veritasNotes.htm
05-05-2002 Bikle
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Veritas Notes

This page demonstrates a few simple techniques related to Veritas Software.

When I use Veritas Volume Manager, I keep in mind some objects which
I want to manipulate:

A disk
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A disk is the most tangible type of object.  It is usually a physical disk
drive which I can actually touch and see.

A Disk Group
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A disk group is an object which is created via the Veritas software.
A disk group is an object which acts as a bucket in which I can hold
other types of objects.  For example, I can put several disks inside
a disk group.

A Volume
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A volume is an object which is created via the Veritas software.
A volume is an area of disk space.  Like a disk, it can be added to a disk group.

A File
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A file is a file.  Everyone knows what a file is; enough said.

A File System
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A File System is a container of files.  If you want to see a list of
file systems on your UNIX host type the shell command: df -k.

The link below demonstrates some manipulations of disks:
diskManipulations.htm

The link below demonstrates some manipulations of disk groups:
diskGroupManipulations.htm

The link below demonstrates some manipulations of volumes:
volumeManipulations.htm

The link below demonstrates some manipulations of file systems:
fileSysManipulations.htm

The link below demonstrates a Veritas install on a Solaris 8 host:
veritasInstall.htm

Here are a few notes about Veritas documentation:
veritasDocumentation.txt
vxcheatsheet.txt