Introducing VERITAS Foundation Suite for AIX.
Redbooks, IBM.
Introducing VERITAS Foundation Suite for AIX. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages)
Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 What is VERITAS Foundation Suite for AIX -- 1.1.1 Additional VERITAS products on AIX 5L Version 5.1 -- 1.1.2 Other supported platforms of VERITAS Foundation Suite -- 1.1.3 VERITAS NetBackup on AIX -- 1.2 IBM-VERITAS relationship -- 1.2.1 History of VERITAS -- 1.2.2 Joint agreements, offerings, and activities -- 1.2.3 VERITAS programs focused on interoperability -- 1.3 VERITAS Foundation Suite on the AIX Bonus Pack -- 1.4 Why use VERITAS Foundation Suite on AIX -- 1.5 Support for LVM and JFS for AIX -- Chapter 2. Components -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.1.1 VERITAS Volume Manager overview -- 2.1.2 VERITAS File System overview -- 2.1.3 VERITAS Enterprise Administrator overview -- 2.2 VERITAS Volume Manager -- 2.2.1 Features -- 2.2.2 Physical objects -- 2.2.3 Device discovery -- 2.2.4 Enclosure-based naming -- 2.2.5 Virtual objects -- 2.2.6 Volume layouts -- 2.2.7 Layered volumes -- 2.2.8 Online relayout -- 2.2.9 Hot relocation -- 2.2.10 Dirty Region Logging (DRL) -- 2.3 VERITAS File System -- 2.3.1 Features -- 2.3.2 Disk layout -- 2.3.3 Extent-based allocation -- 2.3.4 Inodes -- 2.3.5 Caching -- 2.3.6 Journaling -- 2.3.7 Online file system resizing -- 2.3.8 Online defragmentation -- Chapter 3. Planning and installation -- 3.1 Pre-installation planning -- 3.1.1 Hardware requirements -- 3.1.2 Operating system and software requirements -- 3.1.3 File system space -- 3.1.4 Licensing -- 3.1.5 Selecting disks for use in VxVM -- 3.2 Installation -- 3.2.1 Installation using VRTSinstall -- 3.2.2 Installation using SMIT -- 3.2.3 Installation using installp -- 3.3 Post-installation tasks -- 3.3.1 Installing product licenses -- 3.3.2 Initializing VERITAS Volume Manager. 3.3.3 Post-installation verification -- 3.3.4 Uninstalling VxFS and VxVM -- Chapter 4. Basic administration -- 4.1 System startup and process control -- 4.1.1 Startup process -- 4.1.2 Managing processes -- 4.2 Methods of administration -- 4.2.1 Command-line interface -- 4.2.2 VEA Java GUI -- 4.2.3 VERITAS supplied utilities -- 4.2.4 Using SMIT -- 4.3 Basic administration tasks -- 4.3.1 Adding disks -- 4.3.2 Creating disk groups -- 4.3.3 Creating volumes -- 4.3.4 Viewing VxVM object information -- 4.3.5 Creating file systems -- 4.3.6 Mounting file systems -- 4.3.7 Resizing file systems -- 4.3.8 Monitoring for failures -- Chapter 5. Advanced administration -- 5.1 Dynamic multipathing -- 5.2 Volume administration -- 5.2.1 Monitoring tasks -- 5.2.2 Creating volumes using vxmake -- 5.2.3 Adding a mirror to a volume -- 5.2.4 Removing a mirror from a volume -- 5.2.5 Adding a log to a volume -- 5.2.6 Creating layered volumes -- 5.2.7 Changing volume layouts -- 5.2.8 Renaming volumes -- 5.2.9 Removing volumes -- 5.3 Disk group administration -- 5.3.1 Adding and removing disks from disk groups -- 5.3.2 Removing disk groups -- 5.3.3 Deporting and importing disk groups -- 5.4 Backups and restores -- 5.4.1 File system snapshots -- 5.4.2 Volume snapshots -- 5.4.3 Split mirror backups -- 5.4.4 Using vxdump and vxrestore -- 5.5 Problem prevention and resolution -- 5.5.1 Hot relocation -- 5.5.2 Hot sparing -- 5.5.3 Evacuating volumes from a disk -- 5.5.4 Replacing or removing disks -- 5.6 File system administration -- 5.6.1 Setting block and intent log size -- 5.6.2 Quotas -- 5.6.3 Defragmenting file systems -- 5.6.4 Optionally licensable features -- Chapter 6. Comparisons -- 6.1 Comparisons with other UNIX platforms -- 6.1.1 ODM and SMIT integration -- 6.1.2 Disk devices and the VxVM -- 6.1.3 VxVM and LVM co-existence -- 6.1.4 VxVM at system startup and shutdown. 6.1.5 VxVM/VxFS command differences -- 6.1.6 VxVM/VxFS device drivers and kernel extensions -- 6.1.7 Installation and packaging -- 6.1.8 The 64-bit kernel -- 6.1.9 Debugging information -- 6.1.10 Dynamic MultiPathing (VxDMP) -- 6.2 AIX LVM, JFS/JFS2 and VxVM, VxFS compared -- 6.2.1 Logical volume concepts -- 6.2.2 Volume layouts -- 6.2.3 Backup -- 6.2.4 Hot spare management -- 6.2.5 JFS/JFS2 and VxFS comparison -- Chapter 7. Migration considerations -- 7.1 Reasons for migration -- 7.2 Planning for migration -- 7.2.1 Applications -- 7.2.2 Operating system considerations -- 7.3 Migration of VxVM and VxFS on Solaris to AIX -- 7.3.1 Test environment configuration -- 7.3.2 Cloning volume layouts -- 7.3.3 File system recreation -- 7.3.4 Tape backup and recovery -- 7.3.5 Using network facilities -- 7.3.6 Deport/import of VxVM disk groups -- 7.3.7 Using VERITAS Volume Replicator (VVR) -- 7.4 Migration from AIX LVM to VxVM -- 7.4.1 Test environment configuration -- 7.4.2 Converting LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups -- 7.4.3 Manual migration of LVM and JFS to VxVM and VxFS -- 7.5 Other migration scenarios -- 7.5.1 Single platform migration -- 7.5.2 Migration of a UNIX File system (UFS) to VxFS on AIX -- 7.6 Summary and recommendations -- Chapter 8. Performance, tuning, and scalability -- 8.1 Basic performance guidelines for VxVM and VxFS -- 8.1.1 Physical disks and data assignment -- 8.1.2 VxVM logs -- 8.1.3 Extent-based allocation -- 8.1.4 Inode and directory optimizations -- 8.1.5 VxFS create options -- 8.1.6 Mount command options -- 8.2 Monitoring VxVM and VxFS -- 8.2.1 vxstat and vxtrace -- 8.3 Tuning -- 8.3.1 VxVM global parameters -- 8.3.2 VxFS global parameters -- 8.3.3 Self tuning file systems -- 8.3.4 File system tuning parameters -- 8.4 Application interface support -- 8.4.1 Cache advisories -- 8.4.2 Other programatic advisories. 8.5 Scalability -- 8.5.1 Architectural scalability -- 8.5.2 Administrative scalability -- 8.5.3 Scaling services -- Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and technical support -- 9.1 How to get patches -- 9.1.1 How to get patches from VERITAS -- 9.1.2 How to get patches from IBM -- 9.2 How to get technical support -- 9.2.1 How to get technical support from VERITAS -- 9.2.2 How to get technical support from IBM -- 9.3 Installation issues -- 9.3.1 VERITAS patches -- 9.3.2 IBM APARs -- 9.3.3 Possible installation issues -- 9.4 Administration issues -- 9.5 References for troubleshooting -- Appendix A. LVM and VxVM command comparison tables -- Appendix B. JFS/JFS2 and VxFS command comparison tables -- Appendix C. Sample installation scripts -- Appendix D. The VERITAS Cluster Server for AIX -- Executive overview -- Components of a VERITAS cluster -- Cluster resources -- Cluster configurations -- Cluster communication -- Cluster installation and setup -- Cluster administration facilities -- HACMP and VERITAS Cluster Server compared -- Components of an HACMP cluster -- Cluster resources -- Cluster configurations -- Cluster communications -- Cluster installation and setup -- Cluster administration facilities -- HACMP and VERITAS Cluster Server feature comparison summary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.
9780738426815
AIX (Computer file).
Database management.
Computer storage devices.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.D3 -- I59795 2002eb
005.75
Introducing VERITAS Foundation Suite for AIX. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages)
Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 What is VERITAS Foundation Suite for AIX -- 1.1.1 Additional VERITAS products on AIX 5L Version 5.1 -- 1.1.2 Other supported platforms of VERITAS Foundation Suite -- 1.1.3 VERITAS NetBackup on AIX -- 1.2 IBM-VERITAS relationship -- 1.2.1 History of VERITAS -- 1.2.2 Joint agreements, offerings, and activities -- 1.2.3 VERITAS programs focused on interoperability -- 1.3 VERITAS Foundation Suite on the AIX Bonus Pack -- 1.4 Why use VERITAS Foundation Suite on AIX -- 1.5 Support for LVM and JFS for AIX -- Chapter 2. Components -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.1.1 VERITAS Volume Manager overview -- 2.1.2 VERITAS File System overview -- 2.1.3 VERITAS Enterprise Administrator overview -- 2.2 VERITAS Volume Manager -- 2.2.1 Features -- 2.2.2 Physical objects -- 2.2.3 Device discovery -- 2.2.4 Enclosure-based naming -- 2.2.5 Virtual objects -- 2.2.6 Volume layouts -- 2.2.7 Layered volumes -- 2.2.8 Online relayout -- 2.2.9 Hot relocation -- 2.2.10 Dirty Region Logging (DRL) -- 2.3 VERITAS File System -- 2.3.1 Features -- 2.3.2 Disk layout -- 2.3.3 Extent-based allocation -- 2.3.4 Inodes -- 2.3.5 Caching -- 2.3.6 Journaling -- 2.3.7 Online file system resizing -- 2.3.8 Online defragmentation -- Chapter 3. Planning and installation -- 3.1 Pre-installation planning -- 3.1.1 Hardware requirements -- 3.1.2 Operating system and software requirements -- 3.1.3 File system space -- 3.1.4 Licensing -- 3.1.5 Selecting disks for use in VxVM -- 3.2 Installation -- 3.2.1 Installation using VRTSinstall -- 3.2.2 Installation using SMIT -- 3.2.3 Installation using installp -- 3.3 Post-installation tasks -- 3.3.1 Installing product licenses -- 3.3.2 Initializing VERITAS Volume Manager. 3.3.3 Post-installation verification -- 3.3.4 Uninstalling VxFS and VxVM -- Chapter 4. Basic administration -- 4.1 System startup and process control -- 4.1.1 Startup process -- 4.1.2 Managing processes -- 4.2 Methods of administration -- 4.2.1 Command-line interface -- 4.2.2 VEA Java GUI -- 4.2.3 VERITAS supplied utilities -- 4.2.4 Using SMIT -- 4.3 Basic administration tasks -- 4.3.1 Adding disks -- 4.3.2 Creating disk groups -- 4.3.3 Creating volumes -- 4.3.4 Viewing VxVM object information -- 4.3.5 Creating file systems -- 4.3.6 Mounting file systems -- 4.3.7 Resizing file systems -- 4.3.8 Monitoring for failures -- Chapter 5. Advanced administration -- 5.1 Dynamic multipathing -- 5.2 Volume administration -- 5.2.1 Monitoring tasks -- 5.2.2 Creating volumes using vxmake -- 5.2.3 Adding a mirror to a volume -- 5.2.4 Removing a mirror from a volume -- 5.2.5 Adding a log to a volume -- 5.2.6 Creating layered volumes -- 5.2.7 Changing volume layouts -- 5.2.8 Renaming volumes -- 5.2.9 Removing volumes -- 5.3 Disk group administration -- 5.3.1 Adding and removing disks from disk groups -- 5.3.2 Removing disk groups -- 5.3.3 Deporting and importing disk groups -- 5.4 Backups and restores -- 5.4.1 File system snapshots -- 5.4.2 Volume snapshots -- 5.4.3 Split mirror backups -- 5.4.4 Using vxdump and vxrestore -- 5.5 Problem prevention and resolution -- 5.5.1 Hot relocation -- 5.5.2 Hot sparing -- 5.5.3 Evacuating volumes from a disk -- 5.5.4 Replacing or removing disks -- 5.6 File system administration -- 5.6.1 Setting block and intent log size -- 5.6.2 Quotas -- 5.6.3 Defragmenting file systems -- 5.6.4 Optionally licensable features -- Chapter 6. Comparisons -- 6.1 Comparisons with other UNIX platforms -- 6.1.1 ODM and SMIT integration -- 6.1.2 Disk devices and the VxVM -- 6.1.3 VxVM and LVM co-existence -- 6.1.4 VxVM at system startup and shutdown. 6.1.5 VxVM/VxFS command differences -- 6.1.6 VxVM/VxFS device drivers and kernel extensions -- 6.1.7 Installation and packaging -- 6.1.8 The 64-bit kernel -- 6.1.9 Debugging information -- 6.1.10 Dynamic MultiPathing (VxDMP) -- 6.2 AIX LVM, JFS/JFS2 and VxVM, VxFS compared -- 6.2.1 Logical volume concepts -- 6.2.2 Volume layouts -- 6.2.3 Backup -- 6.2.4 Hot spare management -- 6.2.5 JFS/JFS2 and VxFS comparison -- Chapter 7. Migration considerations -- 7.1 Reasons for migration -- 7.2 Planning for migration -- 7.2.1 Applications -- 7.2.2 Operating system considerations -- 7.3 Migration of VxVM and VxFS on Solaris to AIX -- 7.3.1 Test environment configuration -- 7.3.2 Cloning volume layouts -- 7.3.3 File system recreation -- 7.3.4 Tape backup and recovery -- 7.3.5 Using network facilities -- 7.3.6 Deport/import of VxVM disk groups -- 7.3.7 Using VERITAS Volume Replicator (VVR) -- 7.4 Migration from AIX LVM to VxVM -- 7.4.1 Test environment configuration -- 7.4.2 Converting LVM volume groups to VxVM disk groups -- 7.4.3 Manual migration of LVM and JFS to VxVM and VxFS -- 7.5 Other migration scenarios -- 7.5.1 Single platform migration -- 7.5.2 Migration of a UNIX File system (UFS) to VxFS on AIX -- 7.6 Summary and recommendations -- Chapter 8. Performance, tuning, and scalability -- 8.1 Basic performance guidelines for VxVM and VxFS -- 8.1.1 Physical disks and data assignment -- 8.1.2 VxVM logs -- 8.1.3 Extent-based allocation -- 8.1.4 Inode and directory optimizations -- 8.1.5 VxFS create options -- 8.1.6 Mount command options -- 8.2 Monitoring VxVM and VxFS -- 8.2.1 vxstat and vxtrace -- 8.3 Tuning -- 8.3.1 VxVM global parameters -- 8.3.2 VxFS global parameters -- 8.3.3 Self tuning file systems -- 8.3.4 File system tuning parameters -- 8.4 Application interface support -- 8.4.1 Cache advisories -- 8.4.2 Other programatic advisories. 8.5 Scalability -- 8.5.1 Architectural scalability -- 8.5.2 Administrative scalability -- 8.5.3 Scaling services -- Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and technical support -- 9.1 How to get patches -- 9.1.1 How to get patches from VERITAS -- 9.1.2 How to get patches from IBM -- 9.2 How to get technical support -- 9.2.1 How to get technical support from VERITAS -- 9.2.2 How to get technical support from IBM -- 9.3 Installation issues -- 9.3.1 VERITAS patches -- 9.3.2 IBM APARs -- 9.3.3 Possible installation issues -- 9.4 Administration issues -- 9.5 References for troubleshooting -- Appendix A. LVM and VxVM command comparison tables -- Appendix B. JFS/JFS2 and VxFS command comparison tables -- Appendix C. Sample installation scripts -- Appendix D. The VERITAS Cluster Server for AIX -- Executive overview -- Components of a VERITAS cluster -- Cluster resources -- Cluster configurations -- Cluster communication -- Cluster installation and setup -- Cluster administration facilities -- HACMP and VERITAS Cluster Server compared -- Components of an HACMP cluster -- Cluster resources -- Cluster configurations -- Cluster communications -- Cluster installation and setup -- Cluster administration facilities -- HACMP and VERITAS Cluster Server feature comparison summary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.
9780738426815
AIX (Computer file).
Database management.
Computer storage devices.
Electronic books.
QA76.9.D3 -- I59795 2002eb
005.75