Unix command to find the version of sfrac on solaris 10 and mp level installed. Displaying volume and plex states to display detailed information about the configuration of a volume including its state and the states of its plexes, use the vxprintcommand. Server is a sun enterprise m5000 os solaris10 sparc veritas volume manager 5. Beginners lesson veritas volume manager for solaris. I just installed solaris 10 on a test sparc box i have so was looking for a way to manage the disks better than disksuite which is the only thing i was familiar with on suns. Disksuite newly referred to as solaris volume manager is available for free. Replace disks on veritas volume manager and increase filesystem online posted on january 21, 2016 by ahmadhassaan it is usual to get a request to increase volume sizes or. The steps are basically identical for the other releases. I have used veritas in the past and do not know much about solaris 10.
There are several volume manager objects that must be. May 10, 20 veritas volume manager interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments unix system administration is not an easy job and attending interview is an another toughest one. Migrating to linux using veritas portable data containers. Veritas volume manager on solaris 10x86 user4994457 oct 9, 2009 4. Introduction this guide explains the setup of solaris volume manager svm for use with clustering on. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for. Obsolete patches, incompatibilities, superseded patches, or other requirements. Jun 04, 2011 veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Increasing storage capacity increasing data availability making the administration of large storage devices easier in some instances, the solaris volume manager software. Jun 12, 2014 how to remove existing filesystems from veritas volume manager. Veritas volume manager problems annihilannic mis 7 mar 07 10. I just installed solaris 10 on a test sparc box i have so was looking for a way to manage the disks better than disksuite. Veritas volume manager on solaris 10x86 oracle community. Replace disks on veritas volume manager and increase.
Product guides are available on the media in pdf format. Depending on your setup, theres a legal way of running veritas volume manager on solaris if you dont mind a powerconsuming, noisy, and heavy hardware dongle dubbing as a fcal disc. Veritas volume manager interview questions unixarena. Ok i had this same problem a few weeks ago and a reboot of the server. Physical objects are direct mappings to physical disks 2. Veritas volume manager administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. Veritas volume manager administrators guide solaris. When vxvm veritas volume manager is upgraded from 4. Os support sparc solaris 11 sparc u1, u2,u3 s s 12 s supported os support x64 8 solaris 11 x64 u1, u2,u3 s swl supported with limitations jumpstart s. He is responsible for the technical requirement definitions for all storage foundation products on linux.
With solaris 10 based guest domains, veritas volume manager vxvm initialized disks are not always displayed following a reboot of the guest domain server. It looks like you are using veritas volume manager on that box. Make sure that you are using the current version of the documentation. Binaries for veritas volume manager by symantec category. Created in 1828, bureau veritas is a world leader in conformity assessment and certification services. The veritas volume managertm administrators guide provides information on how to use veritas volume manager vxvm and all of its features. There are several volume manager objects that must be understood before you can use the volume manager to perform disk management tasks. Solaris 10 veritas volume manager solutions experts exchange. Depending on your setup, theres a legal way of running veritas volume manager on solaris if you dont mind a powerconsuming, noisy, and heavy hardware dongle dubbing as a fcal disc array. Hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. The drive in question is one of the internal drives. Server is a sun enterprise m5000 os solaris10 sparc veritas. Physical disks its a physical disk or lun from storage.
Maintenance agreement resources if you want to contact symantec regarding an existing maintenance agreement, please contact the maintenance agreement administration team for. Veritas volume manager on solaris 10 x86 user4994457 oct 9, 2009 4. Veritas volume manager interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments unix system administration is not an easy job and attending interview is an another. For this and all the future tutorials i will be using a test box created in vmware workstation.
The solaris volume manager software lets you manage large numbers of disks and the data on those disks. The following example creates a mirrored cache volume, cachevol, with size 1gb in the disk group, mydg, on the disks disk16 and disk17. Maintenance agreement resources if you want to contact symantec regarding an existing maintenance agreement, please contact the maintenance agreement administration team for your region. Veritas volume manager vxvm system administrators guide release 1. Veritas volume manager troubleshooting guide solaris 5.
To display volume and plex states type the following command. How to remove existing filesystems from veritas volume manager. Veritasvolume manager vxvm system administrators guide. The following example creates a mirrored cache volume. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so well use that as the basis for this example. Notes for installing veritas volume manager vxvm tag. Highavailability best practice sun solaris volume manager svm for clustering. Having decided on its characteristics, use the vxassist command to create the volume that is to be used for the cache volume. You have a boot disk under svm, the machine fails to boot and remains in ok prompt. First, format the lun using the devvxrdmp name, and set the size of partition 0 to 0tb, and label the disk. Trying to find the version of sfrac installed on the server and the mp level installed. So from what i can tell there, you need to apply a sun disklabel to the new disks first and then add them to vxvm.
This is because the default size of private region is increased from 1mb in 4. This guide explains the setup of solaris volume manager svm for use with clustering on solaris and is intended to be used by customers and partners when setting up solaris volume manager for a clustered environment. The compilation is most accurate and have been compiled from live server use. Vxvm cheat sheet these are the commonly used commands used for semantecs veritas volume manager. Vm solaris 10 or physical machine with solaris 10,vxvm 5. So i would like to know if i upgrade to solaris 10 0606. The following example shows a disabled volume, vol, which has two.
There are two logical volume management packages commonly deployed in solaris implementations. Although there are many ways to use the solaris volume manager. Symantecs veritas volume manager vxvm protects systems from. To start with prepare a solaris 10 virtual machine with sufficient number of disks atleast 4 to 6, 1 gb disks and two 16 gb disks for root mirroring. The a5000 disc enclosure series named photon had a vxvm license attached to it. Jan 21, 2016 replace disks on veritas volume manager and increase filesystem online posted on january 21, 2016 by ahmadhassaan it is usual to get a request to increase volume sizes or replace old disk with a new one,with no downtime for the activity. Veritas volume manager administrators guide solaris vxvm.
Table11 veritasinfoscaleproductsuite product description components storagefoundationsf standardentrylevel features veritasinfoscalefoundation. Disksuite newly referred to as solaris volume manager is available for free with the solaris operating system. Migrating to linux using veritas portable data containers on. Solaris volume manager is not a new product but a new name for an old product. Unix command to find the version of sfrac on solaris 10. Let us see how you can install vxvm in a solaris 10 virtual machine. Feb 03, 2010 the solaris volume manager software lets you manage large numbers of disks and the data on those disks. Audience this guide is intended for system administrators responsible for installing, con. The server contains already a lot of luns which are available and seen. Working with solaris volume manager unix and linux. Although there are many ways to use the solaris volume manager software, most tasks include.
Veritas volume manager problem 100mbs mis op 4 apr 07 11. Avant solaris 10, il sappelait solstice disk suite. Solaris 10 with veritas and powerpath this server is fiber connected to a emc clariion cx340 san. Veritas volume manager administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in. Veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Vxvm uses two types of objects to perform the storage management 1. Veritas volume manager troubleshooting guide solaris.
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