displaying information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
dynamic multi-pathing, How DMP works
enabling array ports, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
enabling controllers, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
enabling multi-pathing, Making devices visible to VxVM
enabling paths, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
enclosure-based naming, How DMP works
gathering I/O statistics, Gathering and displaying I/O statistics
in a clustered environment, DMP in a clustered environment
load balancing, Load balancing
logging levels, DMP tunable parameters
metanodes, How DMP works
nodes, How DMP works
path aging, DMP tunable parameters
path failover mechanism, Path failover mechanism
path-switch tunable, DMP tunable parameters
renaming an enclosure, Renaming an enclosure
restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
scheduling I/O on secondary paths, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active or an ALUA array
setting the DMP restore polling interval, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
stopping the DMP restore daemon, Stopping the DMP path restoration thread
tuning with templates, About tuning Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
vxdmpadm, Administering DMP using the vxdmpadm utility
DMP nodes
displaying consolidated information, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
setting names, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
DMP support
JBOD devices, How DMP claims devices
dmp_cache_open tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_daemon_count tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_delayq_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_fast_recovery tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_health_time tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_log_level tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_low_impact_probe, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_lun_retry_timeout tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_fabric tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_osevent tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_monitor_ownership tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_native_support tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_pathswitch_blks_shift tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_path_age tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_probe_idle_lun tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_probe_threshold tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_cycles tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_restore_state tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_scsi_timeout tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_sfg_threshold tunable, DMP tunable parameters
dmp_stat_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
DRL
dirty region logging, Dirty region logging
handling recovery in clusters, How DRL works in a cluster environment
hot-relocation limitations, How hot-relocation works
log subdisks, Log subdisks and plexes
maximum number of dirty regions, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
minimum number of sectors, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
operation in clusters, Dirty region logging in cluster environments
sequential, Sequential DRL
use of DCO with, Dirty region logging
dynamic LUN expansion, Dynamic LUN expansion

E

EFI disks, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
EMC arrays
moving disks between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
enabled paths
displaying, Displaying the paths to a disk
encapsulating disks, Encapsulating a disk, Rootability
encapsulating volumes, Features implemented using multi-volume file system (MVFS) support
encapsulation
failure of, Failure of disk encapsulation
root disk, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
supported layouts for root disk, Sample supported root disk layouts for encapsulation
unsupported layouts for root disk, Sample unsupported root disk layouts for encapsulation
enclosure-based naming, About enclosure-based naming, Changing the disk device naming scheme
DMP, How DMP works
enclosures, About enclosure-based naming
displaying information about, Displaying information about enclosures
path redundancy, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
setting attributes of paths, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
tagging with site name, Configuring automatic site tagging for a disk group, Displaying site information
enhanced data integrity modes, Veritas File System features
ENOSPC, Storage Checkpoint space management considerations
Environment
public network, About single network link and reliability
single private link, About single network link and reliability
erroneous I/Os
displaying statistics, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
error messages
Association count is incorrect, Corruption of disk group configuration
Association not resolved, Corruption of disk group configuration
Cannot auto-import group, Corruption of disk group configuration
Configuration records are inconsistent, Corruption of disk group configuration
Disk for disk group not found, Handling errors when importing disks
Disk group has no valid configuration copies, Corruption of disk group configuration, Handling errors when importing disks
Disk group version doesn't support feature, Disk group versions
Disk is in use by another host, Handling errors when importing disks
Disk is used by one or more subdisks, Removing a disk from a disk group
Disk not moving
but subdisks on it are, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
Duplicate record in configuration, Corruption of disk group configuration
import failed, Handling errors when importing disks
It is not possible to encapsulate, Failure of disk encapsulation
No valid disk found containing disk group, Handling errors when importing disks
The encapsulation operation failed, Failure of disk encapsulation
tmpsize too small to perform this relayout, How online relayout works
unsupported layout, Failure of disk encapsulation
vxdg listmove failed, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
errord daemon, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
errors
handling transient errors, DMP tunable parameters
exclusive-write mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
exclusivewrite mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
expansion, About file system resizing
explicit failover mode, How DMP works
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) disks, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
extent, About extents, Veritas File System features, About extent attributes
attributes, Veritas File System features, About extent attributes
reorganization, Monitoring fragmentation
extent allocation, About extents
aligned, About extent attributes
control, Veritas File System features, About extent attributes
fixed size, About extent attributes
extent attributes, Veritas File System features, About extent attributes
external quotas file, About quota files on Veritas File System

F

fabric devices, Partial device discovery
FAILFAST flag, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
Failover
primary, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability primary/secondary failover
secondary, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability primary/secondary failover
failover, About the cluster functionality of VxVM, Overview of clustering
failover mode, How DMP works
fails
CFS primary node, When the CFS primary node fails
failure handled by hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
failure in RAID-5 handled by hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
failure policies, Availability of shared disk group configuration copies
failures
storage, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
FastResync
effect of growing volume on, Effect of growing a volume on the FastResync map
limitations, FastResync limitations
Non-Persistent, How FastResync works
Persistent, How FastResync works, How persistent FastResync works with snapshots, Persistent FastResync of volume snapshots
size of bitmap, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
snapshot enhancements, How traditional third-mirror break-off snapshots work
use with snapshots, FastResync
FastResync/cache object metadata cache size tunable, Tunable parameters for FlashSnap (FMR)
fc_foff, Veritas File System File Change Log administrative interface
file
sparse, Fixed extent size
file compression, Veritas File System features
file system
block size, About failing to preserve extent attributes
buffering, Veritas File System features
displaying mounted, Displaying information on mounted file systems
mount, How to mount an NFS-exported file system on the NFS clients
file system tunables
tunefstab(4), About file system tunables
vxtunefs(1M), About file system tunables
file systems
unmounting, Removing a volume
fileset
primary, How a Storage Checkpoint works
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
backup, Backup and FileSnaps
best practices, Using FileSnaps to create point-in-time copies of files
block map fragmentation, Block map fragmentation and FileSnaps
concurrent I/O, Concurrent I/O to FileSnaps
copy-on-write, Copy-on-write and FileSnaps
creation, FileSnap creation
properties, Properties of FileSnaps
reading from, Reading from FileSnaps
using, Using FileSnaps
fire drill
defined, About sites and remote mirrors
testing, Fire drill - testing the configuration
fire drills
about, About setting up a disaster recovery fire drill
disaster recovery, About setting up a disaster recovery fire drill
for global clusters, About setting up a disaster recovery fire drill
fixed extent size, About extent attributes
fixed write size, Fixed extent size
FlashSnap, About Storage Foundation point-in-time copy technologies
FMR. (see FastResync)
foreign devices
adding, Foreign devices
formatting disks, About disk installation and formatting
fragmentation
monitoring, Monitoring fragmentation
reorganization facilities, Monitoring fragmentation
reporting, Monitoring fragmentation
fragmented file system characteristics, Monitoring fragmentation
free space in disk groups, How space is chosen for relocation
free space monitoring, Monitoring free space
Freeze, Veritas File System features
freeze, Freezing and thawing a file system
freezing and thawing, relation to Storage Checkpoints, How a Storage Checkpoint works
fsadm, About defragmentation
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
thin reclamation, Reclaiming space on a file system
fsadm_vxfs, Managing a file system with large files
fsadm_vxfs(1M)
manual page, About the fsadm command
fscat, Snapshot file system backups
fsck, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
fsckptadm
Storage Checkpoint administration, Storage Checkpoint administration
fsclustadm, When the CFS primary node fails, Basic design
fsclustadm(1M)
manual page, About the fsclustadm command
FSS
administering, Administering Flexible Storage Sharing
disk support, About Flexible Storage Sharing disk support
displaying exported disks, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
displaying network shared disk groups, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
export, Exporting a disk for Flexible Storage Sharing
functionality, About Flexible Storage Sharing
host disk class, Using the host disk class and allocating storage
host prefix, Setting the host prefix
limitations, Limitations of Flexible Storage Sharing
mirrored volumes, Administering mirrored volumes using vxassist
setting on a disk group, Setting the Flexible Storage Sharing attribute on a disk group
tuning memory consumption, Tuning Flexible Storage Sharing memory consumption
unexport, Exporting a disk for Flexible Storage Sharing
use cases, Flexible Storage Sharing use cases
volume layout, About the volume layout for Flexible Storage Sharing disk groups
vxassist, Administering mirrored volumes using vxassist
FSS configuration backup and restoration, Backing up and restoring Flexible Storage Sharing disk group configuration data
FSS disk groups
configuration backup and restoration, Backing up and restoring Flexible Storage Sharing disk group configuration data
fstyp
how to determine the file system type, Identifying file system types
fsvoladm, Creating multi-volume file systems
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
Functionality
Clustered NFS, Internal Clustered NFS functionality

G

GAB, CVM initialization and configuration
tunable parameters, About GAB tunable parameters
VCS, About Cluster Server architecture
GAB tunable parameters
dynamic, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Control port seed, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Driver state, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Gab queue limit, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Halt on process death, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Halt on rejoin, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
IOFENCE timeout, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Isolate timeout, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Keep on killing, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Kill_ntries, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Missed heartbeat halt, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Partition arbitration, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Quorum flag, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
Stable timeout, About GAB run-time or dynamic tunable parameters
static, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_conn_wait, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_flowctrl, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_isolate_time, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_kill_ntries, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_kstat_size, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_logbufsize, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_msglogsize, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_numnids, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
gab_numports, About GAB load-time or static tunable parameters
get I/O parameter ioctl, Getting the I/O size
getext, Commands related to extent attributes
GLM, About single-host file system semantics using Group Lock Manager
global detach policy, How CVM handles local storage disconnectivity with the global detach policy
GPT labels, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
Group Membership and Atomic Broadcast (GAB), CVM initialization and configuration
growing
CFS file system, Growing a CFS file system
GUID Partition Table (GPT) labels, Encapsulating a disk, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux

H

handling storage disconnectivity
CVM, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
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
host failures, Recovering from host failure
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 I/O statistics
kernel threads, How Veritas Volume Manager works with the operating system
scheduling on secondary paths, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active or an ALUA 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 error handling, About the I/O error handling policy for Cluster Volume Manager
I/O failures
Recovering, About recovering from I/O failures
I/O fencing
operations, About I/O fencing operations
preventing data corruption, About preventing data corruption with I/O fencing
testing and scenarios, How I/O fencing works in different event scenarios
I/O operations
maximum size of, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
I/O policy
displaying, Displaying the I/O policy
example, Example of applying load balancing in a SAN
specifying, Specifying the I/O policy
I/O requests
asynchronous, mincache mount option
synchronous, nodatainlog mount option
I/O shipping policy, Enabling I/O shipping for shared disk groups
I/O throttling, Configuring the 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
Importing
ISP disk group, Working with existing ISP disk groups
initialization
of disks, Adding a disk to VxVM
inode table, Tuning inode table size
internal, Tuning inode table size
sizes, Tuning inode table size
inodes, block based, About extents
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, About the Veritas File System intent log, Veritas File System features
multi-volume file system support, Features implemented using multi-volume file system (MVFS) support
intent log resizing, About the Veritas File System intent log
intent logging, Data integrity in volume snapshots
internal inode table, Tuning inode table size
internal quotas file, About quota files on Veritas File System
ioctl calls, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
ioship attribute, Enabling I/O shipping for shared disk groups
iSCSI parameters
administering with DDL, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
setting with vxddladm, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
ISP
disk groups, Working with existing ISP disk groups
ISP disk group
Importing, Working with existing ISP disk groups
Upgrading, Working with existing ISP disk groups

L

large files, Veritas File System features, largefiles and nolargefiles mount options
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, About 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
leave failure policy, Availability of shared disk group configuration copies
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
LLT
tunable parameters, About LLT tunable parameters
VCS, About Cluster Server architecture
LLT timer tunable parameters
setting, Setting LLT timer tunable parameters
load balancing, How DMP works
across nodes in a cluster, Overview of clustering
displaying policy for, Displaying the I/O policy
specifying policy for, Specifying the I/O policy
lock clearing on disks, Handling errors when importing disks
Locking, Veritas File System features
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
kernel, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
RAID-5, RAID-5 logging, Resynchronization process
specifying number for RAID-5, Creating a RAID-5 volume
Low priority link
configuring, Configuring a low-priority link
lti-volume file systems, About multi-volume file systems
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

main.cf file, Sample main.cf file
sample, Sample main.cf file for CIFS
Manual page
fsadm_vxfs(1M), About the fsadm command
fsclustadm(1M), About the fsclustadm command
mount_vxfs(1M), About the mount command
manual page
cfsshare, cfsshare manual page
Master Boot Record
restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
master node
defined, Overview of cluster volume management
discovering, Requesting node status and discovering the master node
Master node
changing, Changing the CVM master manually
maxautogrow attribute, Creating a shared cache object
maxdev attribute, Compatibility of disk groups between platforms
maximum I/O size, Veritas Volume Manager maximum I/O size
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
Memory mapping, Veritas File System features
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, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
multi-volume support, Features implemented using multi-volume file system (MVFS) 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 I/O policy
minimum redundancy levels
displaying for a device, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure
specifying for a device, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
minor numbers, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
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
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
creating large files, Managing a file system with large files
modes
enhanced data integrity, Veritas File System features
monitoring fragmentation, Monitoring fragmentation
mount, 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
nfs-exported file system, How to mount an NFS-exported file system on the NFS clients
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, Veritas File System features, delaylog mount option
extended, Veritas File System features
largefiles, Mounting a file system with large files
log, 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
mount_vxfs(1M)
asymmetric mounts, About asymmetric mounts
manual page, About the mount command
Moving
CFS primaryship, Determining or moving primaryship
mrl
keyword, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure
multi-pathing
disabling, Making devices invisible to VxVM
displaying information about, Displaying the paths to a disk
enabling, Making devices visible to VxVM
Multi-Volume Support, About volume sets
multi-volume support
creating a MVFS, Creating multi-volume file systems
multiple block operations, About extents

N

name space
preserved by Storage Checkpoints, About Storage Checkpoints
names
changing for disk groups, Renaming a disk group
defining for snapshot volumes, Creating multiple snapshots with the vxassist command
device, Physical objects
renaming disks, Renaming a disk
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 enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
displaying for disks, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
native asynchronous I/O
with cloned processes, Native asynchronous I/O with cloned processes
ncachemirror attribute, Creating and managing space-optimized instant snapshots
ncheck, About reverse path name lookup
ndcomirror attribute, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
ndcomirs attribute, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume
Nested mounts, Veritas File System features
newvol attribute, Creating and managing third-mirror break-off snapshots
NFS mounts, Veritas File System features
nfs-exported file system
mount, How to mount an NFS-exported file system on the NFS clients
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
in clusters, Overview of cluster volume management
requesting status of, Requesting node status and discovering the master node
shutdown in clusters, Node shutdown
use of vxclustadm to control CVM functionality, vxclustadm utility
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
NTP
network time protocol, Synchronizing system clocks on all nodes
network time protocol daemon, About synchronizing time on Cluster File Systems

O

objects
physical, Physical objects
virtual, Virtual objects
off-host processing, About the cluster functionality of VxVM
OMF, About Oracle Disk Manager and Oracle Managed Files
working with Oracle Disk Manager, How Oracle Disk Manager works with Oracle Managed Files
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
Oracle Disk Manager, About Oracle Disk Manager
benefits, About Oracle Disk Manager
disabling, Disabling the Oracle Disk Manager feature
preparing existing databases for use with, Preparing existing database storage for Oracle Disk Manager
setting up, Setting up Veritas Extension for Oracle Disk Manager
Oracle Managed Files, About Oracle Disk Manager and Oracle Managed Files
working with Oracle Disk Manager, How Oracle Disk Manager works with Oracle Managed Files
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

Parallel fsck threads, About setting the number of parallel fsck threads
Parallel I/O, About parallel I/O
parity in RAID-5, RAID-5 (striping with parity)
partial device discovery, Partial device discovery
partition size
displaying the value of, Displaying the I/O policy
specifying, Specifying the I/O policy
partition table, Allocation of METADATA Subdisks During Root Disk Encapsulation
partitions
number, About disk partitions
slices, About disk partitions
path aging, DMP tunable parameters
path failover in DMP, Path failover mechanism
paths
disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
setting attributes of, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
performance
changing values of tunables, Methods to change 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, File system 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
clearing locks on, Handling errors when importing 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 disk group 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 disk groups between systems, Moving disk groups between systems
moving volumes from, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
partial failure messages, Partial disk failure mail messages
postponing replacement, Removing and replacing disks
releasing from disk groups, Destroying a disk group
removing, Removing disks, Removing and replacing disks
removing from disk groups, Removing a disk from a disk group
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, Virtual objects
failure in hot-relocation, How hot-relocation works
maximum number of subdisks, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
moving, Specifying storage for version 0 DCO plexes
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)
point-in-time copy solutions
applications, When to use point-in-time copies
polling interval for DMP restore, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
Port membership
SFCFSHA, About Cluster Server architecture
ports
listing, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter
postoffline
trigger, postoffline trigger
postonline
trigger, postonline trigger
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
preonline
trigger, preonline trigger
Primary
failover, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability primary/secondary failover
primary and secondary
terminology, About primary and secondary cluster nodes
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
primaryship
primary node, About distributing the workload on a cluster
priority load balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
private disk groups
converting from shared, Converting a disk group from shared to private
in clusters, About private and shared disk groups
private network
in clusters, Overview of cluster volume management
pseudo device, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint

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, About sites and remote mirrors, About site-based allocation, About the site read policy
split, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
read-only mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
readonly mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
Recovering
I/O failures, About recovering from I/O failures
recovery
checkpoint interval, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
I/O delay, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
recovery option values
configuring, Displaying recovery option values
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 redundancy level of a device or enclosure
specifying for a device, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
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
Remote Mirror feature
administering, About sites and remote mirrors
remote mirrors
administering, About sites and remote mirrors
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
reservations
description, About SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations
restoration of disk group configuration, Backing up and restoring disk group configuration data
restoration of FSS disk group configuration, Backing up and restoring Flexible Storage Sharing disk group configuration data
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
snapshots, Choices for snapshot resynchronization
retry option values
configuring, Displaying recovery option values
Reverse Path Name Lookup, About 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 volume, Booting root volumes
rootability, Rootability
removing, Unencapsulating the root disk
restrictions, Restrictions on using rootability with Linux
round read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
round-robin
load balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes

S

s#, About disk partitions
sample
main.cf file, Sample main.cf file for CIFS
scandisks
vxdisk subcommand, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
SCSI-3 PR, About SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations
Secondary
failover, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability primary/secondary failover
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
secure communication, How secure communication works between the CP servers and the SFCFSHA clusters using the Symantec Product Authentication Services (AT)
security, About secure communication between the SFCFSHA cluster and CP server
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
serial split brain condition, About sites and remote mirrors
correcting, Correcting conflicting configuration information
in campus clusters, Example of a serial split brain condition in a cluster
in disk groups, Handling conflicting configuration copies
server-based fencing
replacing coordination points
online cluster, Replacing coordination points for server-based fencing in an online cluster
service group
cfsnfssg_dummy, Service group cfsnfssg_dummy
setext, Commands related to extent attributes
Setting
parallel fsck threads, About setting the number of parallel fsck threads
setting
path redundancy levels, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
SFCFSHA
administration, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability administration
architecture, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability architecture
backup strategies, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability backup strategies
environments, About single network link and reliability
features, When to use Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability
port membership, About Cluster Server architecture
snapshots, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability backup strategies
synchronize time, About synchronizing time on Cluster File Systems
usage, When to use Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability
Shared CFS file system
unsharing, Unsharing the previous shared CFS file system
shared CFS file system
unsharing, Unsharing the previous shared CFS file system
shared disk groups
activating, Changing the activation mode on a shared disk group
activation modes, Activation modes of shared disk groups
converting to private, Converting a disk group from shared to private
creating, Creating a shared disk group
importing, Importing disk groups as shared
in clusters, About private and shared disk groups
limitations of, Limitations of shared disk groups
listing, Listing shared disk groups
shared-read mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
shared-write mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
sharedread mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
sharedwrite mode, Activation modes of shared disk groups
Sharing
CFS file system, Sharing a CFS file system previously added to VCS
sharing
CFS file system, Sharing a CFS file system previously added to VCS
single active path policy, Specifying the I/O policy
Site Awareness license, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
site consistency
configuring, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
defined, About sites and remote mirrors
site failure
simulating, Simulating site failure
site failures
host failures, Recovering from host failure
loss of connectivity, Recovering from a loss of site connectivity
recovery from, Recovery from simulated site failure, Recovering from site failure
scenarios and recovery procedures, Failure and recovery scenarios
storage failures, Recovering from storage failure
site-based allocation
configuring for disk groups, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
defined, About sites and remote mirrors
site-based consistency
configuring on existing disk groups, Making an existing disk group site consistent
siteconsistent attribute, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
siteread read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes, About sites and remote mirrors, About site-based allocation, About the site read policy
sites
reattaching, Recovery from simulated site failure
slave nodes
defined, Overview of cluster volume management
slices
partitions, About disk partitions
SmartMove feature, Migrating to thin provisioning
SmartTier, About volume sets
multi-volume file system support, Features implemented using multi-volume file system (MVFS) 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, Veritas File System features, About snapshot file systems
performance, Snapshot file system performance
unmounting, About snapshot file systems
snapread, Snapshot file system backups
Snapshot
characteristics, About cluster snapshot characteristics
performance, Performance considerations
snapshot
creating, Creating a snapshot on a cluster
snapshot file systems, Veritas File System features, 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
Snapshots, About Snapshots on SFCFSHA
SFCFSHA, About Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability backup strategies
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
split read policy, Changing the read policy for mirrored volumes
Split-brain, Split-brain and jeopardy handling
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, About Storage Checkpoints on SFCFSHA, Storage Checkpoints
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 file system (MVFS) 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 disconnectivity
CVM handling, Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) tolerance to storage connectivity failures
storage failures, Recovering from storage failure
storage processor, How DMP works
storage relayout, Online relayout
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)
subdisks
blocks, Virtual objects
complete failure messages, Complete disk failure mail messages
defined, Virtual objects
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
Switching the CVM master, Changing the CVM master manually
Symmetric architecture, About the symmetric architecture
synchronization
controlling for instant snapshots, Controlling instant snapshot synchronization
improving performance of, Improving the performance of snapshot synchronization
Synchronize time
SFCFSHA, About synchronizing time on Cluster File Systems
Synchronizing system clocks, Synchronizing system clocks on all nodes
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, About the Veritas File System intent log, Veritas File System features
system performance
overall, File system block size

T

tags
for tasks, Specifying task tags
listing for disks, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
removing from volumes, Setting tags on volumes
renaming, Setting tags on volumes
setting on disks, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
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, Veritas File System features
terminology
primary and secondary, About primary and secondary cluster nodes
Thaw, Veritas File System features
thaw, Freezing and thawing a file system
thin provisioning
using, Migrating to thin provisioning
Thin Reclamation, About Thin Reclamation of a file system
thin reclamation
fsadm, Reclaiming space on 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), About third-party driver coexistence
throttling, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
tmplog mount option, tmplog mount option
TPD
displaying path information, Displaying information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
support for coexistence, About third-party driver coexistence
tpdmode attribute, Changing device naming for enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
trigger
postoffline, postoffline trigger
postonline, postonline trigger
preonline, preonline trigger
trigger point in striped-mirror volumes, Creating a striped-mirror volume
tunable I/O parameters
Volume Manager maximum I/O size, Veritas Volume Manager maximum I/O size
tunables
changing values of, Methods to change 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
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 Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
tuning VxFS, Tuning the VxFS file system

V

V-5-1-2829, Disk group versions
V-5-1-552, Removing a disk from a disk group
V-5-1-569, Corruption of disk group configuration
V-5-1-587, Handling errors when importing disks
V-5-2-3091, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
V-5-2-369, Removing a disk from a disk group
V-5-2-4292, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
VCS
/etc/gabtab, About Cluster Server architecture
/etc/llthosts, About Cluster Server architecture
/etc/llttab, About Cluster Server architecture
architecture, About Cluster Server architecture
GAB, About Cluster Server architecture
LLT, About Cluster Server architecture
version 0
of DCOs, DCO volume versioning
Version 10 disk layout, About Veritas File System disk layouts
version 20
of DCOs, DCO volume versioning , Instant snap (version 20) DCO volume layout
Version 6 disk layout, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 7 disk layout, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 8 disk layout, About Veritas File System disk layouts
Version 9 disk layout, About Veritas File System 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, About file system resizing
virtual objects, Virtual objects
VM disks
determining if shared, Determining if a LUN is in a shareable disk group
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
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
volbrk snapshot type, Displaying instant snapshot information
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
configuring exclusive open by cluster node, Creating volumes with exclusive open access by a node, Setting exclusive open access to a volume by a node
configuring site consistency on, Configuring site consistency on a volume
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, Virtual objects
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), About layered volumes, Types of volume layouts
layout for FSS disk groups, About the volume layout for Flexible Storage Sharing disk groups
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 VxVM disk
moving from VxVM disks, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
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
reconfiguration in clusters, Volume reconfiguration
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_maxio tunable I/O parameter, Veritas Volume Manager maximum I/O size
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 a RAID-5 log, Creating a RAID-5 volume
adding DCOs to volumes, Adding a version 0 DCO and DCO volume
adding mirrors to volumes, Adding a mirror to a volume
configuring exclusive access to a volume, Creating volumes with exclusive open access by a node
configuring site consistency on volumes, Configuring site consistency on 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
host disk class, Using the host disk class and allocating storage
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
storage allocation, Using the host disk class and allocating storage
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
vxclustadm, vxclustadm utility
vxconfigd
managing with vxdctl, About the configuration daemon in Veritas Volume Manager
monitoring configuration changes, Using vxnotify to monitor configuration changes
operation in clusters, vxconfigd daemon
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
checking cluster protocol version, Displaying the cluster protocol version
managing vxconfigd, About the configuration daemon in Veritas Volume Manager
setting a site tag, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration, Resetting the site name for a host
setting default disk group, Displaying and specifying the system-wide default disk group
setting host prefix, Setting the host prefix
usage in clusters, Requesting node status and discovering the master node
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 claimed disks in DISKS category, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
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 HBAs, Listing all the Host Bus Adapters including iSCSI
removing disks from DISKS category, 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
changing activation mode on shared disk groups, Changing the activation mode on a shared disk group
clearing locks on disks, Handling errors when importing disks
configuring site consistency for a disk group, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
configuring site-based allocation for a disk group, Configuring a new disk group as a Remote Mirror configuration
controlling CDS compatibility of new disk groups, Creating a disk group
converting shared disk groups to private, Converting a disk group from shared to private
correcting serial split brain condition, Correcting conflicting configuration information
creating disk groups, Creating a disk group
creating shared disk groups, Creating a shared disk group
deporting disk groups, Deporting a disk group
destroying disk groups, Destroying a disk group
disabling a disk group, Disabling a disk group
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
displaying free space in disk groups, Displaying free space in a disk group
displaying information about disk groups, Displaying disk group information
forcing import of disk groups, Handling errors when importing disks
importing a disk group containing cloned disks, Importing the existing disk group with only the cloned disks, Importing the cloned disks as a new standard disk group
importing cloned disks, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
importing disk groups, Importing a disk group
importing shared disk groups, Importing disk groups as shared
joining disk groups, Joining disk groups
listing disks with configuration database copies, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
listing network shared disk groups, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
listing objects affected by move, Listing objects potentially affected by a move
listing shared disk groups, Listing shared disk groups
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
moving disk groups between systems, Moving disk groups between systems
moving disks between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups
moving objects between disk groups, Moving objects between disk groups
placing a configuration database on disks, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
reattaching a site, Recovery from simulated site failure
recovering destroyed disk groups, Recovering a destroyed disk group
removing disks from disk groups, Removing a disk from a disk group
renaming disk groups, Renaming a disk group
setting a site name, Configuring automatic site tagging for a disk group, Displaying site information
setting base minor number, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
setting disk group policies, Setting the detach policy for shared disk groups
setting FSS attribute, Setting the Flexible Storage Sharing attribute on a disk group
setting I/O shipping policy, Enabling I/O shipping for shared disk groups
setting maximum number of devices, Compatibility of disk groups between platforms
simulating site failure, Simulating site failure
splitting disk groups, Splitting disk groups
upgrading disk group version, Upgrading the disk group version
vxdisk
clearing locks on disks, Handling errors when importing disks
determining if disks are shared, Determining if a LUN is in a shareable disk group
displaying information about disks, Displaying disk group information
displaying multi-pathing information, Displaying the paths to a disk
exporting disks for FSS, Exporting a disk for Flexible Storage Sharing
listing disks, Displaying disk information
listing exporrted disks, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
listing tags on disks, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
notifying dynamic LUN expansion, Dynamic LUN expansion
placing a configuration database on a disk, Setting up configuration database copies (metadata) for a disk group
scanning disk devices, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
setting a site name, Configuring site tagging for disks or enclosures
setting tags on disks, Importing a set of cloned disks with tags
unexporting disks from FSS, Exporting a disk for Flexible Storage Sharing
updating the disk identifier, Writing a new UDID to a disk
vxdisk scandisks
rescanning devices, Partial device discovery
scanning devices, Partial device discovery
vxdiskadd
creating disk groups, Creating a disk group
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, Creating a disk group
adding disks, Adding a disk to VxVM
changing the disk-naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
creating disk groups, Creating a disk group
deporting disk groups, Deporting a disk group
Enable access to (import) a disk group, Importing a disk group
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
importing disk groups, Importing a disk group
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 VxVM disk
mirroring disks, Rootability
mirroring root disks, Encapsulating and mirroring the root disk
mirroring volumes, Mirroring volumes on a VxVM disk
Move volumes from a disk, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
moving disk groups between systems, Handling errors when importing disks
moving disks between disk groups, Moving disks between disk groups
moving subdisks from disks, Removing a disk from a disk group
moving volumes from VxVM disks, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
Remove a disk, Removing disks, Removing a disk from a disk group
Remove a disk for replacement, Removing and replacing disks
Remove access to (deport) a disk group, Deporting a disk group
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
vxdisksetup
exporting disks for FSS, Exporting a disk for Flexible Storage Sharing
vxdiskunsetup
removing disks from VxVM control, Removing a disk from a disk group, Removing a disk from VxVM control
vxdmpadm
changing TPD naming scheme, Changing device naming for enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
configuring an APM, Configuring Array Policy Modules
configuring I/O throttling, Configuring the I/O throttling mechanism
configuring response to I/O errors, Configuring the 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, array ports, or DMP nodes
displaying APM information, Configuring Array Policy Modules
displaying DMP database information, About displaying DMP database 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 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 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 information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
enabling I/O in DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
gathering I/O statistics, Gathering and displaying 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 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, File system block size
supported features
cluster file systems, About Veritas File System features supported in cluster file systems
unsupported features
cluster file systems, Veritas File System features not in cluster file systems
vxfs_inotopath, About reverse path name lookup
vxfs_ninode, Tuning inode table size
vxiod I/O kernel threads, How Veritas Volume Manager works with the operating system
vxlsino, About 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 exporrted disks, Displaying exported disks and network shared disk groups
listing spare disks, Displaying spare disk information
verifying if volumes are prepared for instant snapshots, Adding an instant snap DCO and DCO volume
viewing base minor number, Reserving minor numbers for disk groups
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
vxsplitlines
diagnosing serial split brain condition, Correcting conflicting configuration information
vxstat
determining which disks have failed, Partial disk failure mail messages
usage with clusters, Obtaining cluster performance statistics
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
cluster functionality (CVM), About the cluster functionality of VxVM
configuration daemon, About the configuration daemon in Veritas Volume Manager
configuring to create mirrored volumes, Mirroring all volumes
dependency on operating system, How Veritas Volume Manager works with the operating system
disk discovery, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
granularity of memory allocation by, Tunable parameters for core VxVM
limitations of shared disk groups, Limitations of shared disk groups
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
operation in clusters, Overview of cluster volume management
removing disks from, Removing a disk from a disk group
removing disks from control of, Removing a disk from VxVM control
rootability, Rootability
shared objects in cluster, Activation modes of shared disk groups
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
VxVM disks
defined, Virtual objects
marking as spare, Marking a disk as a hot-relocation spare
mirroring volumes on, Mirroring volumes on a VxVM disk
moving volumes from, Moving volumes from a VxVM disk
vxvol
configuring exclusive access to a volume, Setting exclusive open access to a volume by a node
configuring site consistency on volumes, Configuring site consistency on a volume
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_allow_cloned_naio, Native asynchronous I/O with cloned processes
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
workload distribution, About distributing the workload on a cluster
writable Storage Checkpoints, Accessing a Storage Checkpoint
write size, Fixed extent size