VXVM :Create a volume group and a File system under Vxvm

Create a volume group and a File system under Vxvm

Overview

Create a volume group and a File system under Vxvm

Procedures

1.    Initialize disks to be used with VxVM by running the vxdisksetup command only on the primary system. # /etc/vx/bin/vxdisksetup -i c5t0d0 2.    Create the disk group to be used with the vxdg command only on the primary system. # vxdg init logdata c5t0d0 3.    Verify the configuration. # vxdg list 4.    Use the vxassist command to create the logical volume. a.       # vxassist -g logdata make logfile 2048m 5.    Verify the configuration.              # vxprint -g logdata 6.     Make the filesystem.              # newfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/logdata/logfile 7.     Create a directory to mount the volume group.              # mkdir /logs 8.     Mount the volume group. # mount /dev/vx/dsk/logdata/logfile /logs 9.     Check if file system exits, then unmount the file system. # umount /logs

Keywords

Vxdg,vxvm,vxassit