Table 10 Volume requirements for LVM and VxVM
Volume Manager | Volume Requirements |
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LVM | • One of the volumes must be root (/). |
| • A swap volume (primary) is required. |
| • Directory names must have valid |
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VxVM | • One of the volumes must be root (/). A root volume group will always be created |
| with VxVM version 3.5. |
| • One of the volumes must be boot (/stand) with HFS usage. |
| • A swap volume (primary) is required. |
| • Directory names must have valid |
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Removing a file system
To delete any of the file systems listed on the tab, select the mounted directory and click Remove.
Add/Remove Disks... Button
Selecting this button invokes a dialog box that enables you to do the following:
•Determine your current disk usage.
•Change the volume group a disk is assigned to.
•Add a new disk, configure a mount directory, add the disk to a volume group, and assign swap value.
•Remove a disk by designating the usage as “None”. This also protects the disk from being overwritten by this installation.
Figure 81 Disk Selection - Add/Remove Disks dialog box
To change, add, or remove a disk from the client:
1.Select a disk from the list. The Path/Location window displays a great deal of information, but you have to scroll horizontally to see all the fields. The fields displayed in the Path/Location window are: Path/Location, Usage, Group, Size, Model, WWID, Existing (preexisting data), Legacy Path, and Device ID. See “Root disk... button” (page 119) for instructions on using the View By: and Filter: items. See “Root disk... button” (page 119) for instructions on using the
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