HP Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 -UX 11i v3 # vxmake -g mydg -Uraid5, Vol r5vol, Raidlog2, Myvol

500 Commands summary

Table A-6	Creating volumes
Command	Description

vxassist -b [-g diskgroup] make \ volume length layout=mirror \ mirror=ctlr [attributes]

Creates a volume with mirrored data plexes on separate controllers.

See “Mirroring across targets, controllers or enclosures” on page 255.

Example:

#vxassist -b -g mydg make \ mymcvol 20g layout=mirror \ mirror=ctlr

vxmake -b[-gdiskgroup] -Uusage_type \	Creates a volume from existing plexes.
vol volume [len=length] plex=plex,...	See “Creating a volume using vxmake”
	on page 258.
	Example:
	# vxmake -g mydg -Uraid5\
	vol r5vol \
	plex=raidplex,raidlog1,\
	raidlog2
vxvol [-g diskgroup] start volume	Initializes and starts a volume for use.
	See “Initializing and starting a
	volume” on page 260.
	See “Starting a volume” on page 271.
	Example:
	# vxvol -g mydg start r5vol
vxvol [-g diskgroup] init zero volume	Initializes and zeros out a volume for
	use.
	See “Initializing and starting a
	volume” on page 260.
	Example:
	# vxvol -g mydg init zero \
	myvol