VXVM: How to create Striped Volume in veritas Volume manager.

How to create Striped Volume in veritas Volume manager.

Overview

How to create Striped Volume in veritas Volume manager

Procedures

1> For creating Stripedvolume in Veritas Volume manager we will require minimum Two Disks. 2> First Step is to initialize both Disl into VXVM using below Command. # cd /etc/vx/bin #./vxdisksetup –i sde format=sliced #./vxdisksetup –i sdf format=sliced 3> After initilizing the disk in error status will become online. 4> Now initialize the first to create a Disk Group using below command # vxdg init newdg newdg01 =sde cds=off Use below command to see the output [root@myserver /]vxdisk list DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS sda auto:none - - online invalid sdb auto:none - - online invalid sdc auto:none - - online invalid sdd auto:none - - online invalid sde auto:sliced newdg01 newdg online Now create a volume using vxassist command. We are not creating subdisk and plex manulally as there may be confussion in naming conventions and also we have to be more precise while creating the plex and subdisk. Vxassist command will directly create subdisk, plex and volume. Kinldy see the command below. # vxassist -g newdg make newvol01 100M layout=striped 5> Below command will display the Details of the created volume # vxprint –g newdg –htq new newvol01 v newvol01 - ENABLED ACTIVE 4096000 SELECT newvol01-01 fsgen pl newvol01-01 newvol01 ENABLED ACTIVE 4096000 STRIPE 2/128 RW sd newdg01-01 newvol01-01 newdg01 0 2048000 0/0 sde ENA sd newdg02-01 newvol01-01 newdg02 0 2048000 1/0 sdf ENA 6> Make the format the file system using below command # mkfs –t vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/newdg/newcol01 7> Make the mount pouint using below command #mkdir /new2 8> Mount the filesystem using below command # mount –t vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/newdg/newcol01 /new2

Keywords.

Vxdg,vxprint,vxstat,vxtask,vxassist.