A modified version is bundled with hpux as its builtin volume manager. The steps are basically identical for the other releases. Installaing vxvm storage foundation in a vmware workstation virtual machine with solaris 10 os. Physical objects are direct mappings to physical disks 2. Extensive use of layered products including veritas volume manager and filesystem 3. The a5000 disc enclosure series named photon had a vxvm license attached to it. This training provides instruction on operational management procedures for veritas volume manager vxvm and you will learn how to install and configure veritas volume manager and how to manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using from the command line. Initialize the disks under vxvm using vxdisksetup 4.
Ok, i already found the necessary information to make this upgrade. Replacing a failed disk under veritas volume manager vxvm using vxdiskadm. Solaris administrators are information technology experts maintaining networks by using the solaris operating system. Veritas volume manager administrators guide solaris.
Dec 18, 2008 disk mirroring using solaris volume manager. Responsible for sun and linux operating system upgrade and patch updating using sun live upgrade, redhat upgrade using yum. The veritas volume manager vvm or vxvm is a proprietary logical volume manager from veritas now part of symantec. Solaris 11 has zfs which has most of the features youd use a volume manager for on a homesmall server. Veritas bare metal restore for netbackup upgrade announcement. Providing 24x7 oncall production support for production datacenter servers. The following procedures pertain to veritas storage foundation, veritas storage foundation for db2, veritas storage foundation for oracle, and veritas storage foundation for sybase.
How to upgrade the solaris os and volume manager software. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Updated forceload statements in files changed by powerpath. Veritas recommends that you upgrade the disk group version if you upgraded from a previous vxvm release. Learn how to integrate, operate, veritas storage foundation in a solaris environment. He has indepth expertise in oracle applications, various rdbms and os unix, linux, windows etc. This product may contain thirdparty software for which veritas is required to provide attribution to the thirdparty. If you plan to run your db2 database solution on a solaris operating system cluster, you can use veritas cluster server to manager the cluster. Beginners lesson veritas volume manager for solaris. After the live upgrade, the alternate disk has all the information from the current be and just one reboot will bring the system up on the alternate disk with the upgraded solaris version. Depending on your setup, theres a legal way of running veritas volume manager on solaris if you dont mind a powerconsuming, noisy, and heavy hardware dongle dubbing as a fcal disc array. Installing and configuring vxvm software oracle solaris cluster.
The solaris volume manager svm is a free component of solaris 9 and solaris 10. Support for sun solaris internet protocol multipathing ipmp veritas provisioning manager supports ip networking multipathing ipmp. This installation same on actual solaris physical servers and linux servers. I have solaris 10 installed on a sparc wanted to test veritas volume manager to manage the disks. Solaris linux administrator resume nj hire it people. Typical duties listed on a solaris administrator resume example are supervising and guiding staff, coordinating maintenance, troubleshooting technical problems, ensuring network security, and collaborating with various departments in the company.
This post describe about installation of vxvm on solaris node and. What i only know is that need to make use of live upgrade and be careful with vxvm. In computer storage, logical volume management or lvm provides a method of allocating. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so well use that as the basis for this example. Veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Vxvm uses two types of objects to perform the storage management 1. I want to upgrade from solaris 8 to solaris 10 on a system where there are four system disks and eight system disks all configured with veritas volume manager. We added these disks to volume manager control during installation with vxinstall, or later with vxdiskadd1m.
Svm software provides mechanisms to configure physical slices of harddrive into logical volumes. Christo pretorius business support systems manager. Veritas storage foundation installation guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. The following tables list veritas enterprise products and the platforms on which they run. What i only know is that need to make use of live upgrade and be. Volumes and file systems with new features specifically introduced with vxfs and vxvm release 4. My question is really around veritas volume manager interaction with the disk geometry, not windows. Our volumes would default to 1024 for a block size on our 4 gb volumes, and 2048 for our 8gb volume. Interoperability matrix for cisco nexus and mds 9000. Created and expanded file systems on demand from dbas using veritas volume manager and also using native unix utilities. For information on actively supported releases, see end of support life. Add the disks to veritas disk group using vxdg commands 5. This product may contain thirdparty software for which veritas is required to provide. Hello, i was assigned some solaris machines and need to patch them to n1, where n is the latest os realease, which means, upgrade till one version before the latest one.
See your vxvm documentation for additional details. Veritas volume manager host name changes during an upgrade. Will it affect the vm or any precautions need to be taken. Linuxunix system administrator resume hire it people. Upgrading solaris 8 to solaris 10 where the system disk. To run a due diligence process across 500 aix blade and p590 lpars, and to provide a solution to make the servers fit for purpose. Let us see how you can install vxvm in a solaris 10 virtual machine. Blaine lefler senior specialist systems engineer bny. Creating and growing filesystem by using veritas volume manager and solaris volume manager and cfs file systems.
Hi, sorry but if you look closely at the primus solutions, you will see that veritas volume manager is mentioned with its own issues, as well as solaris. Solaris volume manager administration guide, sun microsystems, 2003. This is video showing how to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4. However on the symantec site i see veritas foundation basic, server, etc but did not see veritas volume manager. Use the following command if applying a solaris 10 update and volume manager is installed. Note if you installed the french or chinese versions of veritas volume manager, the uninstallation script does not remove the french or chinese language packages. Notable enhancements with veritas bare metal restore 4. Solaris 10 commad line guide adding new disk azizs blog. Upgrading vxvm only symantec operations readiness tools. Sibi mathew senior service desk analyst momenta global. Solaris linux administrator resume, solaris linux administrator cv.
Installation of veritas cluster and volume managersfha. For example, when configuring netbackup on a linux os vcs cluster, the only supported volume manager for the shared disk used by netbackup is vxvm. The veritas volume manager vvm or vxvm is a proprietary logical volume manager from veritas which was part of symantec until january 2016. Figure how vxvm presents the disks in a disk array as volumes to the operating system veritas volume manager physical disks operating system. Does anyone have any documentation or pointers on how to upgrade solaris with veritas volume manager. If your cluster has vxvm installed, you must reinstall the existing vxvm software or upgrade to the solaris 9 or 10 version of vxvm software as part of the solaris. Administration and troubleshooting on veritas volume manager. Supported the backup environments running veritas net backup 6. Solaris 10 veritas volume manager solutions experts exchange. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for. Upgrading solaris 8 to solaris 10 where the system disk and. Since im not using any xwindow manager i have chosen following configuration for solaris 10 in vmware memory.
The command vxlustart configures the machine like virtual unencapsulation, setting up alternate disk, and so on and performs the solaris live upgrade. Jun 04, 2011 veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical devices called volumes. Installing and configuring veritas volume manager oracle. Installation and upgrade checklist report for vcs 5. Option 5 under vxdiskadm menu can be used to replace a failed diks with a new one. Recognize the disks under vxvm using vxdctl enable 3. Unfortunately in this case, we are using windows with veritas volume manager. This training provides instruction on operational management procedures for veritas volume manager vxvm and you will learn how to install and configure veritas volume manager and how to manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using from the. How to install veritas volume manager vxvm 4 1 install. Veritas volume manager red hat linux training institute. Building vtiers in storage provided using veritas volume manager in solaris, linux, hp and aix.
Patch maintenance and volume management of 150 unix solaris 9 servers, veritas netbackup administration, including backups and recovery for windows. Solaris volume manager administration guide, sun microsystems, 2003, archived from the original on 20070715. It is available for windows, aix, solaris, linux, and hpux. Note that the table below does not include os versions. Aug 01, 2012 installation of veritas cluster and volume manager sfha august 1, 2012 by lingeswaran r 12 comments in this post we will see how to install storage foundation high availability packages on two servers using the installer on vmware solaris guest operating systems.
Volume manager uses solaris live upgrade to upgrade vxvm software in a live environment. Worked on solaris 8, solaris 9 and solaris 10 upgrade projects and have expertise with smf utilities, zone configuration and zfs file systems. To run a new report for the latest product version, select it from the veritas. It is part of the veritas storage foundation software stack, and is not freely available afaik.
Symantecs veritas volume manager vxvm protects systems from disk and. Comparison matrix of windows ldm and veritas volume manager pdf. Xvm volume manager administration guide, silicon graphics, 1999. When the system is up and running, run the installer command from the installation media to configure the veritas infoscale software. So i would like to know if i upgrade to solaris 10 0606. Recognize disks under solaris using devfsadm, cfgadm or reconfiguration reboot, and verify using format command 2. It offers volume management and multipath io functionalities wikipedia. Used admintool in solaris to perform routine administration tasks.
Veritas cluster server can manage a wide range of applications in heterogeneous environments. Provisioning manager also supports aix logical volume manager lvm configurations with jfs, jfs2 file systems on aix 5. To complete the solaris upgrade using live upgrade use the vxlufinish command to complete the live upgrade process. Not specifying a block size allow veritas to dynamically assign one for you based upon the size of the volume. We noticed that while you have a veritas account, you arent yet registered to manage cases and use chat. Administration and troubleshooting solaris servers running business critical application web logic was applications. To work on the new host before substituting it for the old host, i need to give it a different name from the master server. Solaris upgrade with veritas volume manager oracle community. Experienced with ufs,vxfs, zfs,ext2, ext3, and ext4. The role involves upgrading and fixing servers and current solutions, to provide resillience across the servers using veritas cluster vcs, and veritas volume manager, lvm lpar and micro partitioning technology on p5 servers. Managed and upgraded unixs server services such as bind dns.
Designed file system layouts to improve performance and reliability of oracle databases using veritas volume manager. For this and all the future tutorials i will be using a test box created in vmware workstation. Shadowcopy 2003, comparison matrix of windows ldm and veritas volume manager pdf, symantec corporation. Expanded file system using solaris volume manager svm in the fly in solaris boxes. Table 242 under mscs and veritas volume manager, transferring data from existing 9970v to new clariion7006. Installation and upgrade requirements for windows and windows clusters. Veritas volume manager is a storage management application by symantec, which allows you to manage physical disks as logical. Bmc patrol console and agent implementations on solaris and windows systems.
The table below captures the netbackup clustering solution supported volume manager on shared disk. Advanced unix support for veritas volume manager and solaris cluster 2. Srdf migration, dmx2 to dmx3, effect on veritas vm windows. Installation of veritas cluster and volume managersfha august 1, 2012 by lingeswaran r 12 comments in this post we will see how to install storage foundation high availability packages on two servers using the installer on vmware solaris guest operating systems. Experience in veritas cluster, veritas volume manager logical volume manager linuxsolaris volume manager svm. Installing vxvm in a vmware workstation virtual machine. Since veritas has been bought by symantec, i have been trying to figure out their naming convention for the veritas products. Volume manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. The veritas volume manager, vvm or vxvm is a proprietary logical volume manager from veritas now part of symantec. I have to upgrade solaris from 7 to 8 on a server which has veritas volume manager. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for budding system administrators.
Murugan natarajan india professional profile linkedin. Preparing the primary and secondary sites for upgrade in a volume replicator environment. Upgrade assurance that delivers automatic software upgrade protection. Veritas storage foundation vsf, previously known as veritas foundation suite, is a computer software product made by veritas software that combines.
For more information about zfs root support, see dynamic multipathing administrators guide. See upgrading cvm protocol and disk group version to confirm that the vxvm upgrade has been successful, see verifying the veritas storage foundation upgrade. Install and configure your local and multihost disks for veritas volume manager vxvm by using the procedures in this chapter, along with the planning information in planning volume management. Veritas volume manager troubleshooting guide solaris sort. Hello friends, i need to test some of the solaris 10 concepts and veritas volume manager. Solaris 10 with veritas volume manager hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. Volume manager live upgrade uses the two commands vxlustart and vxlufinish. Data can be spread across several disks within an array to distribute or balance io operations across the disks.
Veritas volume manager administrators guide thesoftwaredescribedinthisbookisfurnishedunderalicenseagreementandmaybeused only in accordance with the terms of the. Hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. Dynamic lun expansion in veritas volume manager on solaris. Dynamic lun expansion in veritas volume manager on solaris os by ramdev published february 8, 2012 updated july 2, 2015 in under storage configuration section, we have already discussed many examples on how to expand a filesystem using the new storage luns allocated to a server. For the sort features available for each veritas enterprise product, see feature table. Veritas volume manager km for patrol monitors all the veritas volume.
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