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Unique LUN ID | A general term for a LUN identifier, which might specifically be a physical disk's WWID, a |
| WWID assigned to a SAN virtual LUN, the uniq_name assigned to a LUN for which a WWID |
| could not be obtained, or some other type of identifier unique to a LUN. |
V |
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Veritas | A set of products from Symantec that include VxVM and VxFS. |
VINSTALL | The installation kernel for |
VINSTALLFS | The associated file system for the VINSTALL kernel. |
vmunix | The default kernel filename, used during normal system operation. vmunix is built by the |
| mk_kernelcommand, which Ignite calls during system installation. The AUTO file typically |
| contains the entry “boot vmunix”, which references /stand/vmunix on the selected boot |
| device. |
volume | 1. A pool of data storage made up of one or more physical disks. These volumes are created |
| and managed using tools from one of the volume managers, VxVM or LVM. See volume manager. |
| 2. A tape, especially when ANSI labeled. |
volume group | An arbitrary grouping of disks for use by LVM. See volume manager. |
volume manager | A subsystem for managing disk space that allows one or more disks to be combined. It can |
| provide increased size, improved reliability via data and path redundancy, greater configuration |
| flexibility, and other features for managing file system space. |
VxFS | A Veritas product from Symantec that is a file system implementation. |
VxVM | A specific volume manager type that is a Veritas product from Symantec. See volume manager. |
W - Z |
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[WVI]INSTALL | Refers to the WINSTALL, VINSTALL, IINSTALL, or INSTALL installation kernel depending on |
| your system. |
[WVI]INSTALLFS | Refers to the WINSTALLFS, VINSTALLFS, IINSTALLFS, or INSTALLFS file system depending |
| on your system. |
whole disk | A volume management selection that treats the entire disk as one volume. This selection does |
| not use a volume manager product. For bootable disks, it is a practical selection only for |
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WINSTALL | The installation kernel for |
WINSTALLFS | The associated file system for the WINSTALL kernel. |
XNTP | Stands in part for network time protocol. The xntpd daemon maintains system time in agreement |
| with Internet standard time servers. This can be configured from the itool System tab under |
| Network |
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