Creating a mirrored volume

Creating a mirrored volume

To create a mirrored Volume:

# vxassist –g diskgroup [-b] make volume_name length layout=mirror [nmirror=number]

Example:

Concatenated and mirrored

# vxassist –g datadg make datavol 5g layout=mirror

Specify three mirrors

# vxassist –g datadg make datavol 5g layout=stripe, mirror nmirror=3

Run process in background

# vxassist –g datadg –b make datavol 5g layout=stripe, mirror nmirror=3

id17ux5dev# vxassist -g testdg make testvol 200M layout=mirror

id17ux5dev# vxprint testvol

Disk group: testdg

TY NAME         ASSOC        KSTATE   LENGTH   PLOFFS   STATE    TUTIL0  PUTIL0

v  testvol      fsgen        ENABLED  409600   -        ACTIVE   -       -

pl testvol-01   testvol      ENABLED  409600   -        ACTIVE   -       -

sd disk01-01    testvol-01   ENABLED  409600   0        -        -       -

pl testvol-02   testvol      ENABLED  409600   -        ACTIVE   -       -

sd disk02-01    testvol-02   ENABLED  409600   0        -        -       -