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NAME

volencap, vol-reconfig, voladvdomencap - Encapsulate disks, partitions, or AdvFS domains  

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/volencap [-g diskgroup] [-p volprefix] [privlen=nn] [nconfig=nn] { diskname|partition_name|domain_name }...

/usr/sbin/volencap -k { diskname|partition_name|domain_name }...

/usr/sbin/volencap -k -a

/usr/sbin/volencap -s

/sbin/vol-reconfig


 

OPTIONS

Puts the encapsulated disk into the disk group specified by disk group ID or disk group name. Instructs volencap to use the specified volprefix as the prefix for LSM volume names generated. This is useful if the LSM volume names generated already exist. Instructs volencap to remove any pending encapsulation requests for the specified disk(s), partition(s), or domain(s). Instructs volencap to remove all pending encapsulation requests. Displays all pending encapsulation requests.
 

DESCRIPTION

Disk partitions that have data can be added to LSM using the encapsulation process. This enables users with existing data in disk partitions to easily migrate to the use of LSM volumes instead of disk partitions. The volencap script generates LSM command scripts that are later executed by the /sbin/vol-reconfig command to convert disk partitions to LSM volumes.

When /sbin/vol-reconfig is executed, the partition must not be in use (i.e., not mounted or open as a raw device). By running the volinstall command, the /sbin/vol-reconfig command can be added to the /etc/inittab file, which will cause /sbin/vol-reconfig to be executed on the next system reboot. Alternatively, /sbin/vol-reconfig can be executed manually on the command line.

The volencap script can be used to encapsulate one or many disk partitions or an AdvFS domain. When a disk is encapsulated, an LSM volume is created for each in-use partition on that disk. When an AdvFS domain is encapsulated, all disk partitions in the domain are converted to LSM volumes.

Refer to the Logical Storage Manager manual for more details.
 

NOTES

Starting with Version 4.0, the volencap script includes the functionality that was previously handled in the voladvdomencap script. For backward compatibility, the /usr/sbin/voladvdomencap command is currently supported as a link to /usr/sbin/volencap.
 

ATTRIBUTES

Specifies the size of the LSM private region in bytes, for example, privlen=1024. Specifies the number of log copies and copies of the configuration database, for example, nconfig=0.
 

EXAMPLES

To encapsulate all disk partitions on the boot disk rz0 to LSM, enter:

# volencap rz0
A system reboot is required to make the actual changes. During the system reboot, /sbin/vol-reconfig is executed, which executes the LSM command scripts created by volencap. To encapsulate only the root (rz0a) and swap (rz0b) partitions on the boot disk, enter:
# volencap rz0a rz0b To convert all disk partitions in the AdvFS domain dom1 to LSM volumes, enter:
# volencap dom1
If the AdvFS filesets in domain dom1 are not mounted, then /sbin/vol-reconfig can be executed on the command line. To encapsulate the specific partition rz1g to an LSM volume, enter:
# volencap rz1g

 

SEE ALSO

Commands: volinstall(8), volintro(8)

Guides: Logical Storage Manager


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
NOTES
ATTRIBUTES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO

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