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Advanced VxVM Commands

SUBDISK OPERATIONS
Action
Create a subdisk Remove a subdisk Display subdisk information Associate a subdisk to a plex Dissociate a subdisk

BENCHMARKING OPERATIONS
Command Line vxmake -g diskgroup sd subdisk_name diskname offset length vxedit -g diskgroup rm subdisk_name vxprint st vxprint -l subdisk_name vxsd assoc plex_name subdisk_name vxsd dis subdisk_name Action
Count and size of VxVM disk I/Os completed per sample time slice to a volume VxVM I/O trace information dump to file and read from file Sample I/O load with statisticssequential Sample I/O load with statisticsrandom

Command Line vxstat -g diskgroup [-i interval] [-c count] d vol_name vxtrace -g diskgroup [t duration] d [filename] o dev,disk vol_name; vxtrace l f /tmp/tracedata | pg vxbench w {read|write} i iosize=size,iocount=count filename vxbench w {rand_read|rand_write} i iosize=size,iocount=count, maxfilesize=size filename

PLEX AND VOLUME OPERATIONS

Action
Create a plex Associate a plex (to a volume) Unmirror a volume (remove a plex) Start/stop volumes Start/stop all volumes Recover a volume Detach a plex Attach a plex Change state flags on plex Turn plex online/offline Set FastResync flag on a volume

Command Line vxmake -g diskgroup plex plex_name sd=subdisk_name, vxplex g diskgroup att vol_name plex_name vxplex o rm dis plex_name vxvol {start|stop} vol_name vxvol {startall|stopall} vxrecover -sn vol_name vxplex g diskgroup det plex_name vxplex g diskgroup att vol_name plex_name vxmend fix {active|clean|stale} plex_name vxmend {on|off} plex_name vxvol set fastresync=on vol_name
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TUNING OPERATIONS
Action
View currently set VxVM kernel parameters

Command Line Example: View the current setting for the kernel parameter vol_max_vol: # echo vol_max_vol/D | adb k Example: Change the VxVM kernel parameter vol_max_vol from the current value to a new value of 2048 by adding the parameter to the /etc/system file: # set vxio: vol_max_vol=2048 Then, reboot the system.

Change VxVM kernel parameters

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